Max Singer [1] optimistically thinks ahead and argues that the driving forces behind the growth of Islamic radicalism may not endure; it depends on America. Hillel Frisch [2] cogently argues that Obama should withdraw from Afghanistan, not Iraq. Efraim Inbar [3] says that Israel is not nearly as diplomatically isolated today as the political left would have us believe.
Danny Ayalon [4] minces no words in explaining Israel’s proposed new citizenship law. Giora Eiland [5]explains why Israel’s demand for recognition as Jewish state is crucial to a stable peace agreement. Daniel Gordis [6] explains why the settlement freeze controversy is a metaphor for the legitimacy of Israel as the home of the Jews. Bill Kristol [7] reveals the true pro-Israel lobby in America.
Daniel Doron exposes the phony alchemists of peace [8] and impresses on the need to break up Israel’s oligarchies and monopolies [9].
The ever-fearless Khaled Abu Toameh comments on the enemies of peace [10], PA killings of Palestinians who do business with Israel [11], the Arabs of east Jerusalem [11], and radical Moslems in Europe [10].
Finally, as we approach the Congressional elections, read Edward Klein and Richard Chesnoff on the scope of the Jewish problem with Obama [12].
A few additional, excellent articles below:
Demographic bogey [13]
Moshe Arens, Haaretz
Time Bomb: Israeli and Palestinian Perceptions of Time [14]
Shmuel Rosner, Foreign Policy
Killing of Israelis must be timed just right, says PA [15]
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Jerusalem Post
Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People: From the San Remo Conference (1920) to the Netanyahu-Abbas Talks [16]
Joshua Teitelbaum, JCPA
British military hero Richard Kemp explains why he defended Israel, challenged Goldstone Report [17]
Modi Kreitman, Ynet
Restore Reason and Decency to the Discussion Concerning Israel [18]
Jose Maria Aznar, Friends of Israel Initiative
Fayyad: Our Man in Palestine [19]
Nathan Thrall, New York Review of Books
Ben-Gurion’s legacy on Jerusalem under assault [20]
Dore Gold, Jerusalem Post
Obama’s Repudiation of Promises to Israel Comes Back to Haunt Him [21]
Evelyn Gordon, Commentary
The Other Existential Threat [22]
Daniel Gordis, Commentary
UN Poisons Its Human Rights Mission [23]
Irwin Cotler, Australian
Recognizing Israel as a “Jewish State” [24]
Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
Harper’s Ethical Insight into Israel [25]
Salim Mansur, The Mark