What to do with the Terrorist Trawler

What to do with the Terrorist Trawler

June 25, 2010

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The Mavi Marmara still docks in Ashdod, and other ships are on the way from Iran and Lebanon to similarly challenge Israel. Israel may yet end up with a flotilla of “humanitarian attack” craft. What are we going to do with all these boats? Here are ten things Israel could usefully do with the first, trailblazing terrorist trawler.

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Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem

Woe will be a Divided Jerusalem

March 27, 2010

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The widely held presumption that splitting Jerusalem will lead to prosperity for the city and to peace for Jews and Arabs is an egregious error. Partitioning Jerusalem will destroy the city. It will die, in every way – culturally, religiously, economically and more. And it will turn into a Belfast-style battlefield.

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Zeidy’s Kvitel

Apr 7, 2010

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Zeidy’s Kvitel

For Holocaust Memorial Day 2010, consider this true personal story. It is about a “kvitel,” a little prayer note, that connects five generations of my family. It is a story about the power of Jewish history, about survival beyond the Nazi Holocaust, and about the Jewish People’s historic return to the Land of Israel.

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A Low Sofa for Erdogan

Jan 19, 2010

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A Low Sofa for Erdogan

Erdogan has accused Israel of war crimes, walked out on its president, and backed Israel’s sworn enemies. So Israel hazed his ambassador a bit by giving him a cheap seat. Shocking!

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J Street’s Spiritual Conceit

Oct 24, 2009

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J Street’s Spiritual Conceit

The pious spiritual claptrap that characterized J Street’s first policy conference in Washington was both a conceit and a cover for an agenda which seeks to create American pressure on Israel. It certainly did not fool the American Muslim leaders who spoke at the conference. They know and appreciate exactly what J Street is up to.

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On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel

Sep 17, 2009

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On International Delegitimization and the Resilience of Israel

This Shabbat sermon, delivered on the eve of Rosh Hashana, dwells on the growing campaign to criminalize Israel through “lawfare” and its meaning for Israel and world Jewry.

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Making Nice to Mubarak

Aug 17, 2009

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Making Nice to Mubarak

Is it any wonder that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited Washington davka when Congress was out of session?

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Recommended Reading: Articles selected by David Weinberg, constantly-updated. 

The Palestine Peace Distraction
Richard N. Haass, Wall Street Journal

The Iranian Calamity And The President’s Obsession With A Little Street In Jerusalem
Martin Peretz, New Republic

Minority Report: Human Rights Watch Fights a Civil War Over Israel
Benjamin Birnbaum, New Republic

Obama: President of Humanity
David Suissa, Los Angeles Jewish Journal

The Roots of Obama Worship
James W. Ceaser, Weekly Standard

From Terrorists to Role Models: The Institutionalization of Incitement in the PA
I Marcus, NJ Zilberdik and B Crook, Palestinian Media Watch

Islam’s Nowhere Men
Fouad Ajami, Wall Street Journal

New U.S. “Nuke-Free” Strategy a Dangerous Initiative
Eytan Gilboa, Ynet

If this is Our Future: The Brandeis Protest against Israel
Daniel Gordis, Jerusalem Post

Proximity Talks: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
David Makovsky, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

The Middle East Peace Industry
Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

The Middle East that Could Have Been – If Only Arab Leaders Hadn’t Opted for War
Efraim Karsh, National Post

Global Zero: An Israeli Vision of Realistic Idealism
Ariel E. Levite, Washington Quarterly

Malcolm Hoenlein: King Without a Crown
Allison Hoffman, Tablet Magazine

The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment
Peter Beinart, New York Review of Books

The Neo-Conning of Israel and Zionism
Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post

Israel’s Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace
Yaalon, Dayan, Farkash et. al., Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Those Troublesome Jews
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

Israelis Wonder: Has the World Lost Its Mind?
Yossi Klein Halevi, Wall Street Journal

Israel and Its Liberal ‘Friends’: Why don’t they apply the same tough love to the Palestinians?
Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal

Israel’s Choice: Realpolitik or Kvetching?
J.J. Goldberg, Forward         

Dear Helen Thomas, We Jews aren’t Getting the Hell out of Anywhere Anymore
Sara K. Eisen, Haaretz

What we can learn from anti-Israel activism
Gary Wexler, JTA

The myth of Iran’s ‘isolation’
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post

In Defense of Defense
Shmuel Sandler, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

NG-Uh-O: The Trouble with Humanitarianism
David Rieff, New Republic

Israel’s Strategic Failure
Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

The Myth of the Siege of Gaza
Jonathan D. Halevi, JCPA

Turkey Says Good Bye to Israel and the West
Efraim Inbar, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

Iran Cannot Be Contained
Bret Stephens, Commentary

The Sad State of Israeli Radicalism
Assaf Sagiv, Azure

The Risks of Foreign Peacekeeping Forces in the West Bank
Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, JCPA

Netanyahu’s Finest Hour – or Not
Aluf Benn, Haaretz

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