Blood Libels Manufactured in Israel Last week the Jerusalem Post and the New York Jewish Week published articles in which I accused Haaretz of promoting blood libels by providing credence to unsubstantiated gossip alleging that Israeli soldiers were indulging in war crimes.A few days...
Jewish blood libels Defaming an individual is a criminal offense. To defame a nation by falsely presenting its soldiers as wanton murderers would be considered treasonable in most countries. For Israelis to defame their own youngsters when their nation is at war and...
Can Bibi do it? Tzipi Livni is betraying her primary electoral pledge to promote the national interest above any personal or political ambitions. Worse, she is basing her strategy on the premise that under the pressure of events, a narrow Netanyahu government will...
Isi responds in the New York Times Roger Cohen wrote an op-ed in the New York Times in support of “dialogue” with Hezbollah and Hamas and further stated that he was ‘deeply shamed’ by Israel’s actions in Gaza. Below then is a response written by Isi...
Ill winds from Washington There are ominous vibes emanating from Washington signaling impending confrontations between the Obama administration and the incoming Netanyahu government. Over recent weeks the administration has appointed to senior government postings, personnel...
Livni should set aside her ego for the national interest Our politicians are once again outrageously defying the will of the people. The electorate decisively rejected the former government’s policies of extending unilateral concessions to our adversaries and the inability to adequately defend...
Why I support Likud We stand at a crossroad. The government we are about to elect will be confronted with awesome military, political, economic and social challenges and will assume responsibility for laying the foundations for the long term future of the nation. I...
Diaspora Jews and the war The virulent global response to our struggle to defend our citizens against a cruel and evil foe confirms that Balaam's biblical depiction of Jews as "the people that dwells alone" remains valid to this day. Notwithstanding unprecedented efforts...
Don’t Transform the IDF Victory into a Defeat The Gaza war is far from over and we still face great danger in the days and weeks ahead. But we can be grateful that in this war, the IDF with new leaders at its helm demonstrated that it had learnt from the failures and disarray of the Lebanon...
End the cant and hypocrisy Anyone seeking a case study of the forces of good facing evil incarnate would not find a better template than our current confrontation with Hamas. And yet, having for years endured bias and the application of double standards from the amoral...
