That new, improved DNC platform
As Barry Rubin pointed out yesterday before the language about Jerusalem (and about God) was reinserted, the "Middle East" section of the Democrats' platform had two paragraphs about Israel what Obama...
View ArticleBottom line
From Mitt Romney's press conference yesterday:ROMNEY: I spoke out when the key fact that I referred to was known, which was that the Embassy of the United States issued what appeared to be an apology...
View ArticleRomney vs. Mackey's revisionist history
The Sunday edition of DG's Mideast Media Sampler (an indispensible resource that I can't recommend highly enough) analyzed several serious flaws in Robert Mackey's obnoxiously opportunistic...
View ArticleDershowitz & Co. - pwned
Early this afternoon, Mahmoud Abbas gave a vicious, defamatory speech at the United Nations General Assembly, loaded with lies, false accusations and vitriol. It was, in fact, among the nastiest,...
View ArticleCNN bias? Nah ...
In a truly nauseating segment this morning, filled with much dithering and hand wringing over the suffering of the people of Gaza, CNN's Carol Costello announced opined:Gaza has basically been under...
View ArticleSnow in Jerusalem
A beautiful sight, though the weather has caused a lot of hardship and damage. And then there's this:Some worshipers outside the Dome of the Rock, with its now white-capped golden dome, built a...
View ArticleA great light extinguished
I refuse to indulge in traditional conciliatory phrases of comfort. He was my teacher and I revered him as such. Nobody who studied with him came away unchanged. All were uplifted. May his memory...
View ArticleThe return of Soccer Dad!
William Jacobson welcomes David Gerstman (formerly a/k/a Soccer Dad) to Legal Insurrection!It's a really good day for the blogosphere. While I've greatly appreciated David's Mideast Media Samplers for...
View ArticleTop five reasons to confirm Hagel
In the spirit of the day after Purim (or in some places, the day of) ...Here are my top five reasons why Chuck Hagel should be confirmed as Secretary of Defense by the U.S. Senate:#5 Military...
View ArticleBDSers at it again
Once again, they're going after TIAA-CREF, and once again TIAA-CREF is fighting back.TIAA-CREF officials are asking the SEC to allow it to take no action on a shareholder proposal by activist group...
View ArticleThe "new" Arab Peace Initiative
Barry Rubin asks:... [T]here is a curious lack of mention over the demand, enshrined in the previous "Arab Peace Initiative," about what is called the "right of return." Namely, to satisfy PA demands...
View ArticleBarry Rubin z"l
Learning from Barry Rubin, A Lifelong Teacher'Jerusalem Post' columnist Barry Rubin diesBarry Rubin: Conscience of the White CityDr. Barry Rubin dead at 64Only a few of the many tributes paid and yet...
View ArticleJ Street denied
This news is good enough to drag me out of semi-retirement.BREAKING: J Street Rejected by American Jewish Umbrella Group in 'Big Tent' Litmus TestApril 30, 2014 6:23 pmJNS.org - In what many observers...
View ArticleDersh blows it, big time
At the Herzliya Conference, no less. Per Ha'aretz: Dershowitz said he feared that the boycott movement had become so entrenched that even if Israelis and Palestinians were to strike a peace deal, its...
View ArticleMisguided apologetics
Sadly, it would appear that Rob Rogers is the one who hasn't "read the manual." Charlie Hebdo Written by Rob Rogers on Friday, 09 January 2015 12:00 am. The most baffling thing about the gruesome...
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