Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Humiliation Day

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Saturday was ‘Implementation Day’ for the Iranian nuclear deal. Someone referred to it as ‘humiliation day’ for America, because the humiliating surrender in the diplomatic battle to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons was accompanied by the humiliation of American … Continue reading →

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Defending Israel against the EU’s ‘soft weapon’

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

When Israel built its security barrier back in 2003, the Palestinian Arabs and their supporters squealed like pigs. Despite numerous changes to its path to accommodate Arab complaints, some ordered by Israel’s Supreme Court, it became a cause célèbre for … Continue reading →

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Anti-Israel NGOs — not transparency — are the real threat to democracy

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Last night a suspicious fire occurred at the offices of B’Tselem, an Israeli NGO concerned with “human rights in the occupied territories” (in other words, yet another foreign-funded operation working to delegitimize the Jewish state and sabotage its ability to … Continue reading →

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Can the Palestinian Authority become a good neighbor?

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Last Friday saw a spate of rumors that Mahmoud Abbas had suffered a stroke or other serious health crisis. On Tuesday it was announced that he would make a “major speech” Wednesday. There was speculation that he would say that … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Terrorism | 5 Comments

How to stop the lone wolves

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

As I write, the man who murdered two young Jewish men on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, and possibly also an Arab taxi driver, is still at large. While the police are saying that this attack didn’t quite fit the … Continue reading →

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Ticking bombs or a shanda fur die goyim?

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

In a dramatic development, a district judge ordered the police and Shabak to release a suspected Jewish extremist who had been held in administrative detention for a month, not allowed to speak to a lawyer for almost three weeks, and … Continue reading →

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Duma and the ‘Wedding of Hate’

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Yes, another post on the Duma murders (see all of them here). I’ve argued all along that the hypothesis that the crime was committed by Arabs in conflict with the Dawabshes is at least worthy of consideration. Much about the … Continue reading →

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Defensive weapons and the strategy of preemption

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

This week the new medium-range anti-missile system called “David’s Sling” was declared operational, and is expected to be deployed in 2016. It will join the existing Iron Dome systems for short-range rockets and the Arrow 3 system for intercepting ballistic … Continue reading →

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