Category Archives: Islam

A Long Collection of Short Topics

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

I don’t want to be one of those writers who keeps writing long past the point at which he should have stopped. This piece will be my last regular blog. It may be the outline for a book. In any … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, American society, Iran, Islam, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Arabs, Israeli or Jewish History, Jew Hatred, Terrorism, The Diaspora, The Future, The Jewish people, US-Israel Relations, War, Zionism | 5 Comments

American Liberal Judaism Saws Off the Memetic Branch It’s Sitting On

Posted on September 23, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Islam is on track to become the world’s most widespread religious faith and will probably surpass Christianity in number of believers by 2070. There are many reasons for this. One way to explain the growth or decline of a religious … Continue reading →

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A Short History of a Long Hatred

Posted on June 13, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

It would never come into their [the masses] heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Jew Hatred, Media | 4 Comments

The Siege of France, 2020

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. – Voltaire When I think of human rights, democratic governance, Enlightenment values, and the idea that reason and scientific method are superior to superstition, I think of France. … Continue reading →

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What’s in the Future for European Jews

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

If American Jews are going to have it tough in the future, things look worse for Europeans. The recent attempted murder of a Jewish woman in Sweden, apparently committed by a Muslim man “known to the police” and possibly motivated … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe, Islam, Jew Hatred | 1 Comment

J Street uncovers a secret about Netanyahu and Trump

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

I think my interest in J Street could once have been called “obsessive.” I wrote numerous blog posts a few years ago, pointing out that the supposedly “pro-Israel, pro-peace” organization received financing from George Soros, mysterious billionaires in Hong Kong, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, American politics, Islam, Israeli Politics | 1 Comment

A “New Middle East” — maybe in 500 years?

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah [Al-Sisi] said last night at the Munich Security Conference that “the failure to achieve a just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the main source of instability in the Middle East,” according to a report … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Middle East politics | 2 Comments

How Israel could prevail in today’s asymmetric conflict

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Much is made of the idea of asymmetric warfare, in which the side that is weaker in a traditional military sense manages to inflict harm on its enemy by the use of simple weapons and tactics involving small units, hit … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Islam, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments