Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

We get it, Obama

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

I was going to write about the way the US Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, was instructed to boycott PM Netanyahu’s speech, but Elliott Abrams beat me to it: Think of how petty that instruction, which can only have … Continue reading →

Posted in US-Israel Relations | 1 Comment

Wanted: a somewhat less murderous Palestinian Authority

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The other day Eitam and Na’ama Henkin were shot to death by Arab terrorists in front of four of their children, in Samaria not far from the place where five members of the Fogel family were brutally butchered in 2011. … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs | 3 Comments

How to build an “Iron Wall” today

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

As a Zionist, I believe that a Jewish state is a necessary condition for the continued survival of the Jewish people. Our state faces some acute challenges, including the direct military threat from Iran and its proxies and the recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Terrorism, Zionism | 1 Comment

Nasty, brutish and short

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man. To this war of every man … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Iran, Islam | 1 Comment

The story of a lie

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The Jewish people and their state are the target of an unending, worldwide hate offensive. Our reactions differ. Some of us get angry (that’s healthy). Others ignore it. And some become convinced that where there’s smoke, there must be fire. … Continue reading →

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The sin of self-defamation

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

When you see a thief you fall in with him, and throw in your lot with adulterers; you devote your mouth to evil, and yoke your tongue to deceit; you are busy maligning your brother, defaming the son of your … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Society, Jew Hatred | 2 Comments

Occupation Shmoccupation

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The Yesha Council, the voice of Israelis living beyond the Green Line, published a little pamphlet called “kibush kishkush,” which one could translate as “occupation shmoccupation” (in Hebrew, here). The booklet refutes some of the common misconceptions about the communities … Continue reading →

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Israel’s two greatest strategic mistakes

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The murder of Alexander Levlovitz in Jerusalem when he was driving home from a Rosh Hashana dinner, is the latest in a series of cases of Jews killed or seriously injured by rocks and firebombs thrown by Arabs. The daily … Continue reading →

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