Monthly Archives: March 2016

Western morality and Islamic jihad

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Two Palestinian terrorists stabbed and moderately injured a member of Israel’s Kfir brigade in Hevron Thursday. One was killed immediately; the other was lying wounded on the ground. Some time later the wounded terrorist was killed by a shot to … Continue reading →

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Tolerance and terrorism

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

So there was a bloody terrorist attack – two bloody terrorist attacks – in Brussels on Tuesday. Dozens murdered, more injured seriously. The Islamic State took responsibility, and threatened more attacks. The overwhelming feeling one gets is a combination of … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Islam, Terrorism, War | 3 Comments

The Israeli Left is a Potemkin Village

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Recent charges that the NGO Breaking the Silence has engaged in espionage in addition to its ‘normal’ activity of collecting and disseminating unverifiable information to embarrass the IDF have stirred a hornet’s nest on the Left. Someone hearing about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israeli Society, Media | 1 Comment

Leave AIPAC out of it

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Led by Rabbis Rick Jacobs and Eric Yoffie, the Reform Movement is talking about taking some kind of action – perhaps a walkout – at the AIPAC convention to protest the appearance of Donald Trump. If they do, it will … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, American politics | 4 Comments

Crying in Tehran

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Anyone who has ever tried to babysit a group of Israeli kids knows the expression translated as “this will end in crying.” Sometimes you just know that there will not be a good ending for certain kinds of behavior. Maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, War | 1 Comment

The saddest story in today’s news

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Every morning I take a short walk to pick up my newspaper. It makes me feel a part of the country to read a Hebrew newspaper, and it helps to improve my Hebrew. Today I read about Putin announcing his … Continue reading →

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Two peoples divided by a common religion

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The just-released Pew Survey (“Israel’s Religiously Divided Society”) contains some fascinating data. While most commentators are making a big deal over the fact that about half of Jewish Israelis agreed that “Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel” – … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, Israeli Society | 2 Comments

They Must Go (apologies to M. Kahane)

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

I started to write this while listening to the news on the radio Tuesday evening. There were three terror attacks in three hours today, two stabbings, one shooting. At least one person is dead, more than ten wounded, half of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs | 5 Comments