http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/democracy-vs-republic?f=puball Decades before Plato wrote The Republic and his Socratic dialogues, (in fact, when he was a babbling infant), Herodotus, the father of history, recorded the first known political debate. It was between three Persian princes about what was the best form of government: democracy, oligarchy, or monarchy. Otanes, the wealthiest prince, argued for “democracy.” […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/the-islamic-republic-of-iran-alarming-drama-in-the-middle-east?f=puball Shakespeare wrote, “Hell is empty, and all devils are here.” He could have been writing about the Middle East. Ancient Persia extended from the Persian Gulf, to the Caspian Sea to the Euphrates River; with dominion over Egypt and Greece. Cyrus the Great conquered the Babylonian Empire, and was welcomed by the Jews, as […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/al-qaedas-lone-mujahid-pocketbook-lone-wolves-homegrown-terrorists-and-the-threat-among-us The March issue of Al Qaeda’s Inspire Magazine is now out and is this time featuring The Lone Mujahid Pocketbook-drawing heavily on past issues-and emphasizing home-grown, lone wolf and softer target attacks with instructions to make them accessible to many. While on some levels it’s laughable -it also brings up some troubling issues to […]
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The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who reportedly discovered only in adulthood that his paternal grandfather was Jewish, has been described as “a good friend” to Jews.
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2013/28-march/news/uk/welby-regrets-synod%E2%80%99s-eappi-vote
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that he should have voted against a General Synod motion that endorsed the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI).
Archbishop Welby abstained on a private member’s motion on Palestine and Israel that was passed by the Synod last year (News, 29 June 2012, Synod, 13 July 2012). The Board of Deputies of British Jews objected to the motion’s calling for the Synod to “affirm its support” for EAPPI. It said that EAPPI’s “ecumenical accompaniers”, who monitor human-rights abuses of Palestinians, had “almost no grasp of the suffering of normal Israelis”.
In an interview with The Jewish News, published on Thursday of last week, Archbishop Welby, who is scheduled to visit Israel in June, said: “On reflection, I’d have voted against. I wasn’t quite up to speed when I went into that vote. I think the situation in the Holy Land is so complicated . . . and I don’t think the motion adequately reflected the complexity.”
He said that he would have added to the motion that Israel had the right to “live in security and peace within internationally agreed bor- ders, and the people of the region have the right to justice, peace, and security, whoever they are”.
Dr John Dinnen, the Synod member for Hereford diocese who proposed the motion, said on Monday that he was “sad” that Archbishop Welby “now feels he should have voted against my private member’s Measure”.
Home The rugs under President Obama’s vows to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons are being pulled out constantly. Last Monday, former EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, pointed out that the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group (Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States), scheduled to begin […]
A major reason for observing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” is to recognize when a Holocaust is in the making. With the drastic escalation of anti-Semitism in the world history could be repeating itself. Many Jews fought in the German army during the First World War. And doing so they felt a strong allegiance to Germany. However, […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/344598 My column last weekend dealt with the travesty of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s apology to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, under great pressure from President Obama, for Israel’s self-defense against Turkey-based jihadists who attempted to break its lawful blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. Netanyahu not only apologized but added to the humiliation by agreeing to Erdogan’s […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/344469/ascent-man-mark-steyn Re that New York Times notice regretting its “mischaracterization” of “the Christian holiday of Easter”, Michael Walsh is right to point out that the “correction” is equally idiotic. As Michael says, what does “resurrection into heaven” even mean? How could any expensively credentialed J-school grad type those words? Where I think Michael understates the […]
http://pjmedia.com/blog/trusted-travel-status-for-country-that-produced-most-of-911-hijackers/ THIS ONE HANGS ON THE NECK OF GEORGE BUSH AS WELL…NOT ONLY WERE ALL SAUDIS GIVEN EXIT WITH NO SERIOUS QUESTIONS ASKED, BUT ONLY MONTHS AFTER 9/11 HE INVITED THE WAHHABI DESPOT TO HIS RANCH AND PROMOTED THE LATTER’S SO CALLED PEACE PLAN FOR YOU KNOW WHO…..JUST ANOTHER WAY OF BOWING TO THE THUGS….RSK […]
http://pjmedia.com/blog/march-mayhem-mayor-never-waste-a-crisis-oversees-chicago-free-fall/ It had been an unusually cold month of March in Chicago, but with the first 50 degree day in weeks, about 500 African American teenagers heated up [1] Chicago’s Gold Coast on Saturday night. By the time the mayhem ended, 28 had been arrested [2], two women had been beaten badly on a CTA […]
