A Forty-Year Fraud
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/26/a-forty-year-fraud/
Since its establishment in 1993, the Palestinian Authority has been the leading political body for achieving Palestinian rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. But behind the scenes in the UN, the Committee...
Middle Eastern Upheavals Enter Round Two
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2011/08/middle-eastern-upheavals-enter-round-two
The following replies to a question posed by National Review Online: "With Qaddafi vowing a win or martyrdom and Assad being urged to step down by the West, what has happened to the Arab...
The truth should be taught about the 1948 war
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/the-truth-should-be-taught-about-the-1948-war-1.368167
On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. That is truth, not narrative. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked and destroyed the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. That is truth, not narrative.
Of...
The “Ground Zero” Mosque Will Never be Built – “For Totally Non-Political Reasons
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/08/28/the-ground-zero-
mosque-will-never-be-built-for-totally-non-political-reasons/
Readers of my column know that I have written repeatedly that the “Ground Zero” mosque would never be built for reasons having nothing to do with politics. The main financiers and the imam have...
To protect Israel at U.N., money talks
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/27/v-print/2377714/
to-protect-israel-at-un-money.html
The recent onslaught of violent attacks against Israel reminds us of the growing threats facing the Jewish state. But even as extremists from Gaza fire rockets and mortars at civilians in southern Israel and...
Allan Adler’s Oakland, Michigan Press blog: Follow up on Interview with David Bedein
http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=4463&q=1
Friday, August 5, 2011
Saying Good Bye
This is harder than I ever imagined to say but I want to let all my readers know that this is my last blog as The Oakland Press...
Terror Attacks on Israel and UNRWA’s Education System
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anav-silverman/
terror-attacks-on-israel-_b_930141.html
"Peace starts here," is the key marketing slogan that UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) uses in its videos, pamphlets, posters and other marketing and fundraising material....
Op-Ed: The Anti-Israel Distortions Industry
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10516
There is no shortage of claims about alleged Israeli human rights violations in Judea and Samaria, the so called 'West Bank'.
Most of these claims originate from Palestinian sources and NGO’s and are part of...
Naming a grandson
Last Monday, I performed the role of "Godfather" to our first grandson during his Brit Milah, where he got his name: Naveh Nahum.
It was hard to control emotions that gushed out when the name...
Miracle in synagogue: Grad fails to explode
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticle
PrintPreview/1,2506,L-4111075,00.html
While 10 people were injured after a Grad rocket hit an Ashdod yeshiva's courtyard, a much bigger disaster was averted just several blocks away. A rocket which landed near a synagogue where several worshippers...