Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Keeping the Jewish State

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Uri Avnery, the grand old man of the Israeli Left, recently wrote that with the establishment of the State of Israel, Zionism had lost its utility and even its meaning. Zionism, as is commonly known, was born as a term … Continue reading →

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The Samson Option

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

On Monday, the IDF blew up a tunnel that crossed under the border between Gaza and Israel, and reached a point approximately 2 km from Kibbutz Kissufim. At least 7 terrorists were killed who were in the tunnel when it … Continue reading →

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Protecting our honor

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

There once lived a rich and powerful man. One day, bandits stole a water jug; but instead of taking it back and punishing the bandits — which would have been easy, since he had many sons — he said “it’s … Continue reading →

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Jenny Listman vs. Elie Wiesel

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

A woman named Jenny Listman wrote a blog post accusing recently deceased Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel of touching her inappropriately at a public event 28 years ago, when she was 19. Today when the subject of sexual harassment of women … Continue reading →

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The Reform Jewish al-Aqsa

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Ha’aretz, Judy Maltz: In a sign of the growing rift between the Israeli government and Diaspora Jewry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be appearing this year at the annual conference of the Jewish Federations of North America. Only once … Continue reading →

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Ending Israel’s abusive relationships

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The Jerusalem Post reports, Israel’s representatives to the judo Grand Slam event in Abu Dhabi have been told that they will once more not be allowed to compete under their country’s flag. The blue-and-white delegation to the final Grand Slam … Continue reading →

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Russia in the driver’s seat

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It seems that Iran, Israel’s most dangerous enemy, is pushing hard against Israel’s red lines in Syria. Yediot Aharonot military correspondent Alex Fishman writes, The Iranian regime, it seems, isn’t taking the public warnings issued by the Israeli defense establishment … Continue reading →

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Don’t be the battlefield for somebody’s war by proxy

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The other day I was reading an article by a South Korean writer, in which he expressed how unhappy his people were about being a battlefield for proxy wars. The Korean war from 1950-53 was a vicious conflict in which … Continue reading →

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