Archive for October, 2009

(Written by Sarah Stern, and Alexander Lekovich) The Goldstone report commissioned by the United Nations Council on Human Rights as a result of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza last winter, has totally ignored the founding charter of its illustrious institution of which the Human Rights Council is an heir. While the report goes into great detail of the obligations that "an... »

Sarah points me to this article by Eli. E Hertz, discussing how the real vision of late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has been misunderstood in the roughly decade and a half since his tragic death. The following excerpts from Rabin's last public speech to the Knesset just days before he was murdered reveal Rabin's true realistic vision: The Knesset (Parliament) October... »

(The following article is from Dr. Alex Grobman Dr. Grobman is a Hebrew University trained historian. He is the author of a number of books, including Nations United: How The U.N. Undermines Israel and The West, Denying History: Who Says The Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It? and a forthcoming book on Israel's moral and legal right... »

Last week I linked to a New York Times story in an update to my Iranian Nuclear agreement piece "The International Whitewash of Iran's Nuclear Program" (There was some html code trouble with this article earlier for readers using Internet explorer which has now been fixed, so if you missed it earlier, please do check it out)  which seemed to... »

In grade school, there were students who had all the answers and volunteered them in class, saving the others the embarrassment of being called upon to supply an answer they did not have. Nevertheless, the students with the answers were ridiculed for being smart and shown no appreciation or respect. Israel is today's school know-it-all and no more respected. Early this year, Israel fought Hamas... »

The following is a guest-post from Rachel Kapen: Since the establishment of the Jewish State, the State of Israel, in May 14, 1948, it's adversaries underscored their strong belief that the state is illegal and that Palestine belongs- and belonged- to the Arabs and Jews are occupiers of Arab land. Putting aside the Jewish Bible or the Old Testament which is for... »

Once again Western diplomats and the mainstream media are breathlessly trumpeting the success of negotiations with Iran, as they report a "breakthrough" agreement with Iran to send 75% of its stockpile of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) to Russia, in exchange for some of it being processed there and returned to them as high grade uranium fuel rods for their Tehran... »

In the summer of 2006, Israel and the Lebanese terrorist group Hizballah fought a war. Hizballah shot rockets into northern Israel, and Israel re-occupied parts of South Lebanon and bombed areas of Beirut to try to get the Lebanese goverment to reign in Hizballah. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 stopped the fighting. Among its requirements was that Hizballah retain no... »

"Everything would have been just fine, if only Adolf Hitler hadn't lied to me." --- Neville Chamberlain The problem with a multilateral approach to foreign policy is that it entrusts governments who do not have the same moral standards that we do, to operate along the same moral lines; it reduces our foreign policy to the lowest common denominator. This might be alright... »

Carl Von Clausewitz is credited with making the astute observation that "war is a continuation of politics by other means." In no case does that ring more true than with the Palestinians, who routinely employ violence to renew world attention to their cause.  With the so-called "peace process" at a stalemate for a variety of reasons, including the Palestinians' refusal... »