Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

A Short History of a Long Hatred

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

It would never come into their [the masses] heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Jew Hatred, Media | 4 Comments

The New Government Will Soon be Tested

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Unless something very unexpected happens, Israel will finally get a government this coming Sunday. I’m conflicted. I voted for Naftali Bennett and I’m happy that he will be Prime Minister, albeit in rotation with Yair Lapid, of whom I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Arabs, Israeli Politics | 4 Comments

Special: Doing the Math About Gazan Casualties

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

“They were only children,” wept the New York Times, in its heartrending appeal for sympathy for Gazans, supposedly under “indiscriminate and disproportionate” bombardment by the IDF. Is it true that Israel negligently murdered children (or anyone) in its response to … Continue reading →

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Are the American People Smarter than they Look?

Posted on June 6, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

My father believed in social progress. He was a traditional Jewish liberal, maybe a bit on the left side despite having become a successful businessman. He was born on the lower East Side of Manhattan, lived through the crash and … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, American society, Jew Hatred | 3 Comments

Almost a Government

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Tonight (Wednesday) at midnight is the deadline for Yair Lapid to tell Israel’s president that he has formed a government. Negotiations between the eight parties – including Ra’am, an Arab Islamist party – that will be part of the almost … Continue reading →

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Four Days in May

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

This story has everything: the moral bankruptcy and cowardice of Western academia, the obsessive need of Palestinians and their supporters to make everything about them, and the emptiness of their insistence that they are not antisemitic, only “critical of Israel.” … Continue reading →

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Wardrobe Malfunction!

Posted on May 27, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Recently, Jews in the West who thought themselves safe have found themselves facing the same form of antisemitism that is common in the Arab and wider Muslim world, much of it imported along with immigrants from the Middle East. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Information war, Jew Hatred, Media, War | 4 Comments

Sovereign or Satellite?

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

“Israel has the right to defend herself,” said Joe Biden to cheers from the Jewish state. But not too strongly or for too long, apparently. When the pressure from the left wing of his party began to get uncomfortable, he … Continue reading →

Posted in US-Israel Relations, War | 7 Comments