Resume Mideast Peace Talks After the Election By Alan Dershowitz from NewsMax I was invited to meet with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority just before he spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations. I came to the meeting with an agenda: to persuade him to sit down with the[...]
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BREAKING NEWS: Israel’s election
Israel Election Frenzy Prime Minister Netanyahu has called for early Knesset Elections in January 2013. Party leaders and some others who will impact this crucial vote are pictured (clockwise starting from the top right): Shelly Yachimovich (Labor); Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beitenu); Aryeh Deri (S[...]
Ryanomics: Is Ryan a cousin of Ahmadinejad?
Did you watch the debate? Yesterday’s performance reminded me of this clip: from Piers Morgan’s interview with Ahmadinejad: “You are a father of three children,” Morgan said, as part of a “lively” debate on homosexuality. “You have two sons and a daughter. W[...]
October 9th, 2012 - 11:04 am § in Misc.
OBAMA DOCTRINE: Credible Military Threat to Iran
According to the authoritative Journal of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Policy,” Pres. Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu have reached an agreement on a strategy to avert Iran’s acquiring nuclear capability. The strategy would be a joint US Israeli strike targeting Iran’s enrichm[...]
ROMNEYISMS: On Healthcare
“Do you realize what health care spending is as a percentage of the G.D.P. in Israel? Eight percent,” [Romney] said. “You spend eight percent of G.D.P. on health care. You’re a pretty healthy nation. We spend 18 percent of our G.D.P. on health care, 10 percentage points more. That ga[...]
Asking Forgiveness Without Conditions is The Tradition at Yom Kippur
Photo: AP JEWS DO BAD THINGS TOO: Last year Israelis and Palestinians protested together after a firebomb was thrown at a synagogue followed by two dozen Muslim and Christian graves being vandalized by graffiti in the mixed Arab Jewish neighborhood of Jaffa, Israel, October 8, 2011, Yom Kippur, [...]
Rosh Hoshana: First Jew and First Puppy
Genetic study confirms: First dogs came from East Asia Researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they have found further proof that the wolf ancestors of today’s domesticated dogs can be traced to southern East Asia — findings that run counter to theories placi[...]
ELECTION 2012: Julian Castro Learned Spanish from Marta Bronstein
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro gave a great speech opening night at the Democratic Convention. Some of it was even in Spanish! Spanish? Castro’s Mom spoke Spanish but she insisted that no Spanish be used at home as she was raising the twin boys! So, as Julian (now 37 years old!) rose in[...]
September 9th, 2012 - 12:10 pm § in Politics
BREAKING NEWS: Egypt and Israel in Joint Military Actions in Sinai
Cairo – Egypt Says Sinai Campaign Coordinated With Israel Cairo – Egypt said Saturday that it has coordinated an ongoing anti-terrorism offensive in the Sinai Peninsula with Israel, and that the campaign… Read More » READMORE: About another Egyptian effort to civilize the Sinai.[...]
August 26th, 2012 - 11:31 pm § in Uncategorized
Is Netanyahu Crazy? .. is this Romney’s idea?
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is determined to attack Iran before the US elections,” Israel’s Channel 10 News claimed on Monday night, and Israel is now “closer than ever” to a strike designed to thwart Iran’s nuclear drive. ReadMore:[...]