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Terror Groups to Terror Nations

Jonathan Segall — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:51:07 +0000

A defining question for the world in the 21st century is how nations deal with non-State or former non-State actors (al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas for example) that use or have used asymmetric warfare and terror against civilians (both internally and externally) as a means to power, have gotten that power and still continue to use terror [...]

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The Real Benghazi Scandal

Jonathan Segall — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:17 +0000

Seems like there indeed a Benghazi Scandal, just that it is not quite the one the Republicans and their goofball supporters were claiming. See, the Republicans and those that suffer from Obama Derangement Syndrome (and can’t help themselves), were jumping up and down screeching from the rafters that what happened in Benghazi was one of [...]

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More Benghazi Bull$&*

Jonathan Segall — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:15:41 +0000

We have been getting a lot of garbage coming from what I like to call Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) “dog and pony show” about Benghazi and the nonsense that the Republican’s and their goofy surrogates are spewing out regarding this. It would be one thing if they actually cared about this incident AND were going to [...]

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Know Thine Enemy

Jonathan Segall — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:28:37 +0000

Whether this phrase be the word of G-d or just Sun Tzu, it is solid advice. It is even better when your enemy actually tells you that he is your enemy and tells you that you must beware. So, you may be asking… How does this relate to Israel? Well, earlier this month when speaking [...]

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What does it mean to be a “Liberal / Progressive Zionist”?

Jonathan Segall — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:13:28 +0000

Friends ask me this question with the caveat, “I don’t understand exactly what that means”. I was talking to a few Krav Maga friends (some Israeli, some American) and one of my American friends said, “You really are a Zionist – huh?” I answered back with a “Yep, but, I am a Liberal Zionist”. Which [...]

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President Obama, America, and the Middle East… Pew Numbers are in.

Jonathan Segall — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:25:15 +0000

There is a new Pew Poll out (dated 5/09/13) regarding the Middle East, America, President Obama and attitudes regarding the Peace Process. Here are some of the highlights… n Israel – Despite claims by the bigots on the Right and divestment people on the Left, Israel is indeed a friend of the U.S. Our nation [...]

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Progressive Except for Palestine (PEP) – A REAL Progressive Response

Jonathan Segall — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:51:42 +0000

Amongst those on the Hard Left, there is a term that people use to disparage Liberal, or Progressive Zionists. They call us PEP – Progressive Except for Palestine. These folks on the Hard Left (and the Hard Rightists that pose as Hard Leftists) often like to whine about how we in the Zionist Movement that [...]

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Like a Bad meal…. UCSB Pro-Divestment Group at it again

Jonathan Segall — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:02:39 +0000

There is a saying, “(insert name here) is like a bad meal… They keep on coming back. No one seems to personify this adage more than the UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) pro-divestment movement. Just one month after they were defeated in an all night session 10-11 with one abstention, and covered here, the [...]

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Boycott UC Berkeley — part II

Jonathan Segall — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:50:26 +0000

Here’s an update to the Boycott U.C. Berkeley Article that I wrote last week after the disappointing vote by the ASUC (11-9) to adopt Senate Bill 160 which actively asks for divestment by the University of California from a few companies that are doing business with Israel. Like many people I was and remain very [...]

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Heads… You Win, Tails… I lose

Jonathan Segall — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:21:45 +0000

So Syria has used Chemical weapons in its civil war… now what? U.S., British and Israeli Intelligence all seem to be stating that the Syrian Government of Bashir al-Assad has used Sarin gas against rebels (and civilians) in its on-going civil war. According to Israeli Military Intelligence: “To the best of our understanding, the regime [...]

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The Boston Marathon Bombing is NOT Resistance

Jonathan Segall — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:43:59 +0000

The other day, professional C.T. Monger and general self hater Richard Falk (an official on the U.N.H.R.C.) managed to sustain his reputation as one of the more vile people on Plant Earth. Falk, who previously posted an anti-Semitic cartoon of a dog with the label “U.S.A”. on it, wearing a Kippah with the Magen David [...]

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A Tale of Two Societies

Jonathan Segall — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 04:43:21 +0000

With all the talk surrounding “Divestment”, “Apartheid” and other such flashpoint concepts regarding the Israel / Palestine conflict, perhaps it is time that some real data that reflects the situation is introduced into the conversation. Proponents of “Divestment” and BDS (Boycott, Sanctions AND Divestment) tell one tale to the people of the West, and in [...]

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Boycott U.C. Berkeley

Jonathan Segall — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:54:55 +0000

Yep… you heard me (so to speak). I want to start a Boycott U.C. Berkeley movement. No more sending our kids to Berkeley, no more community support for the University. No more academic exchanges. Nothing, Nada, ZERO to do with U.C. Berkeley. Why? Well last night the Berkeley ASUC (Associated Students of the University of [...]

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A Proud Moment: University of Cal Santa Barbara Turns back Divestment

Jonathan Segall — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:32:03 +0000

I have always been proud to be a graduate of what I consider one of the finest schools in the United States: The University of California at Santa Barbara, but never have I been more proud than today when my school Senate turned back the anti-Semitic BDS / Divestment movement. According to the UCSB Divest [...]

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When the “A” Word is Simply NOT Appropriate

Jonathan Segall — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:36:10 +0000

Amongst critics of Israel as of late, there has been a stepped up effort to label Israel as an “Apartheid State”. Now this meme has been circulating around the Far-Left for a while and now it has been picked up by the Rightist Haters as well in their unholy alliance with the leftist fringe. It [...]

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