Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

New thinking required to defeat Hamas

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Back when music came on Bakelite discs that spun at 78 rpm, the very fragile records would crack easily. When you tried to play a cracked disc, often the stylus (what everyone called the “needle”) would strike the crack and … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, War | 3 Comments

The Nation-State Law rises again

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Five years since its initial introduction by MK Avi Dichter, the Nation State Bill is being hotly debated in the Knesset once again. Israel’s Declaration of Independence announced the creation of “A Jewish state in Eretz-Israel,” and added, The State … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, The Jewish people, Zionism | 5 Comments

Restraint, the strategy of defeat

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. – Niccolo Machiavelli It’s been reported that indirect negotiations are underway with Hamas for the release of two Israelis and the bodies of two soldiers … Continue reading →

Posted in War | 7 Comments

What is it about us?

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Today I read a very interesting piece by Times of Israel editor David Horovitz, an interview with David Brog, who runs Sheldon Adelson’s Macabee Task Force. The objective is to fight delegitimization of Israel and BDS on college campuses; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Jew Hatred | 5 Comments

A few words about Gideon Levy

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

I’m a political writer. I put words together into arguments, structures that I hope will be persuasive, or at least encouraging to people who already share my point of view. I often wonder if my skills could be put to … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Society, Jew Hatred, Media, Post-Zionism | 2 Comments

What drives anti-Israel politics?

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Erdoğan and his party obtained a solid victory in the election this week, guaranteeing that relations between Turkey and Israel will get even worse. This is because the Turkish president has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric and actions whenever he … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Jew Hatred, Middle East politics, US-Israel Relations | 2 Comments

Abolish the Rabbinut!

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

I have expended billions, perhaps hundreds of billions, of electrons attacking liberal strains of Judaism, particularly in the US but also in Israel, for what I perceive as a conflation of Judaism and Jewish ethics with liberal politics. Today it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, Israeli Society, The Jewish people | 2 Comments

The Fires

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s impossible to write about anything except the fires. Foreign media are concerned with other things, but in Israel only the arrest of a former government minister charged with spying for Iran has come close to dislodging the fires from … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Society, War | 3 Comments