For more United Nations coverage see www.EYEontheUN.org. Kuwait, Not Syria, to Sit on U.N. Human Rights Council: Shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on The Weekly Standard. The Obama administration has been under siege for its support of the U.N.’s top human rights body, the U.N. Human […]
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/2011/05/09/pakistan-the-problem-the-solution/ Pakistan: The Problem, the Solution by Srdja Trifkovic The most significant fact to emerge from the killing of Osama Bin Laden is that Pakistan’s military intelligence service (ISI) had been sheltering him for years. This confirms what we have been warning for the best part of the past decade: that Pakistan is an irredeemably […]
Congressman West Congratulates Israel on its 63rd Birthday (WASHINGTON)— Congressman Allen West (FL-22) released this statement today on the 63rd Birthday of Israel’s Independence: “Today, Israel celebrates 63 years since it was declared an Independent State, the homeland of the Jewish people, and a proud country. In the more than six decades since Israel became its own nation, […]
Connecticut Jewish Ledger www.jewishledger.com CUNY: The right to free speech depends on who speaks freely Jeffrey Wiesenfeld serves on the Board of Trustees at the City University of New York (CUNY). As a member of that Board, he spoke out against that institution’s plan to award an honorary degree to Tony Kushner, a playwright whose art and opinion constantly intertwine […]
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/05/10/on-israeli-independence-day-pondering-the-legacy-of-zeev-jabotinsky/ On Israeli Independence Day, Pondering the Legacy of Ze’ev Jabotinsky Posted By Moshe Phillips The killing of Osama bin Laden and the subsequent debates by pundits on whether the Bush/Cheney administration was getting too much or too little credit for crafting the initial response to 9/11 and then creating the infrastructure necessary to remove […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9472,css.print/pub_detail.asp I, Hasan, the son of Akbar, resident of the village of Saraab, being of sound mind and resolute belief in Muhammad, praise be upon him (PBUH) and the 12 Imams, the Pure Ones, declare this here as my last and final will and testament. I have found it my sacred duty to answer the […]
Some Things I Love About Living in Israel Posted By P. David Hornik http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/10/some-things-i-love-about-living-in-israel/print/ With most of my articles focusing on harsh aspects of life in Israel, and with Israel’s 63d birthday falling on Tuesday, it might be appropriate to mention some of why I love living here. This is a personal statement of an […]
In 1950, my brother and my parents and I went to Israel for the first time. To be perfectly honest my brother and I were bored, annoyed at the endless conversations among my parents and their surviving friends who had not seen each other since my parents left Europe for Bolivia in 1931. We preferred […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Rejoice, Rejoice, As The Miracle Nation Turns Sixty-Three Sixty-three years ago, the State of Israel was born, offering as its natal message “peace and amity” to its neighbours and readiness “to contribute its full share to the peace and progress of the Middle East”. Alas, we all know how those noble sentiments were received – […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/5/10/main-feature/1/israel-the-miracle In May 1998, the eminent British historian Paul Johnson published an essay in Commentary to mark Israel’s 50th birthday; marking its 63rd, we re-publish the essay here.—The Editors “Israel must have its place among the nations (to borrow the title of a book by its prime minister). But it is not a nation like other nations. Willy-nilly, it is and […]
