Rewarding Moments: Prizeworthy vs. Praiseworthy

http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/06/26/rewarding-moments-prizeworthy-vs-praiseworthy/ President Barack Obama addresses Shimon Peres after honoring the Israeli leader with the Medal of Freedom June 13. Photo: White House. Awards and prizes appear to be the ultimate credential, from the Oscar to the Grammy....

The Role of Iranian Security Forces in the Syrian Bloodshed

http://jcpa.org/article/the-role-iranian-security-forces-syrian-bloodshed-2/ Amid the intensifying crisis in Syria, which in recent weeks has seen massacres of the civilian population in various parts of the country, Iranian military, propaganda, and economic assistance keeps flowing in, and its...

Will U.N. Employee’s Online Words About Israel Result in Her Termination?

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2529&sec=3&title=Will_U.N._Employee%E2%80%99s_Online_Words_About_Israel_Result_in_Her_Termination The recent uproar over a note on the Twitter post of a Palestinian woman was not exceptional, or-unfortunately-unusual. But the news photo sent out by Khulood Badawi had two additional elements: First, it was...

The Obama Government Backs the Atrocity-Producing Forces So How Will it Stop Atrocities?

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/05/obama-government-backs-atrocity.html How can one write satire when the Obama Administration has created an Atrocities Prevention Board to prevent mass murder and genocide at the same time as it has been largely supporting the forces most...

Unseen Consequences of a Palestinian Arab State

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/unseen-consequences-of-a-palestinian-arab-state/ On my first night in Israel, August 31, 1970, my 20th birthday, I arrived at the campus of Hebrew University, to participate in a study group that met every Thursday night at the Lauterman...

Google Street View in Israel: Tourists Vs. Terrorists?

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2455&sec=3&title=Google_Street_View_in_Israel:_Tourists_Vs._Terrorists Google Street View, launched five years ago in the United States and has since then expanded to Europe, Australia, Asia and parts of Africa, has finally made its way to the Middle East. Israel...

Israeli Attack on Iran Won’t Follow the American Script

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/jinsa-fellows/israeli-attack-iran-wont-follow-american-script "Credible experts," wrote New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in March, "overwhelmingly" view an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities as "a catastrophically bad idea," deeming the benefits uncertain and the consequences dire: An...

How Benzion Netanyahu Helped Put in the U.N. Charter A Clause That Could Yet...

http://www.nysun.com/foreign/how-benzion-netanyahu-helped-put-in-the-un/87809/ Benzion Netanyahu, who died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 102, has been widely scrutinzed this week for his myriad contributions to the history of Zionism in Israel and the United States. Yet...

CBS under fire for ’60 Minutes’ segment attacking Israel

http://freebeacon.com/journalistic-malpractice/ Christian leaders, Middle East experts, and observers on Capitol Hill are crying foul on a CBS News report that they say erroneously blamed Israel for the persecution and migration of Palestinian Christians. The report by...

The Iraqi Model: As Good As It Gets

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/04/iraqi-model-as-good-as-it-gets.html Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward. Yet I would suggest that...