The New York Times and Israel (Again)
The New York Times, whose hostility to Israel is visible in both its news and its editorial pages, was at it again yesterday. In an editorial (about the symbolic vote in the UK parliament backing...
View ArticleThe Challenge of ISIS is Not Only Military
The military challenge posed by ISIS (or the “Islamic State”) is grave, as we have seen in both Syria and Iraq. It has destroyed the border between those two states and roams over both at will. It...
View ArticleHow Safe Are the Jews of Europe?
A new study by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research (a London-based research organization, which conducted the survey on behalf of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the EU) is “the first in a series...
View ArticleThe British Royals, Arabs, and Israel
The bizarre story of the refusal of British royals to visit Israel, while they are constantly in the Arab world, continues. I wrote about this phenomenon here, last February, when Prince Charles...
View ArticleNo “Gentleman’s Agreement” for Jews in Sweden
The book “Gentleman’s Agreement,” by Laura Z. Hobson, appeared in 1947, followed by the film of the same name starring Gregory Peck (and winning three Oscars). The plot is simple: a journalist assigned...
View ArticleThe British Royals and Israel–Again
I’ve written before in this blog about the British royals and their refusal to visit Israel, the most recent time here. Now we learn that Prince Charles may visit Iran. The story in The Independent...
View ArticleObama and Brexit
I’ve written before about the mistake the President made by intervening in the decision British citizens must make in June about leaving the EU. But in addition to questioning the wisdom, one might...
View ArticleSuing Lord Balfour
The unseriousness of the PLO’s desire for peace with Israel was demonstrated in a comic manner this week. Here’s the news item from the AP: The Palestinian president says he will sue Great Britain over...
View ArticlePrince Charles and Israeli Funerals
Prince Charles attended the funeral of Shimon Peres last week, in Jerusalem. This was not his first visit: he also attended the Yitzhak Rabin funeral in 1995. In the 21 years since then he has visited...
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