Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Meditations on today’s news

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

I opened my newspaper this morning (Wednesday) and was greeted with the headline: the White House has no comment on the regularization law that was passed yesterday, and will talk about it when PM Netanyahu visits Washington to meet with … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Media, Middle East politics | 4 Comments

How to really end the occupation

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Perhaps thanks to the shock of the expulsion of the Jewish residents of Amona and the razing of their community, the Knesset passed a “settlement regulation bill” (חוק ההסדרה), which is intended to make it possible to legalize a settlement … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Politics | 2 Comments

Sovereignty is the only solution

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Hope will grow out of this difficult day and we will build a new community after the demolition of Amona’s homes. Out of the wreckage of Amona we will build children’s playgrounds throughout Judea and Samaria. As a result of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, Israeli Society, Zionism | 2 Comments

What kind of a state are we?

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Tuesday afternoon we started to hear that the police and IDF were preparing to remove the 40 families that live in the community of Amona, in the Binyamin region of Judea. Just now, a few moments ago, I heard on … Continue reading →

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Getting back to (strategic) basics

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

— From a 1981 RAND Corporation report on “Israel’s Strategic doctrine.” The authors explain that this doctrine was developed because of Israel’s small size and lack of strategic depth, her small population compared to her probable adversaries, her economic weakness … Continue reading →

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My life and blogs

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Like many American Jews, I was born in Brooklyn, NY. As a young man I was interested in electronics and radio, which got me a job as a broadcast engineer that, along with scholarships, paid for my college education. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, American Jews, American politics, Zionism | 4 Comments

What’s up with my American friends

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s been almost three years since the day that I left the USA with no plans to return, almost three years since I got on a plane knowing that I no longer owned a home or a car or a … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, American politics, US-Israel Relations | 2 Comments

Dumping a classic abuser

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

On Tuesday, President Obama selected his aide Ben Rhodes for the US Holocaust Memorial Council. Ben Rhodes wrote the section of the 2006 Iran Study Group report that advised sacrificing Israel to help convince Iran and Syria to leave Iraq … Continue reading →

Posted in US-Israel Relations | 1 Comment