Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Although I think he’s fallen into the stupidity trap that plagues all American presidents who get embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I actually don’t doubt the possibility that Bush will force through another peace agreement within the next year. These agreements are easy to reach, with the Israelis so desperate
Continue readingHere you will find amazing film clips from almost one hundred years of 20th Century Jewish history, including images and testimony from Eichmann’s trial. It is a reminder that, while the Jews wanted Israel as an escape from bloodshed and tyranny, the Palestinians joyfully imagine their lands awash in a
Continue readingIn my post about Jews’ love for Israel and America, I noted Michael Medved’s thought experiment, which was to imagine whether world attitudes towards America would change if Israel magically vanished, as well as his conclusion that nothing would change. Nevertheless, in the comments to that post — and perhaps
Continue readingI did something fun tonight: I went to a moderated talk concerning Israel. The speakers were Dennis Prager, John Podhoretz and Mona Charen, with Michael Medved moderating. As you can imagine, the discussion was informed, vigorous, amusing, intelligent and opinionated. I enjoyed every minute of it and I gathered from
Continue readingMy view of the Annapolis talks has been that they will turn into something of a gang bang, with Israel, led by the inept Olmert, as the victim. I just know that Israel is going to concede and concede and concede, with nothing to show for the experience except a
Continue readingRegarding Annapolis, I’ve had little to say. I feel as if I’m watching a car accident in slow motion, horrified by the spectacle, but helpless to do anything. I do have one hope, though, and one comment. My hope is that the Arab nations attending get into “the enemy of
Continue readingIf you’re a friend of Israel, go here, read and, if you’re like me, you’ll then want to take the recommended action, action that I already suggested here. I won’t badmouth Condi Rice here, but I’d like to.
Continue readingIf you are like me and think that it’s insane to use the Annapolis gather to pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem, you can make your voice heard through a free phone call. Go to this link and follow the instructions. If you’re waffling, keep in mind that, when Jerusalem was
Continue readingEngland recently made a very big to do over a state visit from the King of Saudi Arabia, the land in which women are veiled, rape victims are beaten, thieves are dislimbed, and Bible owners are imprisoned and killed. That place. That place that is the antithesis of all Western
Continue readingA few months ago, I took umbrage at a BBC news story that reported that Israel killed Palestinian children and only saw fit to mention, in the 5th and 6th paragraphs, that the children were fiddling around rocket launchers when Israel fired its missiles. I felt that the news was
Continue readingI respect Condi Rice for the most part, but have thought her naive for believing (or, at least, appearing to believe) that the Palestinians want peace with Israel, as opposed to Israel in pieces. David Brooks, however, thinks that there is a method to her madness, and that Iran’s follies
Continue readingA Palestinian human rights group is complaining about major abuses against Palestinian civilians. The malfeasors stand accused of “extra-judicial and willful killings and shooting at combatants and civilians after capturing them;” seizing people “in their homes” and dumping their bodies “in remote areas;” executing “wounded persons during their evacuation to
Continue readingA few stories caught my eye regarding the Middle East: The Palestinians say that they won’t negotiate with Israel until Israel agrees in advance to their demands. (That’s an interesting negotiating tactic and definitely one to try during my next Court-ordered settlement conference.) Egypt has discovered a smuggling tunnel into
Continue readingThe media is congratulating itself for “exposing” Ahmadinejad with its constant focus on it’s “we have no gays in Iran” statement. Ha, ha, ha! Isn’t the man an idiot! Look, America, he thinks there are no gays in Iran! Ahmadinejad is right, of course, when it comes to Iran. But
Continue readingI would have missed this entirely if Patrick, my favorite Paragraph Farmer, hadn’t brought it to my attention. It spells out good news for Israel and reveals an important lesson for Americans: The mantra “there is no military solution to terrorism” is so rarely challenged these days that it was
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