Monthly Archives: October 2016

How not to stabilize the Middle East

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

My very first blog post almost exactly 10 years ago was about the just-released Iraq Study Group Report, co-authored by Lee Hamilton and James Baker. What struck me about it was how it asserted that the way to solve the … Continue reading →

Posted in Middle East politics, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

The British betrayal of the Jewish people

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Today the “discovery” of Jew-hatred among British politicians, particularly in the Labour Party, is news. But the relationship of the Jews to Albion, since the citizens of York wiped out their Jewish community in 1190, hasn’t been smooth. Recently, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Jew Hatred, Middle East politics, Zionism | 1 Comment

Are Palestinians “People of Color?”

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

I admit it. When I see the expression “person of color” used seriously, I stop reading. It is an indication that the writer is a fool, and probably a knave. What does it mean? It has been around since the … Continue reading →

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The way to “improve our image” is to exercise our power

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The UNESCO resolution which referred to Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem by their Muslim names alone that passed this week made me think that we – the State of Israel – are taking the wrong path, at least if the … Continue reading →

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UNESCOs moral infirmity

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions. – Abba Eban What’s next? A UNESCO decision denying the … Continue reading →

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No more carrots

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Two Israelis – a beloved grandmother and a young policeman, married only a few months – were murdered and six wounded in Jerusalem on Sunday, by a Palestinian terrorist. This isn’t surprising, since 42 Israelis have been killed and some … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Barack

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

At last, after eight long years during which Barack Obama a) applied almost unrelenting pressure on Israel, much more obsessively than anything else he did, and b) taught us the painful truth about American liberal Jews – that for them, … Continue reading →

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Who’s afraid of the Minister of Sport and Culture?

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Recently, as seems to happen on a regular basis, rumors spread about the Yitzhak Herzog’s Zionist Union (Labor + Tzipi Livni) party joining Netanyahu’s government. Supposedly there were negotiations over the Rosh Hashana holiday, and the deal was said to … Continue reading →

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