A Safe Haven Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel by Allis Radosh and Ronald Radosh HarperCollins, 2009. 448 pp. $27.99 Reviewed by Asaf Romirowsky The Jerusalem Post http://www.romirowsky.com/6529/a-safe-haven From the campaign trail to the White House there has been much talk about Barack Obama’s polices toward Israel, specifically their nature and significance. Historically […]
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2194588 UNITED NATIONS — Guards ejected an accredited Canadian commentator from the United Nations after she denounced a controversial report that focuses heavily on alleged Israeli war crimes. Anne Bayefsky, a York University political science professor, offered the only pro-Israel commentary on Thursday night at a microphone outside the General Assembly hall following remarks by […]
Click here: Start-Up Nation – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/12839-Start-Up-Nation.html Sunday, November 8. 2009 Start-Up Nation Every once in a while a book comes along that reveals a startling gap in our understanding of the world, our passions and desires, and ourselves. Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle is such a book. The 236-page (plus […]
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1126445.html Anyone who owns a radio probably knows the song “Turn, Turn, Turn” (To everything there is a season) very well. A number of versions of this song have become permanent fixtures on the play lists of most popular music radio stations. Here’s what the listeners don’t know: every time this song is played, the […]
www.jewishledger.com Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 1:17 PM EST On Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, as Hitler came to power, Germany and Austria erupted in a spree of attacks against synagogues and Jewish homes and businesses that came to be known as “Kristallnacht” – the “Night of Broken Glass.” […]
This reflection on Kristallnacht was posted in OUTPOST November 2005 Ruth King In late October of 1938, 20,000 Jewish residents of Germany who were of Polish origin were rousted in the middle of the night and deported. However, Poland declared them non-citizens and closed the borders. The Jews, men, women and children, were finally herded […]
They Kill Us and We’re the Ones to Blame Posted: 07 Nov 2009 06:27 PM PST Hardly had the final shots been fired at Fort Hood and hospitals were filling up with the wounded that the media rushed to assign blame for the massacre, not of course to Nidal Malik Hassan, who had opened fire […]
Jihadi Denial Syndrome reaches epidemic proportions SUNDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER 2009 After the 7/7 London transport bombings woke at least some people up to the phenomenon of British ‘sleeper’ Islamic terrorism – and, equally important, to the way this was continuing to be denied by the British establishment – the reaction across the pond was, to […]
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjczMmJkNzZhNDE3OTI3ZDhhYTk1N2MxYjEyNDg0YjA= Degrees of Separation Mark Steyn, The Corner, NRO.com Hasan, the sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas, attended the controversial Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. His mother’s funeral was […]
HERE’S TO VICTORY FOR BOTH SIDES…RSK http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=akNzxFfpF_BU&pos=9 By Henry Meyer and Khaled Abdullah Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) — Saudi warplanes bombed Yemeni rebels, as a five-day offensive by the oil-rich kingdom on its border with Yemen left three soldiers dead and another four missing. Saudi Arabia’s air force fired missiles “intensively†at Yemeni border villages today, […]
