Here’s a full-length video documentary on the role of Muslims in the Holocaust, which I have not yet had time to watch. It was made by Alfred Hitchcock. There’s a brief description of it here.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W). Read More »

Several IDF soldiers have been dismissed from an officers’ course for going to synagogue instead of to class, and the National Religious MK’s are furious about it. The lesson was moved to an earlier time at the last moment, and therefore coincided with the regular time for the shacharit prayer. Read More »

The French consul general in Jerusalem, who also carries the designation of ‘ambassador to Palestine,’ told French and ‘Palestinian’ municipal officials last month that Jerusalem will be the capital of ‘Palestine.’ JPost’s Benny Weinthal reports that the diplomat, Frédéric Desagneaux, has since tried to walk the comments back. Read More »

The Talmud in Tractate Taanith 5b recounts that one of the rabbis took shelter underneath a tree, and when he was ready to leave, he said the following: Ilan, ilan, ba’ma avareichecha? – Tree, tree, how shall I bless you?She’yihyu peirothayech Read More »

Jennifer Dyer argues that Saturday’s Russian and Chinese vetoes of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria’s Bashar al-Assad were an avoidable disaster that will have long-term consequences on American power worldwide.The US and EU backed an Arab League plan to transition Syria from the Assad regime to a new, popularly elected government. Read More »

Here’s an interesting Stratfor analysis that discusses the results of the Arab spring.Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »

Who is responsible for the fact that there is no ‘Palestinian state’ today? We’ve all heard that Bill Clinton believes that it’s Yasser Arafat. Read More »

In a speech on Tuesday night, Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that Hezbullah does not take orders from Iran. “I don’t believe Israel will attack Iranian nuclear facilities, but of it does… the Iranian leadership won’t ask Hezbollah for anything and won’t dictate anything. We will have to think and decided what to do on our own. Read More »

Monday was Ronald Reagan’s birthday. Notice the contrast between him and the moron who currently occupies the White House.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W). Read More »

Mr. “At least a B+” President blames the founding fathers for his failures, and says that he’s going to keep trying to find ways to circumvent the constitution. Unbelievable….Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Will).This guy is looking for a way to become a dictator. Read More »

A great new site you won’t want to miss.Heh. Read More »

If you’re an Israeli, this will remind me of how little say you really have in this country. Read More »

Here’s Soccer Dad’s Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, February 7. 1) Too much coverage?Honest Reporting asks whether Disproportionate Coverage (of Israel) is a good thing or a bad thing. Brings to mind a conversation I once had with a kibbutznik during the early, heady days of Oslo. Read More »

Here’s a Clint Eastwood commercial for Chrysler that’s causing a lot of controversy in the US. It was played at Halftime of the Super Bowl (I watched the game without commercials, so I did not see it until I saw references to it and went and found it on YouTube). Read More »

Jed Babbin explains that Israel is going to attack Iran’s nuclear program – barring a miracle at a likely Obama – Netanyahu meeting during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for the AIPAC conference – because the Obama administration has left us no choice (Hat Tip: Ricky G). Since Obama took office, Israel has learned to suspect America, not trust it. Read More »

President Obama has stopped the extra $225 per month that American combat soldiers receive as compared with other soldiers.Unfortunately, as far as I know, that’s how it works here in Israel too. The pencil pushers and computer programmers in the IDF make the same pay (and get the same benefits when they leave) as the combat soldiers. Read More »

On Monday night, the law school at Stanford University hosted a lecture by the United Nations’ number one proponent of the claim that the United States conspired to perpetrate the 9/11 attacks: Richard Falk. Read More »

The Obama-Clinton State Department refused to comment on Monday on the ‘Palestinian reconciliation’ deal that was signed in Qatar. Instead, they called the deal, which will mean that Congress will be asked to fund a designated terror organization, an ‘internal matter’ for the ‘Palestinians. Read More »

The ‘moderates’ from the Fatah terror organization opened a Facebook page on February 1. I’m sure you’ll all be shocked – just shocked – to hear that the Fatah Facebook page glorifies terrorists. Fatah has chosen to use its official Facebook page to glorify terrorists. Read More »

Long-time peace processor Dennis Ross spoke at the Aspen Institute on Monday and said that the time is not ripe to make a peace deal. No kidding.Let’s go to the videotape. There’s more after the videotape (which is quite long).JPost has a summary of Ross’ speech. Here’s part of it. Read More »