Category Archives: Israel and Palestinian Arabs

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 →

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A monstrous culture of cruelty

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The headline story in today’s Israel Hayom is about how the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorists tortured and mutilated their Israeli hostages. I didn’t bother to read it. I don’t need further reinforcement about the degree to which the Palestinian movement … Continue reading →

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Calling their bluffs

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The strategy of the Palestinian Arabs is simple. We can see it in operation in “micro” and “macro” forms. Everyone is familiar with the micro form: an Arab protester, even a child, comes up to an Israeli soldier and tries … Continue reading →

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My journey from Left to Right

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Yes, I admit it. I started out in life as a leftist. In 1982 I thought that we went too far in Lebanon; we should have stopped at the 40 km. line promised by Sharon. I was horrified by the … Continue reading →

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You can’t win the war you don’t fight

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

This can’t be allowed to continue. Yesterday there was another fatal stabbing at Etzion junction, a place which has seen several murders and countless terror attacks. A beautiful young woman, Hadar Buchris, was murdered for the crime of being Jewish … Continue reading →

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Terror children, the latest Palestinian innovation

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

I opened my newspaper Wednesday morning to read that two Palestinian terrorists had attacked a security guard in a car on the oft-targeted Jerusalem light rail. The guard was stabbed twice; one of the terrorists was shot and the other … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Goldberg finally gets it, then quickly loses it again

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s not enough to start thinking clearly. You need to finish as well. You need to follow your logic to where it goes, even if it is uncomfortable. Apparently Jeffrey Goldberg hasn’t done that yet: Unlike Obama, several of his … Continue reading →

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How to end the intifada — for good

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Although the perpetrators of the recent terrorist incidents are mostly young people not associated with terror organizations whose actions are not explicitly ordered by the Palestinian Arab leadership, they are nevertheless part of a planned campaign that is orchestrated by … Continue reading →

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