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Mar 22, 2024, 10:39 AM

Schumer gives Israel bad advice

In a major Senate speech, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an obstacle to peace, and called for new elections in Israel in hopes of getting a more moderate government willing to scale back the...

Feb 4, 2024, 9:32 AM

Law and order in retreat in California

The forces of law and order seem to be in a state of retreat in much of the US, and I got a firsthand look at that recently in Palo Alto, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. There...

Oct 30, 2023, 12:21 PM

Faith is essential to victory

People who say that Israel’s only hope for peace lies in halting settlement expansion and agreeing to a two state “solution” are failing to comprehend the Islamist mindset. To Islamist groups like Hamas, Islam must ultimately rule the entire...

Oct 8, 2023, 8:57 AM

Lessons we must learn from Hamas attack

Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel, resulting in hundreds of Israelis killed and dozens taken hostage, clearly represents a major intelligence failure. But it also represents many years of political and diplomatic failures, including refusal to come to grips with...

Jan 19, 2023, 11:33 AM

Is High Court controversy really about democracy?

Opponents of Israel's proposed judicial reforms like to say they’re defending democracy. Actually, what they’re defending is unlimited judicial power, as long as that power is used to advance their own causes. If the situation were reversed, and the...

Sep 21, 2022, 7:26 AM

Defining Extremism

"Extremism” is one of the most over-used terms in today's political parlance. But what it actually means depends on your politics. “Extremism” is a relative term that presumes the existence of an agreed-upon norm. The further you are from...

Jul 30, 2021, 6:58 PM

Ben & Jerry’s: The evolution of anti-Jewish Jews

The decision by Ben and Jerry's to not sell their ice cream in Judea and Samaria, which they incorrectly call "occupied Palestinian territory,” is part of a disturbing and dangerous trend among liberal American Jews. Forced to choose between...

Jul 12, 2018, 10:51 AM

Don’t mourn for dead terrorists

One of the most disturbing aspects of the recent opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem was the grief and sorrow expressed by many liberal Jews over the deaths of 62 Arabs that same day in violent riots led...

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Martin Wasserman is the former producer and host of the cable TV series "Spotlight on the Middle East." A long time pro-Israel activist, he frequently writes articles on Jewish and Israeli topics. He is also a retired software developer based in Silicon Valley.

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