tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37055402011-08-16T23:10:49.744-04:00News and views on Israel, Zionism and the war on terrorism.Zionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15706857643384273180noreply@blogger.comBlogger42951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1105847940842295342005-12-31T22:56:00.000-05:002005-01-15T22:59:00.843-05:00

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by Steven Plaut Natan Sharansky has become the victim of KGB terror that the Left most loves to hate. His sin? He is thought to have influenced President Bush and helped persuade him that the time has come to push democracy as a solution for the problems of terrorism and tyranny. He also, of course, is guilty of thinking that Jews have the right to shoot back. Born in the Ukraine and educated at

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I have noted previously important ways in which Friedrich Engels had similar views to Hitler. The most spectacular aspect of Nazism, however, was surely its antisemitism. And that had a grounding in Marx himself. The following passage is from Marx but it could just as well have been from Hitler: "Let us consider the actual, worldly Jew -- not the Sabbath Jew, as Bauer does, but the everyday

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And we know where that ended up! This is our calling, that we shall become the templars of this Grail, gird the sword round our loins for its sake and stake our lives joyfully in the last, holy war which will be followed by the thousand-year reign of freedom. So Engels said. See here. And who does not know of Hitler's glorification of military sacrifice and his aim to establish a "

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Readers of this site are reminded that the IsraPundit "chapter" on Blogger is our auxiliary site. Our main site is located at IsraPundit.com Underscoring this is particularly important in view of the fact that Jewish Press referred to IsraPundit, but provided the URL of the Blogger, or auxiliary, site. Please visit our main site at the link given above.

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"In January 1849, months before he migrated to London, Karl Marx published an article by Friedrich Engels in Die Neue Rheinische Zeitung announcing that in Central Europe only Germans, Hungarians and Poles counted as bearers of progress. The rest must go. "The chief mission of all other races and peoples, large and small, is to perish in the revolutionary holocaust." Genocide arose out of

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For non-American readers, there is a great article here about cricket in Israel. Once again, it is the Indian influence. Many Indian Jews are now in Israel. And you can't separate Indians from their cricket. Because of India, cricket has a FAR bigger following than baseball. Cricket is the world's premier bat-and-ball sport, in fact. Some of the Indian allusions in the article may be a

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I often point out how much in common Nazism and Fascism had with Leninism and other forms of Leftism. Readers may therefore be interested to read another author's account of the history involved. For those with a high-speed connection, the original PDF is here and there are html copies here and here.

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There is a rather amusing article here reporting that the Europeans are finally getting ants in their pants about all the Muslim immigrants in their midst. The wisdom of "Cowboy" GWB's war on militant Islam might soon start to get through to them. How embarrassing that will be! Amazing: Some Iranians are trying to convert to Judaism both as an expression of distaste for the Islam of the

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FP: You are critical of those who believe that democracy is suited only for certain cultures and that it is incompatible with Islam. Do you think Islam has the keys within itself to enter modernity? Sharansky: First, as I mentioned, we can gain some optimism from history. It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the

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Lots of young educated Arabs LIKE George Bush! "The same ideas came up again and again: he is a strong leader, an honest man, and, most of all, a believer. Like the winning margin of American voters this year, these Middle Easterners related to Bush's sense of religious conviction and his confident steering of a nation and culture they admired... In addition, some of the most articulate

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There is an interesting contrast here between the way two poor countries -- India and Indonesia -- deal with Muslim violence. The terrorists mostly get a free pass in Indonesia but India prosecutes energetically. The British origins of India's legal system seem to have a lot to do with it. The author rejects the view that the minority status of Muslims in India has anything major to do

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Tom Barrett: "I have long believed that the United Nations is the most dangerous organization on our planet. The corruption that has been revealed there over the last few years has only reinforced my opinion. Now it is becoming apparent that the rampant corruption at the UN starts at the very top. More than any thing, the UN is a savagely anti-United States propaganda outlet. It is made up

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1103099838293841612004-12-15T03:36:00.000-05:002004-12-15T03:37:18.293-05:00

(Article by Cinnamon Stillwell) San Francisco State University has been in the spotlight lately, and the picture that has emerged is not a flattering one. Following last month's nationwide elections, members of the SFSU chapter of the College Republicans were confronted by an angry mob simply for setting up a table and handing out political literature. Members of the International Socialist

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An issue of abiding interest to all Jews AMERICA'S MOST OFFENSIVE FOUR-LETTER WORD There is no doubt that the most offensive four-letter word in America today is "race". I gather that my occasional mentioning of it greatly limits the readership of much that I write. It is my contention, however, that it is mainly the Left that keep it that way -- by going ballistic every time that the word

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Although there is a widespread myth that Jews in the Holocaust were passive, they were actually more active than any other conquered people. In 1942-43, Jews constituted half of all the partisans in Poland. Overall, about thirty thousand Jewish partisans fought in Eastern Europe. There were armed revolts in over forty different ghettos, mostly in Eastern Poland. In other parts of Europe, Jews

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1102835043849016732004-12-12T02:03:00.000-05:002004-12-12T02:04:03.850-05:00

It obviously makes feel them better to think that the Jews are a nasty lot too Six decades after the mass extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust by Nazi Germany, more than 50 percent of Germans believe that Israel's present-day treatment of the Palestinians is similar to what the Nazis did to the Jews during World War II, a German survey released this weekend shows. 51 percent of

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Most of the public in Israel seems to be going along with the "big lie" that Yasser Arafat crafted over the past fifty years. I do not know how many times I, and journalists like Khaled Abu Toameh, must repeat; there is no window of opportunity or avenue of hope now that the evil king is dead. Everyone seems to be walking around in a state of delusional euphoria. We are so tired of the same old

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Von Mises in 1940 knew that Fascists and Communists were all socialists: "Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini constantly proclaim that they are chosen by destiny to bring salvation to this world. They claim they are the leaders of the creative youth who fight against their outlived elders. They bring from the East the new culture which is to replace the dying Western civilization. They want to give

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1102587973792183012004-12-09T05:25:00.000-05:002004-12-09T05:26:13.793-05:00

No one can deny that Yasir Arafat had a dynamic talent for inspiring admiration and emulation. His gang`s massacres of children on a schoolbus from Moshav Avivim and at a school in Ma`alot — achievements the killer of JonBenet Ramsey could never hope to match — paved the way for similar atrocities committed at a school in Beslan, Russia. Arafat`s attention-grabbing series of airplane hijackings

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1102485566691318682004-12-08T01:58:00.000-05:002004-12-08T00:59:26.690-05:00

Can a group number as many as 70 million individuals fly under the radar? Outside of the context of politics, Christian evangelicals are virtually invisible in American culture, except to be laughed at or feared. Just as the image of the Jew can be a dangerously misleading generalization, the same is true for the image of the evangelical. Listen to many Jews talk about conservative Christians

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I, Yassir Arafat, leader of the Palestinian people, being of corrupted mind and runty filthy little body do bequeath the following: To my wife Suha I leave all the jewelry, purchased with United Nations relief funds, stashed in safe deposit boxes throughout The Grand Caymans, The Channel Islands and the First Syrian Bank of Damascus. To the Mullahs' in Iran I leave the anthrax, nail-filled

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The American "Progressives" were the first Fascists of the 20th century "Fascism" is a term that was originally coined by the Italian dictator Mussolini to describe his adaptation of Marxism to the conditions of Italy after World War I. Lenin in Russia made somewhat different adaptations of Marxism to the conditions in Russia during the same period and his adaptations came to be called

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Britain's Robert Kilroy-Silk, former talk-show host and political gadfly, was attacked by a bystander who threw a bucket of animal waste on the Euro Parliament representative for the United Kingdom Independent Party. The attacker said "This is in the name of Islam" while throwing the waste. Kilroy-Silk was sacked from his long-time job as a BBC talk show host for making "insensitive" comments

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A few days ago, pop celebrities joined 2,000 people in a march through Marseilles denouncing violence against women, particularly in the immigrant-dominated housing estates. The protest against Islamic "obscurantism" and the "fundamentalism that imprisons women" was led by a group of Muslim women who call themselves Ni Putes ni Soumises (Neither Whores nor Submissive). The movement, which

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An unusual Muslim: "Prof. Khaleel Mohammed is not a beloved figure among Muslim students in the United States. His visits to campuses to lecture are almost always accompanied by demonstrations of protesters condemning his opinions and his views. He has also felt hostile looks at the mosque where he used to worship in the city where he lives, San Diego, and therefore he rarely goes there. And

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1102075126984296852004-12-03T06:58:00.000-05:002004-12-03T06:58:46.983-05:00

The real story of Nazi's Harvard visit: "At a conference on the Holocaust at Boston University last Sunday, Stephen H. Norwood, a historian at the University of Oklahoma, claimed that Harvard University was 'complicit in enhancing the prestige of the Nazi regime' and cited the 'welcome' given to the Nazi publicist Ernst Hanfstaengl when he attended his 25th reunion in 1934. But a close

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101980894910204582004-12-02T04:46:00.000-05:002004-12-02T04:48:14.910-05:00

"L-rd have mercy on the Jews. We may be the only ethnic group in democratic history that is compelled to vote against its own self-interest, and even self-preservation. Whether it's finances, national security or the survival of the only Jewish state, the Republicans are good for it. But an estimated 75% of American Jews will nonetheless vote for John Kerry, a fact that caused my friend Steve —

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101885715598301792004-12-01T02:21:00.000-05:002004-12-01T02:21:55.596-05:00

The Supreme Court let stand Monday a lower court ruling allowing the U.S. Army to keep four watercolors painted by Adolf Hitler that were seized in Germany after World War II. Without comment, the justices turned aside a challenge by the family of late German photographer Heinrich Hoffmann Sr., which had sought either the return of the paintings as well as 2.5 million photographs — or millions

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Nazis were normal Leftists -- not insane: "Now the book the Florida State University professor fine-tuned - "The Nuremberg Interviews" - is being heralded for giving the world new insights into the chilling thoughts of Nazi leaders responsible for the Holocaust, the systematic extermination of more than 6 million Jews during World War II.... "There is this kind of inner logic behind the outer

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101700299091855752004-11-29T01:50:00.000-05:002006-02-23T04:04:09.853-05:00

"The idea that racial civil rights programs were the sole province of liberal Democrats is an urban legend promoted by Democrats to keep African - Americans voting for them. A cursory examination of history will reveal that civil rights legislation was implemented, proposed and/or endorsed by Republicans. It was during the Eisenhower presidency that the 1957 Civil Rights Act was passed.

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101699143271987062004-11-29T01:30:00.000-05:002004-11-28T22:32:23.320-05:00

Good to hear that President Bush is listening to Sharansky: "Sharansky's ideas are clear: no concessions, funds or legitimacy for the Palestinians unless they adopt democracy, but a modern-day Marshall Plan for the Palestinians if they embrace democratic ways. The same hard line that worked for Ronald Reagan against the Soviet Union, Sharansky argues in his book, would work for Israel against

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101618690424468402004-11-28T01:10:00.000-05:002004-11-28T00:11:30.423-05:00

No one can measure the monstrous impact of government schools imposing racism and teaching racism as official policy for so long. Government school racism did much more damage than private enterprise could ever have afforded to do.....An eye-popping historic photo of a segregated class chanting the pledge of allegiance is here..... When government began socializing schools in the late 1800's,

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1101546313495189012004-11-27T04:03:00.000-05:002004-11-27T04:05:13.496-05:00

If you keep looking in the wrong place for the monster, it may catch you unawares when it returns I am indebted to the mini-Chomsky himself, the great Brian Leiter, for a recommendation of a long article by Orcinus about the probability of America "going Fascist". Seeing Hitler was a socialist and Mussolini was a Marxist, you might think Orcinus is worried about arrogant trends in the

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Even by the grisly standards of ritual killing, it was shocking. On 2 November in Amsterdam the Dutch iconoclast and film-maker Theo van Gogh was dragged from his bicycle in broad daylight and murdered. His killer, a bearded Dutch-born Islamic radical of Moroccan descent, shot him six times and, as he pleaded for his life, slit his throat through the spinal column with a butcher's knife, almost

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To all those who celebrate it "Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations." (Psalm 100:4-5)

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The United Church of Christ, a "peace with justice" church (translation: "appeasement and socialism" church) is trying its hardest to get time for Iran to develop nuclear weapons! There is a copy of an email from them here which says that "possession of a nuclear weapon is the best deterrent to a pre-emptive strike by the United States". Both Americans and Israelis are greatly endangered

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I blogged on these fine folk previously -- on October 23rd. Quick summary of what has changed: Nothing. In the world of Hamid Dabashi, supporters of Israel are "warmongers" and "Gestapo apparatchiks." The Jewish homeland is "nothing more than a military base for the rising predatory empire of the United States." It's a capital of "thuggery" - a "ghastly state of racism and apartheid" -

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Matthias Doepfner, Chief Executive of German publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in the daily Welt against the cowardice of Europe in the face of the Islamic threat: "Appeasement crippled Europe when genocide ran rampant in Kosovo and we Europeans debated and debated until the Americans came in and did our work for us. ... In the meantime, Europe sits back with

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What the title says. Click here.

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What the title says. Click here.

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The "voter fraud" explanation that many Leftists give in explanation for their loss of the recent U.S. Presidential election has already been pretty thoroughly debunked but Leftists are still not giving up on it. Given their own efforts to rig the vote by enrolling dead people etc., one can understand their conviction that there was foul play. It's another example of their chronic "projection

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We are in the middle of installing an updated version of Israpundit at the site IsraPundit.com. Until it is completed in a day or two, all visitors will be redirected to this Blogspot site. We will, of course, continue to post articles on this Blogspot site during this transition period. Thank you for your interest and patience. Ted Belman and Joseph A Norland

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http://simulev.blogspot.com/ is a new website, dedicated to exposing Swedish anti-Israel bias. Personally, I have given up on the old EUrabians; in my view, they will only change when the inevitable 9-11 comes to their countries. I still think, however, that it is important that from time to time we peak into the despicable EUrabian entities, just to see how loathsome they really are. In a word,

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I have to admit, I understand Israel less with every passing day. For example, since the sickness of the Egyptian-born terrorist Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Husseini ("Yasser Arafat") became known, Israel has shown itself to stand on feet of clay, if not on feet of butter. At the outset, assurances were given that the said terrorist could return safely to his Ramallah sty; similarly, the

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The JPost reports today, November 7, 2004: - "Soldier killed, 2 wounded in operation near Tulkarm" - "5 Palestinians killed in clashes" - "Fugitives surrender at Nablus roadblocks" A year ago today, on November 7, 2003, JPost reported: - "A mortar shell was fired at Gush Katif settlements"; - "security forces are on the alert with 45 targeted notices on possible terror attacks"; -

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099800752244623182004-11-07T07:02:00.000-05:002004-11-07T09:30:17.356-05:00

Arutz 7 e-mailed the following piece on Friday, 5 Nov 2004: HOME DEMOLITION POLICY DETERS SUICIDE TERRORIST It has now been released for publication that two wanted Arab terrorists recently turned themselves in to IDF forces at a checkpoint near the city of Shechem, 30 miles north of Jerusalem. The two were brothers, one of whom - Fadi Al-Hirash - planned to carry out a suicide bombing.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099789654814764822004-11-06T20:05:00.000-05:002004-11-06T20:10:00.916-05:00

In a recent news release, the American Board of Rabbis has called upon the people to boycott France, a call I have echoed on IsraPundit many a time. The complete text of the press release, as documented on the site, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prwebxml173519.php, is reproduced below. How effective are boycotts? Having called for several, my view as to why I boycott and advocate

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099789475997110122004-11-06T20:03:00.000-05:002004-11-06T22:05:29.493-05:00

On the assumption that we all read JPost, I don't usually highlight articles posted on theJPost site, but I will make an exception for SARAH HONIG's "Mother knew best". Anyone who studied the pre-1948 history of Israel-in-the-making is familiar with the internecine fighting among the Haganah, IZL and Lehi, including the ignoble persion known as "the season" (Haganah denouncing members of the

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099789265756615332004-11-06T19:59:00.000-05:002004-11-06T20:01:05.756-05:00

Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004 – All-day AFSI Conference in Manhattan Please visit our website www.afsi.org to see full program. "Islam's War Against America and Israel" $180 per person, table of 10 @ 1,500 Make your reservation today - Please call us at 212-828-2424

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The following events took place on November 6: 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected president 1917: Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace 1941: 500 Jews of Kolomyya, Galicia and 15,000 Jews of Rowno, Poland were massacred by the Nazis. 1942: 12,000 Jews of Minsk were executed by the Nazis. 1944: Two LEHI members assasinate Lord Moyne in Egypt; the LEHI members were

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099335868897834832004-11-01T14:03:00.000-05:002004-11-01T14:24:21.990-05:00

I received the following message from one of our readers: The Muslim Student Association at Northeaster Illinois University in Chicago is holding a tribute to Sheik Yassin of Hamas on Wednesday. They have placed flyers with a color photo of Yassin all over campus. I spoke to the dean and he has done nothing to adress the issue. Even at the most anti-Israel campuses like Duke and Berkley I

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099137401068660212004-10-30T07:52:00.000-04:002004-10-30T07:57:03.490-04:00

The Canadian Islamic Congress and its president, Mohamed Elmasry, must both accept that Elmasry can no longer serve as a spokesperson for Canada's Muslim community. For saying that all Israelis older than 18 are legitimate targets for suicide bombers, Elmasry has to go. There is no other way around it. If the Congress does not accept this, it means that it, as an organization, is as unsuited to

Moses aka E. Greenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099105950308785392004-10-29T23:10:00.000-04:002004-10-29T23:23:42.396-04:00

JPost accepted comments to its news story about the Egyptian-born terrorist, Mohemed Abdel Rahman al-Husseini. I sent in the following: Joseph Alexander Norland, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Hot on the heels of the decision by Israel's parliament to cede territory in Gaza to the Arabs, comes the news that Israel is allowing Arafat to leave for Paris, guaranteeing his safe return; this news is

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1099090391220314632004-10-29T18:48:00.000-04:002004-10-29T18:56:38.840-04:00

Because of the problems we are encountering currently with IsraPundit.com, we are forced to use this "old" version of IsraPundit.We will notify readers when IsraPundit.com is up and running once more.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1057169514270373572003-07-02T14:23:00.000-04:002003-07-02T14:23:04.450-04:00

In response to Israelis leave, Gazans pick up the pieces Jul. 1, 2003 this is a quote which surfaced despite the known self censorship of journalists and residents under despotic regimes... see link for entire article Beit Hanoun residents 'tired of all this' By INIGO GILMORE, DAILY TELEGRAPH Beit Hanoun There were no signs of celebration in Beit Hanoun and little in the way of

nnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1056422410844166722003-06-23T22:25:00.000-04:002003-06-23T22:41:03.483-04:00

The mysterious Mideast unraveled I like Paul Greenberg for writing like this, injecting what seems like a hint of humor while actually calling a spade a spade, a writing style which I think will help more average American readers who find this topic too complicated: Despite its tough talk, Hamas is ready to agree to a formal cease-fire, with the emphasis on formal. If the Israelis will stop

michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1100982114107169672003-06-20T15:18:00.000-04:002004-11-20T15:21:54.106-05:00

Reminder: Tomorrow is the day! The following call to action was received by e-mail: ONE VOICE: JEWISH WOMEN FOR ISRAEL www.onevoice4Israel.org Announces TAKE FIVE: CALL CONGRESS FOR ISRAEL A CALL-IN DAY ACTION GUIDE FOR MONDAY, JUNE 21ST What is ONE VOICE? A unique coalition of women's organizations, which represents a broad spectrum of Jewish political and religious views. We stand

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1055962761080091602003-06-18T14:59:00.000-04:002003-06-18T15:04:22.503-04:00

Anne Frank's Diary at the Holocaust Memorial in DC It had not occurred to me that the Diary had never before been to America. Here is an instructive take on the effect her writing usually has on its readers:But to read the entire entry for July 15, 1944, as Bloomfield did, is to realize Anne's painful struggle, her ideals and faith battling fear and desperation. In the next breath after that

michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-1055577227233408042003-06-14T15:53:00.000-04:002003-06-14T03:53:47.276-04:00

Arlene Peck’s latest article, “The gloves are off!” -- on the response to terrorism directed against Israel is up here

JRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004080172003-06-10T12:40:00.000-04:002003-06-10T13:42:50.000-04:00

The Humiliation of Israel Are you feeling personally violated by the manner in which Israel is treated while forced to submit to alien desires? Sara Honig, with an eye and a pen hard to match, will show you why and how this feeling is fully warranted. You must read her verbatim here.

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004037152003-06-09T13:45:00.000-04:002003-06-09T13:45:34.070-04:00

The new address is - http://israpundit.com Please update your bookmarks accordingly

Wind Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004035992003-06-09T13:18:00.000-04:002003-06-10T09:16:00.000-04:00

ANNOUNCEMENT OUR MOVE TO A NEW IMPROVED SITE IS COMPLETED THOUGH THE NEW SITE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION But new posts are being created as before. Go to IsraPundit and then change your bookmark. Hope you enjoy the quickness and the new features still under construction Ted Belman

Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926957351536455210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004035092003-06-09T13:15:00.000-04:002003-06-09T13:44:00.000-04:00

Mike's Place Toronto" TONIGHT!!! Starts early - 8 pm - for those of us who have to get up for work in the morning. Great live music all night long. For anyone in the Toronto area please come out and show your support - and bring all your friends too! For anyone in New York, London or Tel Aviv, remember there will be concerts in your area on June 28. A Benefit Concert for Avi Taviv & the

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ANNOUNCEMENT We are now posting at an interim site even while it is UNDER CONSTRUCTION and not yet complete. Bear with us. Please go to IsraPundit interim

Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926957351536455210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004024022003-06-09T09:32:00.000-04:002003-06-09T09:33:31.000-04:00

Men at Work IsraPundit is in the process of moving to a new site. During the transition period, which should only last a day or two, the current BlogSpot site will be inoperative. Further notices about the new site will be posted here daily. Please bear with us.

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2004004372003-06-08T18:41:00.000-04:002003-06-08T18:43:12.000-04:00

Hard to believe but... Through a mailing managed by Shoshana Walker at Topica I received a posting describing the career of "Walid". A once Paletinian terrorist, Walid converted to Christianity and is now a strongly PROZIONIST activist (in the correct sense of the word). In the link above you will find a defense of the "right of return" (of the Jews) to their ancient homeland that Israel's

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003984872003-06-07T19:07:00.000-04:002003-06-07T19:09:53.000-04:00

Better (26 years) late than never JPost reports today, June 7, 2003: The Israel Project produces new pro-Israel ads for US market Starting this week, The Israel Project will begin running 30 second TV spots in the Washington D.C. area that will feature Israeli mothers calling for an end to terror so that both Israelis and Palestinian can live in peace. Since its inception, IsraPundit has

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003984032003-06-07T18:30:00.000-04:002003-06-07T20:19:51.000-04:00

Does anyone ask "why does the KKK hate the blacks?" Hatred, racism etc... are all taught, that is their root. This the same with Islamicism. The root is being taught. Their cause is murder. The root cause of terrorism is being taught to murder and its ensuing success. Giving rewards for murder proves to the terrorists murder does pay, they are winning, they are right, and that they are

Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003980232003-06-07T15:38:00.000-04:002003-06-07T15:38:33.183-04:00

Dahlan denies report of PA program to buy illegal weapons [...]The Palestinian Authority ministry of interior is preparing to receive European and U.S. police equipment to rebuild a strong Palestinian police force, interior sources said Thursday. The sources said that the aim of receiving such police equipment is to rehabilitate the different Palestinian security apparatuses for implementation

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003980122003-06-07T15:33:00.000-04:002003-06-07T18:08:37.000-04:00

Palestinian PM to meet with factions amid Hamas row

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003973432003-06-07T11:48:00.000-04:002003-06-07T11:53:02.000-04:00

The same deception, the same delusion By Israel Harel The following is an absolutly amazing analysis by a veteran commentator for Ha'aretz. Wait to reach the end to savor the fact that such a analysis appears in Israel's equivalent of the NYT. The link to this piece appeared in a posting by Ted of post-Akaba comments. It is here posted in full because of the condensed significance of

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003966152003-06-07T11:40:00.000-04:002003-06-08T00:09:21.000-04:00

Behind the hype and the headlines Hakol B'seder ( everything is OK) Extracts from Haaretz Correspondent, Aluf Benn's report U.S. President George Bush's determination to throw his weight and prestige behind finding a solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Intheir earlier meetings, Bush also spoke of his striving for a solution for the Middle East, but his words were

Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926957351536455210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003971332003-06-07T07:00:00.000-04:002003-06-07T07:02:35.000-04:00

Hamas Stops Talks on Halting Attacks on Israelis There are many media reports of this key dismissal of peace talks by Hamas. I cite here what I consider a key statement[...]"Let Abu Mazen use whatever force he wishes against the Palestinian people, the Palestinian people will never cede an inch of their land," Rantissi said. Ziad Abu Amr, the Palestinian cabinet minister commissioned by Abbas to

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003971202003-06-07T06:51:00.000-04:002003-06-07T06:55:44.000-04:00

UN seeks $103 million US for Palestinians, says aid is crucial to peace talks Helping their favorites through the back door? Why not make money and aid contingent upon stopping terrorism? Was there not a siphoning off of earlier monies to support terror activities, something UNRAW refused to investigate?GENEVA (AP) - The "road map" for peace in the Middle East will only be successful if

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003971112003-06-07T06:46:00.000-04:002003-06-07T06:46:23.686-04:00

Maher denies Israeli news on return of Egyptian The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher has deliberately denied that Sharm Esh Sheikh meetings which were held two days ago tackled the issue of the return of the Egyptian ambassador to Israel. He stressed that what was issued to that effect "was baseless." Maher's statements came in comments of news stated by the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot in

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003971092003-06-07T06:41:00.000-04:002003-06-07T06:42:55.000-04:00

Israel's debts put heat on Sharon We too often ignore the eonomics when we ask Sharon and Israel to stand up against Bush demands.THE chances of progress in the Middle East are cast so easily in terms of personalities it is easy to forget the overshadowing disaster of Israel's economy – and the fact this threat is now itself a force for peace. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon admitted as much

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003971062003-06-07T06:38:00.000-04:002003-06-07T07:10:09.000-04:00

Jews and Catholics after John Paul II? FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CNS) -- Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore told an interreligious group of seminarians that the commitment of the Catholic Church to friendship with Jews would continue regardless of who the next popes may be. Pope John Paul II has taken notable steps to advance relations, but the new approach of the church is now firmly embedded in

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003970932003-06-07T06:32:00.000-04:002003-06-07T06:32:52.856-04:00

15 news articles (links) about Israel.

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003956312003-06-06T16:57:00.000-04:002003-06-06T18:49:39.000-04:00

Reflection on the Bali mass murder in the name of Islam. [...[While Adolf Eichmann's defense was that he merely followed orders, that of the Bali bombers is that they responded to wrong inflicted on the Muslim world, otherwise known as the ummah. Although the litany of wrongs is extensive, ranging from the Kashmir conflict to the Israeli-Palestinian quagmire, the Bali bombers were driven not

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003950022003-06-06T14:37:00.000-04:002003-06-06T14:39:02.000-04:00

Analysis: Jews flooding into Germany Any number of things come to mind for some sort of wiseguy remark. I will refrain and let you digest. The writer even notes that there are certain ironies in this Return WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- The turbulent relationship between Jews and Germany is taking yet another stunning turn. Seventy years after Hitler's ascendance to power and 60 years after the

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003942942003-06-06T12:02:00.000-04:002003-06-06T21:51:08.000-04:00

Let the Civil War Begin! Hamas Halts Truce Talks With Abbas Because Hamas militants (terrorists) would not surrender but instead fought and got killed, Hamas has now called off any ceasefire. How will the PA deal with this? Top Hamas leaders said today that the militant Islamic group was calling off cease-fire talks with Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, a move that poses a direct

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003942212003-06-06T11:46:00.000-04:002003-06-06T11:51:37.000-04:00

"Mike's Place Toronto" Final Details - This Coming Monday - Spread the Word!!! A Benefit Concert for Avi Taviv & the victims of the Mike's Place bombings "Through his bravery, we mourn 3 and not 30....." www.mikesplacebars.com Monday June 9, 2003 @ 8:00 p.m THE SILVER DOLLAR ROOM

eyesoftheworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003940352003-06-06T11:15:00.000-04:002003-06-06T11:26:49.000-04:00

VDH for wars, NF for empires "We may now be witnessing the most radical reshaping of the MiddleEast since it acquired its modern form(and many of its modern problems) in the wake of World War I. What the British Empire began, the American Empire may be about to finish." So begins Niall Ferguson's THE 'E' WORD in today's WSJ opinion section. NF seems to become to history of empires (and what

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003935472003-06-06T09:35:00.000-04:002003-06-06T10:53:27.000-04:00

Post Aqaba; the verdict is in. Or is it? Some columnists have pronounced the "peace process", DOA, dead on arrival. Bottom line for Israel Harel in his article The same deception, the same delusion is "There will be no peace because even if Bush succeeds in forcing an agreement, the territory cannot support the two nations." The Road Map to Hell in the Middle East by Robert W. Tracinski

Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926957351536455210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003935442003-06-06T09:34:00.000-04:002003-06-06T09:36:24.000-04:00

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) distorts On June 5, 2003, CBC's Anna Marie Tremonti broadcast a piece that included the well-known distortion of Paul Wolfowitz's text. I received a copy of the following letter, which was sent to the CBC. June 5, 2003 Dear Ms. Tremonti, The statement you attributed to Paul Wolfowitz, that the war in Iraq was all about oil, has been all over the

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003927342003-06-06T09:29:00.000-04:002003-06-06T04:33:47.000-04:00

The unilateral surrender of Israel continues Charles Krauthammer Let's be plain about what happened at Sharm el-Sheik. The president of the United States put his prestige on the line for the sake of Arab-Israeli peace and the Arab states gave him nothing. They refused to endorse Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. They spoke of their opposition to ``terrorism,'' even as they repeatedly

Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926957351536455210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003934232003-06-06T09:09:00.000-04:002003-06-06T09:09:20.370-04:00

Muslims lament Israel's existence PARIS If the American threat of preemptive military action against Iraq inflamed the Muslim world over the winter, the war itself fanned the flames, with a sharp new rise in hostility toward the United States, the latest Pew survey has found. Animosity is so high that solid majorities in five populations surveyed expressed confidence in Osama bin Laden to "do

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003933812003-06-06T09:00:00.000-04:002003-06-06T09:07:08.000-04:00

Actions speak louder than words The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) has sent subscribers an e-mail on the topic, SWC Trains Senior French Police Delegation at Museum of Tolerance. The piece is also available on the web at the SWC web site. With growing anti-Semitism in France, training of police personnel, as described in the article, is of particular significance. The SWC should be

Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15066284196814344845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003932122003-06-06T08:08:00.000-04:002003-06-06T08:13:08.000-04:00

The Institution called "Madrassah" An examination of Madrassah education and how it differs from an American Islamic education The Institution called "Madrassah" has drawn attention worldwide in recent days. Specifically, after the capture of power in Afghanistan by the Madrassah graduates and teachers, the western media focused more on "Madrassahs" throughout the world. Some of the programs I

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003931122003-06-06T07:35:00.000-04:002003-06-06T08:02:29.000-04:00

The Community of the Disobedient Susan Sontag thinks Rachel Corrie was a hero, says Steven Zak in Frontpage. Sontag's "approval" of Corrie " the martyr" appeared in The Nation. Sontag has of course had a long career of being an amazingly gifted writer and critic, but as usual she identifies with any nation or group or person she assumes to be an "underdog." Sontag's ultimate metaphor of moral

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003930652003-06-06T07:18:00.000-04:002003-06-06T07:19:12.000-04:00

Why I love the road map -- really! Don't be dismissive of this Jewsweek article by Richard L. Benkinbecause of its title. He makes a good point[...] Why, then, do I love the road map? Because the events of 2000 failed to make clear to the world what they made clear to us. So many in the press, on campus, in the streets still seem to think that something they call "the occupation" is at the

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003930272003-06-06T07:00:00.000-04:002003-06-06T08:09:28.000-04:00

Israel News Cherry pick among some 45 articles. Summary and linksIsrael and Palestinians Promise First Steps in Peace (45 articles) The U.S.-sponsored "road map" peace plan calls for mutual confidence-building steps, including a halt to Palestinian militant attacks on Israelis and curbs on settlements, leading to a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza by 2005. Hard-line Israelis say the

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003930252003-06-06T06:58:00.000-04:002003-06-06T06:58:13.780-04:00

News from Israel: 25 articles (links) With focus on Arafat inteference (his remakrs) and Hamas refusal to be involved.

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003930212003-06-06T06:55:00.000-04:002003-06-06T06:55:41.563-04:00

The Price for A Palestinian State Jim Hoagland of The Washington Post discusses what the Palestinians must do, especially focusing upon the Right of Return[...]Arafat, a creature of exile politics, refused at the last minute to swallow the bitter pill, which would have offered compensation for those not admitted to Israel[under the Clinton proposals for a wayaof working around the Right].

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003930012003-06-06T06:49:00.000-04:002003-06-06T06:49:59.000-04:00

Sharon's Big Bet Liked by some and loathed by others, Sharon's approach to the Road is here evaluated by New York Post writer Eric Fettmann[...] Sharon, recall, vowed that he wouldn't be forced back to full-scale negotiations under fire - and he wasn't. Moreover, alone among Israeli leaders since 1993, he has not handed over any territory to the Palestinians (save for areas briefly re-occupied by

frednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003919832003-06-05T23:00:00.000-04:002003-06-05T23:05:18.000-04:00

The message from Sinai, By Amotz Asa-El [...]In its 55 years,(writes Asa-El), Israel has probably gone through more retreats and conquests than most other countries would during entire centuries. Read this condensed history of those "retreats and conquests" and you will have a taste of the famous Jewish saying:" with friends like this...."

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003911652003-06-05T18:37:00.000-04:002003-06-05T18:43:41.000-04:00

Periodically the cry goes up. Israel must yield, relent, compromise and concede. Israel - always Israel. Yet here is a country, a solitary democracy in an autocratic sea, created by the United Nations and warred against constantly by Arab regimes and their foot soldiers - currently the Palestinians. Israel has repelled every Arab attack, won every war - as well it must, for the first war it

bunuelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003904682003-06-05T15:50:00.000-04:002003-06-05T16:24:24.000-04:00

IS IRAQ TURNING INTO THE NEW LEBANON? The attacks in Iraq are beginning to remind me of Lebanon. Israel's failure in Lebanon (and turning tail and running) has caused the view to arise among Muslims that the West can't take such low level conflict. This is one cause for the activity ion Israel today and also the reason why Iraq is being Lebanonized. I think it is only a matter of time before

Zionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15706857643384273180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3705540.post-2003868532003-06-05T15:02:00.000-04:002003-06-05T15:54:20.000-04:00

COUNTERSPIN For those of you who saw last night's program with me (Ted Belman) on it, please offer your assessment in the comments. For those of you who missed the Counterspin program you can see on the web. Go to COUNTERSPIN. The topic is Will the Roadmap lead to peace? You will see the option for playing parts 1,2,3 and 4 on RM. If you don't have Real One already downloaded on your

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