Category Archives: Israel and Palestinian Arabs

Trump can end the Palestinian refugee problem

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Recently Donald Trump and Nikki Haley made news by threatening to cut off (or at least sharply reduce) funds given to the Palestinians. Trump wasn’t clear about which funds, but Haley referred to US support for UNRWA, the welfare agency … Continue reading →

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Truth serum for the Palestinians

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It is almost as if the Trump Administration has administered a truth serum to the Palestinian leadership with its statements on Jerusalem. When Trump declared on December 7 that the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Palestinians … Continue reading →

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Trumpus Maccabeus

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Thirteen Conservative rabbinical students studying in Jerusalem wrote a letter in which they criticized the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. They wrote in part, We, a group of rabbinical students of the Jewish Theological Seminary … Continue reading →

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The Trump Declaration

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Some thoughts on President Trump’s historic (yes, it is) declaration that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel: 1) Some commentators minimize its importance. There seem to be two kinds of minimizers: friendly and unfriendly. Friendly minimizers say … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Peace' Process, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Jew Hatred, US-Israel Relations | 2 Comments

A dishonest editorial from Ha’aretz

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Ha’aretz, the voice of Israel’s Left, published an editorial just before Yom Kippur, whose intent was to frighten those who oppose dismantling Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and establishing a state of Palestine there. It’s worth a close examination, … Continue reading →

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The real meaning of “Never Again”

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

So we’ve had another murderous terror attack. It happened when Border Police officer Solomon Gavriya (20), private security guards Youssef Ottman (25) and Or Arish (25), and community security team leader Amit Steinhart were opening the back gate of Har … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Peace' Process, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Terrorism | 1 Comment

The real crisis of racism in Israel

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The strategy of the US Reform Movement along with home-grown leftists to introduce an American-style obsession with “racism” into Israeli consciousness shows just how far from understanding regional reality these people are. The movement’s Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) plans … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Society | 4 Comments

The People of the Narrative

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Tuesday’s news contained a particularly infuriating although totally predictable report to add to my collection of “things that show why coexistence is impossible.” It seems that Israel is required by the 1994 Paris Protocol to the Oslo Accords to grant … Continue reading →

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