Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Israel’s Supreme Court Does it Again

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

In August of last year, Dvir Sorek, an 18-year old yeshiva student walking near Migdal Oz in the Gush Etzion region was set upon by two terrorists acting on behalf of Hamas. He was brutally stabbed to death (do I … Continue reading →

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A Short History of an Interminable Conflict

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

In 1948 the state was declared as the British colonialists finally left, and the ensuing war was called the “War of Independence.” Most wars of independence are fought directly against the former colonial power, but ours was a proxy war. … Continue reading →

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The Manufactured Outrage over “Annexation”

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Annexation. The word is spat out with such vitriol that one would think that what is contemplated is mass murder. From Mahmoud Abbas to Jordan’s King Abdullah, to the European Union, to Justin Trudeau, the condemnations, warnings, and threats continue … Continue reading →

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Two Books

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

On rare occasions I read something and experience the writer opening doors to understanding phenomena that hitherto mystified me. Or perhaps a book makes me see that my present ideas about something are entirely wrong. Or it gives words and … Continue reading →

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Our Soft Enemy

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel has many enemies. There are our “hard enemies” that fight us with weapons and explosives. And then there is the European Union. The European Union is an organization of monumental size and bureaucratic complexity. It has been compared to … Continue reading →

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Annex it Already

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Discussions of “annexation” by Israel’s new unity government have triggered shrieks of outrage from the usual suspects, from Mahmoud Abbas to the EU to Joe Biden. The Arab League announced that it would be a “new war crime…against the Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Jews and Evangelicals: it’s Complicated

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

I have lived a large part of my life outside the Jewish bubble. I have known many Evangelical Christians, and some of them have been good friends. So I wasn’t surprised to hear about “God TV” and its attempt – … Continue reading →

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One Small Enemy

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

I was looking at my Twitter feed this morning in search of something interesting to write about, and I came across yet another tendentious anti-Israel tweet from Lara Friedman of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP). Friedman will always … Continue reading →

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