http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Amnesty International’s Rose-Tinted View of Gaddafi’s Libya Now one of Israel’s predictably inveterate critics, Amnesty International was founded in 1961 by barrister Peter Benenson (né Solomon; 1921-2005), the Catholic convert son of two Anglo-Jewish communal figures, Flora and Harold Solomon; Benenson was the name of his maternal grandfather. On its website Amnesty UK declares: “We’re […]
Rain Man By Steve Plaut Well, a lot of people liked what I sent around yesterday on Israel’s Music Wars, and several encouraged me to post similar sorts of observations on life in Israel, I guess cause you are all getting tired of the political postings. In any case, here is another of my “Seinfeldian […]
The King’s Speech The unraveling of Peter King’s hearings on radical Islam.Tiffany Stanley http://www.jidaily.com/Inh/e Everyone was expecting the Pete King hearings on Muslim radicalization to be the second coming of Joseph McCarthy. This morning, an hour before they began, a line already snaked around the third floor of the Cannon Office Building, as reporters queued […]
http://www.jidaily.com/Inh/e Did Anne Frank Really Have An ‘Infinite Human Spirit’?The problem with universalism. Ruth Franklin Are human beings so fundamentally lacking in natural empathy that a Jewish catastrophe must be universalized in order to generate feeling? Do we really seek only ourselves in the books we read? “The concentration camps are a dangerous topic to […]
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/a-truly-conspiratorial-mind-1.348503 WHAT MUST DERSHOWITZ THINK ABOUT HIS CLIENT?…..RSK A truly conspiratorial mind Even if Assange had not compared Guantanamo to Auschwitz, his latent paranoia would have materialized. By James Kirchick That WikiLeaks impresario Julian Assange would feature as the latest contributor to the recent spate of anti-Semitic celebrity outbursts is hardly a bombshell. Last week, […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704758904576188740968759616.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Top#printMod Coming to America As Hollywood producers scour the globe desperate for TV show ideas, it’s not just about Britain anymore. Why Israel is the new hot spot; POWs and henpecked husbands By AMY CHOZICK and JOSHUA MITNICK The Israeli TV series “Hatufim” traces what happens when two soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces return […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/10/king-hearing-not-un-american-or-radical/ King stands by hearing on Islamic radicals Testimony is emotional, at times heated By Seth McLaughlin “The division between Democrats and Republicans reflect one of the thorniest debates to emerge in the years since September 11: How to prevent homegrown terror.” Pushing back against a firestorm of criticism, the chairman of the House Homeland […]
Where Is The Outcry Against Arab Apartheid? by Khaled Abu Toameh http://www.hudson-ny.org/1953/arab-apartheid Mohammed Nabil Taha, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy, died this week at the entrance to a Lebanese hospital after doctors refused to help him because his family could not afford to pay for medical treatment. The tragic case of Taha highlights the plight of […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8952/pub_detail.asp Obama Administration Seeks Terrorism Help – from Muslim Brotherhood Spinoff Ben Johnson As more sober minds consider ways to keep the Middle East from falling into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, Barack Obama is “fighting terrorism” by reaching out to the leader of one of the Brotherhood’s American creations. In the process, a […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1685,css.print/pub_detail.asp In 18-1 vote, Wis. Senate Approves Bill Curbing Bargaining Rights Through Senate (WSJ) Senate Dems Suffered A Wave Of Defections – Their Proposal To Cut $6 Billion From Federal Spending Went Down To Defeat (THE HILL) Schiller Forced Out as NPR President Following Hidden-Camera Sting (FOX) The governor does his duty, and all hell […]
