Yearly Archives: 2015

Occupation Shmoccupation

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The Yesha Council, the voice of Israelis living beyond the Green Line, published a little pamphlet called “kibush kishkush,” which one could translate as “occupation shmoccupation” (in Hebrew, here). The booklet refutes some of the common misconceptions about the communities … Continue reading →

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Israel’s two greatest strategic mistakes

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The murder of Alexander Levlovitz in Jerusalem when he was driving home from a Rosh Hashana dinner, is the latest in a series of cases of Jews killed or seriously injured by rocks and firebombs thrown by Arabs. The daily … Continue reading →

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Why negotiations with the PLO are a waste of time

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Any “two-state solution” is a bad idea. It is inconsistent with Israel’s security – Judea and Samaria will quickly resemble Gaza – and it generally (but not always) implies that the Jewish people do not have full legal title to … Continue reading →

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A narrative of hatred and death

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The greatest enemy of the Jewish state is neither Iran nor Hamas. Israel can defend herself against the concrete threats they pose. Our greatest enemy is that which turns the rest of the world against us, that which justifies European … Continue reading →

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Obama’s remorse and Iran’s victory

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Does Iran really think it can defeat the US? How could it? The US is the greatest military power the world has ever known. Its nuclear arsenal is enough to turn any possible enemy into ionized plasma multiple times over. … Continue reading →

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What a historical inflection point feels like

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Germany and Austria have announced that they will for now allow all Syrian migrants that reach their borders to apply for asylum, as opposed to EU rules that require asylum-seekers to apply in the first country they enter. I assume … Continue reading →

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Who killed the Dawabshes, and why doesn’t the Shabak want to know?

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Someone burned a baby and his father to death and severely injured two other members of the Dawabshe family a little more than a month ago on July 31, in the Arab village of Duma, southwest of Shechem (Nablus). Beginning … Continue reading →

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Political correctness is mind control

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of IngSoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. Its vocabulary was so constructed as … Continue reading →

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