A Pyrrhic ‘Victory’ for Anwar Ibrahim?

March 25, 2011 By

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is declaring victory. I’d say: not so fast.

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The Jerusalem Terrorist Attack in Perspective: It’s Not Just the Palestinians Who Need to Recognize Israel

March 23, 2011 By

“I would ask them, if the Jewish state is fundamentally illegitimate in your eyes, that you’re never willing to accept its legitimacy, what sort of peace are you offering me?”

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The Frog and the Scorpion: Israelis in the North Anticipate Another War with Hezbollah, but Expect to Win

March 21, 2011 By

Is it more terrifying to know your enemies are there but not be able to see them, or to stare daily into the wild eyes of the men who plan your execution? This is the question I pondered as I stood near Israel’s northern border with Lebanon last week.

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David Remnick’s Article Telling Us to Support Haaretz Reveals Why We Don’t Need Haaretz

March 4, 2011 By

New Yorker editor David Remnick has a 10,000-word piece on Haaretz in the magazine’s current issue, echoing the fantasy that the leftist newspaper is integral to the country’s intellectual and political health.

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J Street Crowd Gives Call for Revolution in Israel a Standing Ovation

February 28, 2011 By

J Street audience applauds call for revolution in Israel.

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Reporting from Turkey: Your Move, Erdogan

February 22, 2011 By

Time to watch how Erdogan plays the Mideast unrest.

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Constant War and a Weak Israel Are Bad for Mideast Peace: A Response to Patrick Seale

February 18, 2011 By

Patrick Seale, the British writer, takes to ForeignPolicy.com to offer the loony theory that the Egypt-Israel peace treaty is responsible for the lack of peace, and what’s needed is more Arab war against Israel.

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Allegiance to Jihad Is Not ‘Moderate’–Here, in Egypt, or in Malaysia

February 16, 2011 By

Two “moderates” both happen to believe that with Islam there are two choices: submission or war.

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The Left Discovers the Muslim Brotherhood’s Transnational Network of Extremists–and Supports Them Anyway

February 10, 2011 By

Here’s a riddle for you: How many rocket, mortar, and missile attacks can Hamasniks in Gaza launch without breaking a cease-fire?

Now, you might think the obvious answer is zero–you cannot be firing rockets at civilians while still abiding by a cease-fire. But the world is more complex than that, or so I learned after reading the latest installment of Peter Beinart’s ongoing attempt at rehabilitating the reputations of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.

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The Forward Defends Rutgers Anti-Zionist Event, Denigrates Holocaust Victims and Slanders Israeli Troops

February 8, 2011 By

There is an article in this week’s edition of the Forward that should leave the pro-Israel students and supporters at Rutgers University feeling encouraged about their recent protest of a pro-Palestinian event that was designed to denigrate the Holocaust.

But the Rutgers students should also reserve some energy for a tinge of outrage.

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