Michael A few months ago we introduced the Disqus commenting system to Israel Thrives because nested commenting is important for discussion, but this product may be proving itself more trouble than it’s worth. School warned me about this on day one.Sooooo… Read More »

Michael The progressive movement, and the activist base of the Democratic Party, creates and supports venues that demonize and defame the Jewish state, thereby also creating hatred toward the Jewish people.Among political blogs such venues include Daily Kos , the Huffington Post , and the UK Guardian. Read More »

Obama Abandons Israel Obama has turned his back on Israel. He has embraced Iran, ignored terrorist organizations and sucked up to Palestinians on all fronts, souring relations with Israel. Read More »

Yesterday there was another diary crying the blues about an Islamic Jihadist on a hunger strike by Troubadour, serial Israel hater. Today another serial Israel hating Kossack, Assaf, reports the news that the Jihadist has agreed to stop the hunger strike since Israel has agreed to release him by April. Read More »

by oldschooltwentysix [Note: This post was written several days ago, but since the topic has again been joined with regard to my politics, I decided to post it here. The original may be read at my blog, here . I also commend those interested to read my recent post about the OIC here . These are the issues and the approach that I take. Read More »

Michael Progressive-left defamers of Israel are, essentially, parrots.Much like the president of the United States, himself, progressives listen to what anti-Semitic Arab propagandists say about Israel and then they tell one another the same thing. Read More »

Michael Netanyahu, Obama schedule Iran meeting US president, Israeli prime minister to meet in White House on March 5th against backdrop of reports on possible Iran strike; Bibi to arrive in Washington next month for AIPAC conference I wonder if Read More »

Well, aside from the fact that “progressive Zionists” and radical Islamists share a pure hatred for western conservatives, the main thing that they have in common is a strong compulsion to tell Jewish people where we may, or may not, be allowed to live. Read More »

Michael I honestly do not know what to make of it. Ha’aretz reports that from as early as spring, 2009, Barack Obama held a secret meeting with Brotherhood members in Washington, DC, and that the meeting was kept from public scrutiny.Furthermore, according to this Reuters’ story from October, 2011: U.S. Read More »

Michael The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army General Martin Dempsey said Saturday that an Israeli strike on Iran “wouldn’t achieve its long-term objectives” and would be “destabilizing.”In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Dempsey said that taking military action against the Islamic Republic would not be not “prudent. Read More »

The below is a lengthy excerpt from an article published in The Canadian Jewish News , written by Myron Love.A Tip ‘O the Kippa to Daniel Bielak for calling it to our attention….WINNIPEG — Kasim Hafeez has seen the truth and, in an address to a largely Jewish audience at the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Feb. Read More »

Doodad Good and not unexpected news from Israel Matzav: A Gallup poll shows that Israel’s approval rating in the United States is at 71%, up 3% from last year. Read More »

Doodad Barry Rubin hits it on the head againNormal president: The Egyptian government is holding Americans as hostages. Therefore, I will withhold any proposal for more aid to Egypt until they are released!Obama: The Egyptian government is holding Americans as hostages. Read More »

Doodad Maybe because he actually lives in the target state . If anybody needed a reminder that the sanctions have not stopped the nuclear program, it was the guided tour by the Iran’s president in the centrifuge hall yesterday,” he said. “I hope they work, but so far they have not. Read More »

I have to say, I could hardly be more disgusted.Telling Jewish people they may not build housing for themselves in Judea and demonizing those who choose to live there?Suggesting that certain kinds of Jews are not fit to be Americans?Constantly Read More »

By oldschooltwentysix As you know, I objected to the deletion of their remarks and indicated that it was not a good decision when VB did it to me either. Their words were silly, and in some cases demeaning, but they help to show where things stand. The more that is out there, the more the truth will rise. Read More »

I have decided that Mets and Volleyboy1 are no longer welcome on these premises.Their Stalinistic demands for ideological conformity tend to bring out the worst in everyone, including myself, and since I own this joint I have no reason to put up with it.Ta-Ta, Gentlemen.{And, better yet, get lost.}Thanks.. Read More »

Michael It must be obvious by now that the so-called “Arab Spring” is nothing of the sort. What we are looking at is the “Islamist Spring” or perhaps the “Islamist Winter,” but this movement throughout the Arab world, in Egypt and Tunisia and Libya Read More »

Here: I feel like you changed the topic mid-debate, to something that one couldn’t possibly disagree with.I thought we were debating whether Jews should abandon the Democratic party. I didn’t think we were debating whether the far left has betrayed the Jews. On the later question, the answer is obvious, it is hell yes, and there can be no debate. Read More »

by oldschooltwentysix (cross posted at oldschooltwentysix) I don’t know Daphne Anson , but some of her personal story parallels my own, as to the evolution of thinking we both share about the situation of irrational hatred for Israel and its manifestations, including those from many on the Left that act as if the sole judges of morality. Read More »