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Why must the Jewish State make “dangerous” concessions for peace?

THESE SO CALLED FRIENDS WANT TO FEEL COMFY AND PREEN AT THEIR DINNER PARTIES AND LUNCHES WITHOUT THE DISCOMFORT OF DEFENDING THE HARSH REALITIES OF SURVIVAL FOR ISRAEL….A POX ON THEM….AND DAVID HORNIK IS ONE OF THE FEW ISRAELI JOURNALISTS THAT DELIVERS THE MESSAGE…..RSK

Since 2014 began there’s been a spike in rocket firings from Gaza at Israel—over 30 rockets in six weeks. They have either landed in open fields or been downed by Israel’s Iron Dome system. Israel has responded with some pinpoint strikes on military targets and individual terrorists.

Among other things, having a rocket fall on your country about three out of every four days—in a period considered relatively quiet—is not conducive to optimism about a purported peace process. A poll late last month found 71% of Israelis “not believing” that the current Israeli-Palestinians talks, initiated and relentlessly driven by Secretary of State John Kerry, will “lead to peace.” A grand total of 7% “strongly believed” they will.

According to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, the sides have already stopped talking to each other and are “negotiating” only with Kerry. The sides, Kerry says himself, would not even have to agree to the framework deal he is now trying to concoct—but the pious hope is that it would get them talking to each other again.

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This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Mudar Zahran, a leader of Palestinians in Jordan who has been living in exile in the UK since 2010, compares Israel’s and Jordan’s treatment of the Palestinians and expresses some taboo truths.

He also calls out John Kerry on his “peace plan” for the Mideast and asks why a U.S. Secretary of State is threatening Israel to commit suicide:

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/jamie-glazov/hating-valentines-2-1/print/ [Editor’s note: This article is reprinted from our Valentine’s issue of Feb. 15, 2013. It has been updated and edited to fit this year’s Day of Love.] Today, Friday, February 14, is Valentine’s Day, the sacred day that intimate companions mark to celebrate their love and affection for one another. If you’re thinking about […]

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/the-inequality-of-government-access/print/ A day after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Tale of Two Cities address in which the wealthy Park Slope resident once again made inequality his focus, the radical pol intervened to spring one of his biggest supporters from prison. The New York Post responded by putting, “A Jail of Two Cities” on its front […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/371105/doctors-oath-marc-siegel For me and many other doctors like me, taking care of you has never been about the money. I have always considered it an honor and a privilege to be allowed personal entrance into the private world of your mind and your body. It is very satisfying for me to be able to offer […]

http://www.nationalreview.com/node/371111/print The phrase “Clinton fatigue” entered the political lexicon during the previous century; by this point, we surely must have entered the age of Chronic Clinton-Fatigue Syndrome. But the recent making public of the so-called Hillary Papers — the notes kept by her close friend Diane Blair during Mrs. Clinton’s tumultuous White House years, as reported […]

In a defeat for the defense, the judge in the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev set the trial date for November 3, 2014. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/tsarnaevs-trial-for-boston-marathon-bombing-begins-nov-3/2014/02/13/ Attorneys for Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the 20 year-old sole remaining suspect in last year’s Boston Marathon Bombing attack, met in Boston for a status conference with the prosecutors and […]

Modern Europe: Denmark Puts Animal Rights Before Human Rights with Kosher Ban

THE GREAT FRANK LOESSER WOULD REWRITE THE LYRICS TO “WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN….BUT HAMLET STANDS…SOMETHING IS REALLY ROTTEN IN DENMARK….RSK

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4722/modern_europe_denmark_puts_animal_rights_before_human_rights_with_kosher_ban

Modern Europe: Denmark puts animal rights before human rights with Kosher ban

Regardless of whether you are Jewish or not; regardless of what you think about religion: Denmark’s ban on Kosher slaughter puts the rights of animals above the rights of people

In what outsider observers may view as a rare moment of agreement between Jewish and Muslim groups in Europe, both are up in arms about Denmark’s decision to ban slaughter of animals for ethno-religious reasons.

The World Jewish Congress reports today that a ban on Kosher methods of slaughtering animals will come into force on Monday in Denmark, in merely the latest move on the part of European governments which put the rights of animals above those of people. Muslim Halal methods are not dissimilar from Jewish methods of slaughter, though there are obvious doctrinal differences.

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4723/christians_against_bds_in_the_heart_of_london

Representatives of Israel-supporting Christian groups held a bold event on Wednesday afternoon to counter the efforts of the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign in Britain to recruit churches to join its cause.

Following the efforts of a London church to hijack Christmas in support of the anti-Israel BDS movement, Christian pastor Mike Fryer held a counter event yesterday in the very same building.

Christian groups held a bold event on Wednesday afternoon to counter the efforts of the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign in Britain to recruit churches to join its cause

His aim was to educate Christians on how to oppose the deceptive BDS campaign with solid facts. The event drew about Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel, impressive for a soaking wet Wednesday afternoon.

The prestigious and historic St James’s Church in Piccadilly staged a dramatic series of events at Christmas this year, “Bethlehem Unwrapped”, that attempted to show Israel as a pariah state that only wants to persecute and eradicate the Palestinian people.

To make their point organisers erected a mock-up of Israel’s security barrier, building a life-sized 8 metre high (plywood) wall across their own front entrance. It soon filled with “pro-peace” anti-Israel graffiti.

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What ‘Income Equality’ Would Look Like : Take about $4 trillion from the top 40% of families and give it to the bottom 60%—voilà, no more inequality.

President Obama has talked a lot recently about reducing income inequality. Yet he neither acknowledges how much money the government is redistributing, nor how much more would be needed to close the income gap. Perhaps that’s because the project would require redistribution on a staggering scale.

That’s the upshot of two separate studies published in November 2013 by the Congressional Budget Office and the Tax Foundation. While they used slightly different methodologies, each study measured the amount of existing redistribution by the federal government—by comparing how much Americans get back in total federal spending (everything from transfer programs to national defense) to how much they pay in all federal taxes (everything from income taxes to excise taxes). Both studies show that the federal tax-and-spending system already is extremely progressive and redistributive.

Looking at prerecession data for non-elderly households in 2006 in “The Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006,” the CBO found that those in the bottom fifth, or quintile, of the income scale received $9.62 in federal spending for every $1 they paid in federal taxes of all kinds. This isn’t surprising, since people with low incomes pay little in taxes but receive a lot of transfers.