THE TRUTH OF SATIRE
http://www.rabbiwein.com/blog/post-1556.html
There is a wickedly funny and enormously sad piece of satire making the rounds about a “Lithuanian” charedi father attempting to explain to his inquisitive child the story of the Hasmoneans and their triumph...
Black September, The PLO’s attempt to take over Jordan in 1970
http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~samuel/september.html
The nature of the Arab purpose in Palestine was illumined, was indeed dramatised, by the clash between the terrorist organisations and the Jordanian government that began September 1970. Not an ideological confrontation nor the...
Don’t Fall for the Hoax that Mandela Is Anti-Israel!
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/2013/06/23/Don-t-Fall-for-the-Hoax-that-Mandela-Is-Anti-Israel
Don’t fall for the false claim that Nelson Mandela was anti-Israel! It is based on a hoax--a letter written by anti-Israel activist Arjan El Fassed more than a decade ago in the style of...
Why Israel Is More Secure in 2014 than in 2013
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/12/why-israel-is-more-secure-in-2014-than.html
Articles in the Israeli media based on analysis of security in 2014 present a surprisingly optimistic assessment, though not from a U.S. perspective and still with some warnings.
Most of the work is by Ron...
Herzog treats Abbas as if Palestinian leader a savage?
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62508
Israel's Herzog calls for 'brave' steps in peace talks
Published yesterday (updated) 02/12/2013 18:32http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=653289
RAMALLAH (AFP) -- Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog said Sunday he would push the government to take "brave" steps in US-brokered peace...
Jordan Plays Role In Syrian War
Arab diplomatic sources said the Hashemite kingdom was hosting the training of thousands of Islamist rebels in the war against Syrian President Bashar Assad. They said the rebels, trained and equipped by Saudi Arabia...
Report: Secret U.S. Iran Prisoner Exchange Revealed
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62506
YERUSHALAYIM - As part of the rapprochment between the United States and Iran, it has emerged that the U.S. and Iran secretly negotiated a series of prisoner exchanges, The Times of Israel has learned.
In...
A Nuclear Crisis in Search of a Model: Lessons from Iraq, North Korea, Libya,...
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6096
The interim deal signed in Geneva by the P5+1 and Iran is meant only to put “more time on the clock” in order to negotiate a final deal - a comprehensive agreement that will...
Geneva: A Historic and Dangerous Agreement
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4071/geneva-agreement
In terms of nuclear infrastructure Iran will be as close to getting the bomb in six months as it is today. Geneva leaves Iran with something it was never granted before: the right to...
December 2, 2013: Strength for the Hard Times
http://arlenefromisrael.squarespace.com/current-postings/2013/12/2/december-2-2013-strength-for-the-hard-times.html
Credit: Amit Erez
I give thanks for this Chanukah season, which is buoying me - and I hope many of you! - during a difficult time.
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Before moving to the difficult stuff, I begin with links...