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Archive of posts published in the category: Israel

Goldstone Smackdown

Col. Richard Kemp on the U.N. Goldstone Report just curious if anyone has seen this on any major network, even Fox.

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Micah Halpern on Iran and Nukes

The local federation hosted Micah Halpern this evening at the Cox Theatre.  He is an authority on Iran and their nuclear effort. A few random yet relevant points. There are 3,000 FBI agents. None of them have passed the test

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The Source of Anti Americanism in the Middle East

“Of course the Palestinian problem does play some role in the Middle Eastern anti-Americanism. It does so in some places more than others, however- in Jordon, for example, with its very large Palestinian population, where the “street” is far more

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New and Old Elites

“In the modern capitalist world, in which the historical extremes of poverty have been widely overcome, the most acute moral issues relate to recognition of accomplishment and superiority- treatment not of the poor but of the excellent and gifted people

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Drunk on Panic

“A crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.” James Madison Is health care a crisis?  Bruce Walker gives a great answer at American Thinker. August 24, 2009 Infatuation with Crisis By Bruce Walker read the entire article here Excerpt

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Neutralizing Iran

One of the options for neutralizing Iran’s nuclear capability would be to deploy a missile defense system that would render their missiles worthless.  The U.S. will be testing such a system in Israel soon. See the article here in the

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Destimulation

Why the Stimulus Flopped By Mark Steyn in National Review Online Excerpt: That’s why the “stimulus” flopped. It didn’t just fail to stimulate, it actively deterred stimulation, because it was the first explicit signal to America and the world that

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Winning a War that Never Ends

Daniel Gordis writes in “Saving Israel – How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End” that Israel faces two threats besides the obvious physical threats from the enemies that call for its annihilation. The first is

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Obama Derangement Syndrome

During the last term of George Bush we referred to those who made outlandish accusations against the President as being infected with the “Bush Derangement Syndrome”.  Their hatred seemed so venomous that it was impossible to have any sort of

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A Better Health Care Proposal

Newt Ginghrich  presents some interesting ideas to reform health care. 1.        Eliminate Medicare and Medicaid fraud.  It consumes over $70 billion a year. In New York state they estinate is consumes 10% of Medicaid spending. 2.       Focus research dollars on

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A Dramatic Change in Ideology on Israel

Elliott Abrams writes in the Wall Street Journal “Why Israel is Nevous” Read the entire article here. Excerpt: But the Obama administration has managed to win the mistrust of most Israelis, not just conservative politicians. Despite his great popularity in

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Conditional Aid to Palestinians

We have committed $900 million dollars to Palestinians and $200 million is on its way.   One could argue that this is chicken feed compared to the aid given to Israel. Even as the committed Zionist I am I do not

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A Twitter Conspiracy

The Tehran Times complains that Israel has too many friends on the internet. Read the story here. It is hard to make this stuff up.

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The “F” Word

From Wikipedia “In the economic sphere, many fascist leaders have claimed to support a “Third Way” in economic policy, which they believed superior to both the rampant individualism of unrestrained capitalism and the severe control of state communism. This was

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Hard Choices in the Wrong Hands

Some ideas Much of health insurance costs are involved in the ratings game; attempting to control costs by eliminating claimants who have risky medical histories. This defies the meaning of insurance which is to share the risk, but the insured

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A Palestinian Purim

It is apparently perfectly acceptable to require that Palestinian lands be Judenrein, free of Jews.  We (our administration) are even pressuring Jews NOT to build within the borders of  Jerusalem. It would be unconscionable to allow the Jews in Israel

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Netanyahu Clarifies Israel’s Existence

Netanyahu speech is commented on in American Thinker by Leo RennertJune 15, 2009Netanyahu Lays Down His Markers Excerpts: That said, Netanyahu also took sharp issue with Obama on several fronts, starting with his rejection of the president’s view that Jewish

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