Hanukah Message for Don from Matisyahu
Happy Hanukkah! This year I want to help my friends Dana and Joseph bring their father, former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, home from prison. Don Siegelman was convicted of an implied quid pro…
J-Street Poll: Obama receives 70% of Jewish Vote
The quickest poll results are in on the Jewish vote. The exit and election night polls of 800 voters who identified as Jewish were conducted for J-Street and conducted by Gerstein Bocian Agne…
Nutmeg Matzo Balls?
It is the Wednesday before Passover preparations and shopping really begin in earnest, so traditionally, North American and other publishers print stories and recipes for their Passover observant readers. Let’s take a peek:…
What Sort of Jew is Obama?
A Traditional Jew, a safe Jew, a MAxwell House Haggadah Jew according to Jeffery Goldberg’s blog in The Atlantic. The post deserves reading just because it has one of the best titles of…
Finally, an op-ed on Iran by somebody who knows and understands the drill
Israel’s Last Chance to Strike Iran By Amos Yadlin February 29, 2012 Tel Aviv – On June 7, 1981, I was one of eight Israeli fighter pilots who bombed the Iraqi nuclear reactor…
It’s time to accept that Obama will be a two-term President
Look, I don’t want Obama as President of the USA. He coddles the criminals who brought us to the brink of a depression, he does a poor job of running this economy, his…
Time for Shas and Eli Yishai to Leave the Government Permanently
Eli Yishai is an idiot. Eli Yishai hurts Israel gravely. Eli Yishai is a menace to all Israelis. Eli Yishai should retire tomorrow and his party needs to disappear. His party is Shas….
Tom Friedman and his upside down world with Israel at its bottom
A couple of weeks ago, I had to write a response to an unbelievably biased and error-riddled NY Times editorial. Since then, that paper has published two more egregiously wrong editorials, but since…
Shameful New York Times Editorial About Israel Arab Conflict
It has come to this. The NY Times reveals plainly what many of us have known for years now: the only way to defend the politically correct line that the Palestinians are not…
Obama opens door to “dialogue” with West-hating Muslim Brotherhood, EU follows
Something is very wrong with this picture, right? Right on the heels of the US announcing they’re talking to the Taliban, comes news that they’ve opened lines of dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood….
Presidential Conference: Has the Love Cooled Between Israel and the USA?
Well, it took about 30 seconds for the first panelist, Elliott Abrams, to inform us that the answer is “no.” The next hour included echoing sentiments from the four other panelists, Martin Indyk,…
Obama-Netanyahu: What’s the deal?
Does President Obama’s reception of PM Netanyahu form a constructive dialogue, a rift, an insult, an honest discussion, a small disagreement among friends and allies, a reaffirmation of the US-Israel strategic relationship?
Obama gives the Palestinians what they want
For months now the Palestinian leadership in Judea and Samaria (also known by its Jordanian name, “West Bank”) has been pushing hard to get around two key international legal instruments that have hampered…
US-Israel Relations: An Interview with Gil Hoffman of The Jerusalem Post
Interview with Gil Hoffman, Chief Political Correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. by David Bratslavsky Gil Hoffman is the chief political correspondent and analyst for The Jerusalem Post. I met him in Cincinnati, where…
Coal Pharaohs And Mountaintop Removal
Six months after freezing the rubber-stamping of mountaintop removal mining permits, the Obama administration is considering reinstating fast approval for these devastating projects. The issue is up for public review until April 18th,…
What kind of swag does Obama get?
Via the Morning News, a complete list of swag Obama and the State Department have received lately as a PDF. (clicky to enlarge) From that guy that will outlive us all, I mean Shimon Peres,…
Phew, Obama Administration Tells PA They Are Lying about Western Wall
Better late than never, the Obama administration had sharp words for the Palestinians. Normally, the Administration uses these words with Israel when it announces building plans in its capital, Jerusalem, but for once…
Will Cash4Clunkers Become Fighters4Freezes
Remember the American federal program named Cash for Clunkers, where citizens would receive payments for buying domestic or imported auto with better gas mileage ratings if they traded in their lower mileage cars?…
Obama has made a bad joke of US-Israel relations
It was just last week that Canadian PM Stephen Harper spoke publicly about his government’s support for Israel. Here is part of the transcript of that video: Of course, like any country, Israel…
The Palestinian plan to continue stalling is working to perfection
The Palestinians are very confident these days and with good reasons. First, let’s take a look at Israel: -The BDS movement has picked up some key endorsements and supporters; -Israel is in the…
Did Anyone See My Gun? It is In the bag with the blue ribbon on the handle
It was bad enough that CNN’s suspender wearing Larry King asked PM Netanyahu if he knew anything about or could comment on the dancing Israeli soldiers video on YouTube.com. (The Prime Minister said…
Obama Doesn’t Get Jerusalem
President Obama’s attitude toward Jerusalem betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the city, argues Mort Zuckerman in the WSJ. By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN Thanks to a deadlock engineered by the U.S. government,…
Next Year In Jerusalem?
We live in such comfort in America. We have no fears. We shop effortlessly at supermarkets stocked with Passover foods, much of it imported from Israel. The ease at which we can celebrate…
J Street is Not a Friend of Israel’s and Does Not Know What is in Israel’s Best Interest
A little while back, I had the bitter pleasure of criticizing the J Street student division for having a challenging time describing themselves – and ultimately they rejected the description – as “pro-Israel.”…
A Political Flip-Flop… for something new and different
President Barak Obama, prior to being elected, stated, at the 2008 AIPAC Conference, “Jerusalem will remain the capitol of Israel, and it must remain undivided.” (Watch his full speech here. This statement occurs…
My White House Invite Was NOT in the Mail
I waited in vain for my invitation to the White House Hanukkah Party. As the lights on the Hanukkiah glowed on Pennsylvania Avenue, I remained close by my Manhattan mail slot. Sure, I…
