Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
You may recall that the Palestinians who kidnapped Cpl. Gilad Shalit wanted to use him for a prisoner exchange — one of yours, for all of ours. Apparently, though, the Palestinians didn’t really mean all of theirs. There were at least six they didn’t want back: Security sources in the
Continue readingJay Nordlinger reminds us of Golda Meir’s prescient words: “When peace comes, we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons. But it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons.”
Continue readingIt took me three glances to get the message in this picture, and then I thought it was brilliant: Hat tip: Michelle Malkin UPDATE: If you can’t see the image on my blog, just go on over to Michelle Malkin. There’s prescient Oliphant cartoon, but that’s not what I was
Continue readingIsrael went after Hamas with a vengeance when Hamas kidnapped Cpl. Shalit. No negotation; no prisoner exchanges; no nothing. Israel wanted Shalit back, and that was it. Apparently, Israel’s tactics against Hamas were effective, not only with regard to Cpl. Shalit, but also with regards to the thousands of rockets
Continue readingMark Steyn on the vile Islamist whirlwind the European and American dilettantes must now reap after having cultivated the PLO and its ilk so assiduously: In Causeries du Lundi, Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve recalls a Parisian dramatist watching the revolutionary mob rampaging through the street below and beaming: “See my pageant passing!”
Continue readingWe’ve all thought it, but I think Michael Medved has managed to state it with incredible clarity: What lapse of logic (or ancient prejudice) can explain the stubborn, utterly unshakable, and nearly universal insistence that Israel must pursue a “peace process” with its terrorist adversaries? Regarding the United States, not
Continue readingWith Israel making incursions into Palestine, we’re already getting the obligatory stories about the Palestinian civilians caught in the crossfire: With mourners chanting calls for vengeance, the funeral procession wound its way through dusty streets on Sunday, bearing the shrouded bodies of a Palestinian mother and her two children. Civilians
Continue readingThis is the latest “wisdom” coming out of the UN, which can rightly be characterized as an organization devoted to the destruction of Israel and the United States: The UN Human Rights Council has passed a resolution demanding a halt to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip. [UN Human Rights
Continue readingDon’t you hate people who say “I told you so”? I do, unless I’m the one saying it. This time, I’m saying it regarding the Israeli troops massed on the Gaza border. But let me back up a bit…. Last night, Mr. Bookworm, who reads only the NY Times, asked
Continue readingIsrael has never negotiated for hostages. Israeli operatives have always known that, if they fall into Arab hands, they're on their own. But apparently the atrocities visited on Thomas Tucker and Kristian Menchaca decided the Israelis that this type of stuff is not going to happen on their watch. How
Continue readingIt seems as if, just about every week, one of the MSM outlets has a story about an Israeli attack on the Palestinians. You know, the stories where you hear that this bomb builder, or that Hamas leader, was killed while driving in his car. Or perhaps you'll hear that
Continue readingYou probably won't see something like this emerging from the Palestinians anytime soon: Alzheimer's disease is degenerative and leads to a collapse of brain functions. A new Israeli computer program attempts to slow down deterioration in patients' brains. The computerized system, which was developed by students from the engineering faculty
Continue readingThe title of this post is the phonetic spelling of the Hebrew phrase "Jersusalem of Gold," a song I grew up hearing. A modern song, yes, but it captures the Jews' three thousand year old emotional connection to Jerusalem. From Psalm 137: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat
Continue readingI bet someone — not someone famous, just someone — in your State, town, city or county died a violent death today, or yesterday, or the day before. I bet, too, that the death got local news coverage. But I'm pretty sure that, unless your local decedent lived in Israel
Continue readingWhy am I not surprised? Unidentified Palestinian gunmen shot dead a senior Hamas activist in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medics and a security source said, in a further escalation of lawlessness in the coastal strip. They said unknown gunmen shot and killed 25-year old Mohammed Tatar, a senior
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