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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Feb 14, 2019, 1:14 AM

There is no real oversight on the media and social media

It's taboo. You can't call for oversight of the press. It's censorship. But it doesn't need to be. Why should a journalist or outlet be able to write and publish anything they want as long as it's not copyrighted...

Kenneth Waltzer

Feb 13, 2019, 1:20 PM

Deborah Lipstadt talks about American antisemitism, here and now

American journalist Chris Hedges hosted a political talk show recently, in which he and his guests claimed that “pro-Israel lobby groups have fabricated accusations of antisemitism on US college campuses in order to incite official crackdowns against Palestinian solidarity...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 30, 2019, 8:13 AM

Bibi, if you want to win, shut up about the polls, press or police

Some say that Netanyahu might still lose if he makes a few big mistakes. That is false as he regularly makes big mistakes and no one gives a hoot. I even suspect him of blundering on purpose like bosses in...

Jan 23, 2019, 7:20 PM

A hatchet job of an editorial in The Guardian

It’s no secret that The Guardian doesn’t have any great love for Israel. Just this week, the newspaper of choice for many British liberals has published three articles about the Jewish state. All three are deeply critical. Not that criticism...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 23, 2019, 12:24 AM

The new cancer finding that isn’t

It's such a toxic (pun not intended) mix when a reporter who isn't a physician from a newspaper that is in disarray reports a medical finding from medical super-specialists who lack much insight in what they are doing heaping...

Jan 22, 2019, 11:16 AM

It’s a small world after all for Gaza-obsessed BBC

Current affairs vultures cannot but be disturbed by the levels of violence around the globe. Close to home, a 14-year-old moped rider dies in East London. In Northern Ireland, a man is shot and killed on 18 January and...

Jan 17, 2019, 11:19 AM

Wearing Jewface: The Aftermath and Beyond

My recent blog post at Times of Israel, Wearing Jewface: The Far-Left’s New Tactic, has generated a lot of discussion on Facebook, Twitter, even a Reddit thread. It's a much needed discussion. I've received a lot of very thoughtful...

Jan 8, 2019, 9:58 PM

The American ‘Zionist’ assault on Israel

Peter Beinart (L) speaking at a J Street session on July 26, 2016. (JTA)

Less hubris and more interest in why Israelis think what they do would go a long way to helping this relationship survive

Jan 6, 2019, 10:15 AM

Lauded in the streets and by the Jewish community of Brazil

Osias Wurman speaking at the reception of Prime Minister Benjamim Netanyahu, on December 2018, in Rio, Brazil (Isaac Markman).

My level of excitement was very high when, on December 28, I witnessed the very first Israeli prime minister land in Brazil 70 years after the establishment of the Jewish state. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu walked out that airplane wrapped...

Jan 4, 2019, 7:40 PM

Palestinian Martyr Gunned Down by Israel

The above title might as well have been the headline for the exceedingly long front page article in The New York Times last Sunday, December 30, by David Halbfinger. In it, the reporter elevates a young Palestinian woman, Rouzan...

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