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British pro-Israel activist Jonathan Hoffman, long a stawart of the Zionist Federation and a man who often goes where others fear to tread, has selected his list of (mainly British) deserving individuals in a variety of categories for their performances in the year just ended:

Person of the Year: Ronnie Fraser for enduring hours of hostile cross-examination in order to establish that his trade union UCU is institutionally antisemitic (the verdict of the industrial tribunal is not expected until April). All who deplore racism – and that is the vast majority of humanity – owe Ronnie an enormous debt of gratitude.

Human Rights Award: The IDF for achieving – in Operation Pillar of Defence – a ratio of civilian:combatant casualties of around 1:1, unprecedentedly low in the history of asymmetric warfare

Inhuman Rights Award: Jacques Rogge for failing to agree a memorial in the Olympics Stadium for the Israeli Athletes murdered 40 years ago in Munich

Most Enjoyable Cultural Performances of the Year: Habima’s ‘Merchant of Venice’ and the Batsheva ballet – both were unforgettable – please come back soon!

Gift Horse Awards (“Never look a gift horse in the mouth”): Lord [Andrew] Phillips (‘huge admirer of the Jewish people’ who thinks Jews are ‘on the suicide path’) and Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles (‘deep affection for the Jewish people’ who are committing ‘assisted suicide’).

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/01/hunting_the_unicorn_of_moderate_islam.html In hunting the unicorn of moderate Islam, the West has occupied itself by passing through a mental gauntlet of Herculean moral contortions in separating the proverbial sheep from the goats. As I see it, those “moderate” voices of Islam, which have been protesting the violence of their brethren by thundering at the volume of […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/doomsday-et-cetera?f=puball America and the rest of the world are in a confluence of events that are causing widespread anxiety and fear. The Connecticut massacre is just one, isolated example. It is being reported that the killer’s mother was as mentally unstable as her son. A report in the British daily, the Mail, said “Friends and […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/why-pick-on-friends-the-case-for-letting-israel-build-apartments?f=puball Like many supporters of Israel I was surprised at the US and EU outrage when Israel authorized the building of apartments in East Jerusalem. The indignation made little political sense. The claim that construction would doom a negotiated peace is bizarre-based on the historical record of countless rejected past peace initiatives, I’d estimate the […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/hollowing-out-the-us-navy From the time Alfred Mahan wrote his classic work on naval power at the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, this two ocean nation relied on sea power to protect its territory at home and its interests abroad. In fact, it was axiomatic to suggest that the hegemonic role the United States […]

http://spectator.org/archives/2012/12/31/annus-horribilis-comicus/ AND E PLURIBUS…NOT SO UNUM ANYMORE….RSK 2011 delivered so much political chicanery and congressional knavery some thought that 2012 couldn’t possibly outdo it. The more cynical among us, including your humble correspondent, knew better. A presidential election year would be enough to guarantee a new low, and we knew Obamacare would come before the […]

http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/novelists-view-world/2012/dec/31/do-we-deserve-new-year/#.UOG643d_fCA.twitter WASHINGTON, DC, December 31, 2012 ― The new year 2013 is finally upon us and the question is this: Do we really deserve a second chance? Next question: Is God paying attention? My guess is that because He gave us “free will” He is letting us go at it yet again despite our atrocities, […]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/tel-motza-discovery-temple-ritual-vessels-king-david_n_2370656.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl27%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D251033

Evidence of religious practices dating back to the early days of King David and the Kingdom of Judah have been discovered at excavations run by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Tel Motza, west of Jerusalem.

According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the finds — which include 2,750-year-old pottery figurines of men and horses — provide rare evidence of a ritual cult at the beginning of the period of the monarchy.

“The ritual building at Tel Motza is an unusual and striking find, in light of the fact that there are hardly any remains of ritual buildings of the period in Judea at the time of the First Temple,” excavation directors Anna Eirikh, Hamoudi Khalaily and Shua Kisilevitz told The Times of Israel.

The Jerusalem Post noted the rarity of the find, given that “around the time of Hezekiah and Isaiah, Judaism abolished many ritual sites” so the Temple in Jerusalem could concentrate its symbolic power.

During this time period, the city of Jerusalem was also the region’s main hub and the home to King David and King Solomon, according to the Times of Israel.

King David’s son King Solomon built Jerusalem’s First Temple, around the 10th century, B.C.

This is not the first time archaeological artifacts have been discovered at the Tel Motza site, however, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports, as previous finds have revealed artifacts from a number of periods.

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=3152 A New Year’s resolution about voting The higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment when they are not met. It is this aspect of the human condition that causes some of us to shun hope, in an attempt to avoid the pain involved when it is dashed. It leads others of us to imagine […]

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2013/01/01/sesquicentennial-comparisons-black-slavery-in-america-and-ottoman-turkey/ January 1, 2013 marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary [2]) of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation [3], which set the United States firmly on the path toward the abolition of slavery. Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography, Life and Times [4], described how, in his view, Lincoln’s proclamation morphed the Civil War beyond a struggle to […]