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Oct 23, 2023, 8:31 AM

The Path to NEVER AGAIN

During the first 75 years after its establishment, Israel won several wars against countries that sought to annihilate her, managed to build the mighty Israel Defense Forces, and developed one of the top technology hubs in the world. There’s...

Feb 11, 2022, 5:53 PM

Facts about US Media Coverage of Hate Crimes

Around the same time that Amnesty International published their heinous report, a more important study was presented by HonestReporting.com, a non-profit that works "to ensure truth, integrity and fairness, and to combat ideological prejudice in journalism and the media"...

Oct 7, 2019, 11:38 PM

DNA also stands for Discrimination Not Accepted

Use DNA testing to validate Jewish ancestry, sure, but excluding Israeli immigrants and their children from Judaism on this basis is just wrong

Mar 14, 2019, 2:57 PM

Dual Loyalty vs. Disloyalty

The idea of accusing individuals or groups of people of dual loyalty is nothing new. There were, for instance, accusations of dual-loyalty aimed at the Japanese and Italians during World War II, and even at John Kennedy, when some...

Oct 7, 2018, 8:42 PM

Ted Cruz or Beto? Let’s judge by the facts

With only a few weeks until the 2018 elections, we are all inundated with ads supporting or opposing various candidates. When it comes to the race between Senator Ted Cruz and his challenger, Congressman Beto O’Rourke, we’ve all heard...

May 18, 2017, 4:34 PM

The “Controversy” About Dichter’s Basic Law

Israel does not have a Constitution. Instead, it has a set of Basic Laws, and several of them refer to important affirmations contained in Israel’s Declaration of Independence. However, a key Basic Law has been missing, one that asserts the...

Jan 7, 2017, 11:07 PM

Israel and the Arab World – Here’s What Could Happen Under Trump’s Presidency

There’s no doubt that Trump’s presidency will be a game changer for the US foreign policy. But many people have been asking what will his approach be toward the Arab-Israeli and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I am using the word “conflict”...

Jul 1, 2016, 11:40 AM

Brexit, Gazexit and WestBexit — The Parallel

What happened after the Brexit referendum was a surprise to many, but I would be willing to bet that a lot of people in the “Leave” camp are now having “buyer’s remorse.” Perhaps the first to have it is...

Aug 1, 2015, 8:42 AM

A Message To Our Members of Congress

"At the end, Secretary Kerry completely impromptu said: ’when I was 22 I went to war. I went to war and it became clear to me that I never wanted to go to war again’. That's what this was...

Jun 20, 2015, 10:31 PM

Obama’s Skewed Reality: From Charleston to Jerusalem

"At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries." (Obama, 6/18/2015) Really, Mr. President?? There were four mass murders in 2015: The one...

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About Me

Max Blankfeld is a Houston based entrepreneur and pro-Israel activist; Born in Germany, he moved at the age of 2 to Brazil, where destiny took his parents who were Holocaust survivors; From 1970 to 1976 he studied at the Technion and Tel Aviv University, and was a stringer for Brazilian newspapers; Upon his return to Brazil he was the local correspondent for Yedioth Aharonot for two years; He serves on the Boards of Honest Reporting, FIDF and the Jewish Studies Program at Rice University. Follow me on twitter @mblankfeld .

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