Daily Archives: June 15, 2012

So you thought Netanyahu is tough on terrorism? Not exactly

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/so-you-thought-pm-netanyahu-is-tough-on-terrorism-not-exactly/ Last week, our government sent my daughter’s murderer, Ahlam Tamimi, a pre-wedding gift. Tamimi, the woman who engineered the 2001 massacre in Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant, was released from prison by the Israeli government in October...

J Street Undercuts Obama Policy on Iran

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3112/j-street-obama-policy-iran President Obama recently invited me to the Oval Office for a discussion about Iran. The President reiterated to me in private what he had previously said in public: namely, that he would not allow...

Israeli leadership suffers from unilateral withdrawal syndrome

http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israeli-leadership-suffers-from-unilateral-withdrawal-syndrome.premium-1.434427?trailingPath=2.169%2C2.225%2C2.227%2C It seems that some of our military-men-turned-politicians are suffering from the unilateral withdrawal syndrome. It may be typical of the military mindset: Get it over with! Finish the job! Do something! Do anything! Actually,...

Israel Continues to Thwart Terror Attacks from PA-Controlled West Bank

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/jinsa-fellows/israel-continues-thwart-terror-attacks-pa-controlled-west-bank On May 10, the official Israel Defense Forces blog posted an article titled “The 2012 Terror Attacks Against Israel You Never Heard About.” The title is somewhat misleading, since in fact, none of these...

UN draft resolution *rejects* Palestinian bid to list Church of Nativity as UNESCO World...

http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2012/06/13/rare-un-draft-resolution-rejects-palestinian-bid-to-list-church-of-nativity-as-unesco-world-heritage-site/ GENEVA, June 13, 2012 - The United Nations circulated a draft resolution rejecting a Palestinian bid to list the birthplace of Jesus as an endangered World Heritage site, citing a report by international experts...

The Rhetoric of Nonsense

http://www.meforum.org/3262/palestinian-history-nonsense For nearly two decades the Palestinian Authority (PA) has been denying Israel's right to exist, and a recent "Nakba Day" was no exception. In a Gaza speech on behalf of Mahmoud Abbas, his personal...

Weekly Commentary: Time to set benchmarks for Palestinian compliance

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=57097 Here’s a snapshot of the situation today: 1. The Palestinians have many thousands of rockets, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank missiles, and other illegal weapons in the Gaza Strip. Every Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip, including...