Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Is the PA worth keeping?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Mahmoud Abbas made a vile speech to the UN yesterday. To “long applause,” the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the PLO and Fatah accused Israel of aggression,  apartheid, racism, colonialism, terrorism, war crimes and genocide. He accused Israel of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, The UN | 1 Comment

Two dead murderers

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: Hamas terrorists Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisheh, who abducted and murdered Israeli teens Gil-ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Frenkel in June, were killed Tuesday in a joint military, police and Shin Bet security agency operation in … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism | 1 Comment

Grün’s legacy

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel has made great economic strides in the last few years. The ‘high-tech startup nation’, however still remains stuck in its socialist past in one area: Labor sanctions in support of striking Israel Post employees are expected to spread on … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli or Jewish History, Israeli Politics | 3 Comments

Why the Palestinian Arabs lack civil rights

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel’s Left is unhappy. Nobody votes for their parties and their chance of returning to power is negligible. You can see them boiling with frustration — they used to run things here, and now they are a permanent opposition, reduced … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Peace' Process, Israeli Politics | 1 Comment

Are Israelis safer than Americans?

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

41 days ago I returned to Israel after 26 years of exile in the US. Well, not exactly exile — We could have come back any time, as my wife reminded me often. So finally we did, and last week … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism | 2 Comments

Three lessons of 9/11 + 13

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

…when the Lord your God grants you respite from all your enemies around you in the land which the Lord, your God, gives to you as an inheritance to possess, that you shall obliterate the remembrance of Amalek from beneath … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Terrorism, The UN, War | 1 Comment

Why a Palestinian state is not the answer

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Every once in a while I feel the need to write some form of this post to explain to Americans yet again why a Palestinian state is a bad idea. This is not a big issue in Israel, despite the … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs | 3 Comments

How Israel can lose in the UN what it won on the ground

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. … A draft … Continue reading →

Posted in The UN, War | 2 Comments