May 17, 2013
8:15 pm

The Obama Administration Lied

The Obama administration failed to defend our diplomatic team in Libya and then lied to us about it. For purely partisan political reasons the Obama administration sought to pawn......

May 16, 2013
8:19 pm

Benghazi Ball

I suppose it is hardly surprising that the politicians are turning the Benghazi scandal and cover-up into a political football. The Obama administration screwed up and then lied about it......

May 12, 2013
7:32 pm

The Obama administration must be held accountable

Much to everyone's amazement, the New York Times toxic opinionator, Maureen Dowd, may be the first outspoken "progressive" in the American press to actually understand that the Obama Administration......

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May 10, 2013
8:54 pm

The Obama Administration and the Bengahzi Talking Points

Stephen F. Hayes, of the conservative Weekly Standard, just published a piece entitled The Benghazi Talking Points and how they were changed to obscure the truth. Hayes writes: Even as......

May 6, 2013
6:26 pm

Their Hatred is Not Your Fault

Every once in awhile I wonder why I bother maintaining this blog. I have no doubt that all blog owners, particularly political blog owners, come fact-to-face with this......

May 3, 2013
9:09 pm

Pamela Geller Under Attack

I was raised to root for the underdog. I suspect that very many Jewish people of my generation were and this is part of the reason that so many......

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April 30, 2013
10:07 pm

Oh, I just couldn’t let this go by!

MEMRI gives us this: Iranian Official: The Jews Use Sorcery Against Iran An Iranian regime official and a website close to the regime have recently accused the Jews of engaging......

April 29, 2013
6:42 pm

Rethinking the Conflict

One of the fundamental things that we are trying to do at Israel Thrives is simply rethink the conflict. Two things, to my mind, could absolutely not be......

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April 24, 2013
6:43 pm

Obama Administration demands release of terrorists

Yuval Bagno at the Jerusalem Post writes: After the Knesset discussed America's demand that Israel release terrorists as a good will gesture to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, Deputy......

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April 15, 2013
10:58 pm

Brief Notes: Standing Up For Ourselves

All we are trying to do at Israel Thrives, or so it seems to me, is open ourselves to alternative viewpoints around the Arab-Israel conflict and to stand......

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April 13, 2013
8:59 pm

Pamela Geller: The Bête Noire of Progressive-Left Jewry

Anyone who follows the American Jewish press knows that gadfly Pamela Geller......

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April 10, 2013
9:15 pm

The Fundamental Question

Do the Palestinians want a state? I would submit that the most fundamental question to ask concerning the Long Arab War Against the Jews of the Middle East is......

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March 29, 2013
6:51 pm

We Need More Apologies!

Now that Israel has apologized to Turkey for Turkey's attack upon her, she now must apologize to every other country in the region, first and foremost to Iran. Israel......

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March 25, 2013
8:26 am

Is Israel a Sovereign State?

In a piece entitled, Sovereign State or Colony?, the well-respected American analyst and blogger, FresnoZionist, wonders about the meaning of Netanyahu's recent apology to Turkey for the nine dead......

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March 15, 2013
5:58 pm

Seeing Beyond the Oslo Delusion

The Oslo Delusion is the mistaken belief that if only Israel would jump through certain hoops then there would be peace between Arabs and Jews in the Middle......

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