Category Archives: Israeli Society

A geography lesson

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

There is a groundswell of support in Israel for the soldier that shot a ‘neutralized’ terrorist as he lay on the ground. Although he has been arrested and may be tried for manslaughter or at least violating rules of engagement, … Continue reading →

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The Israeli Left is a Potemkin Village

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Recent charges that the NGO Breaking the Silence has engaged in espionage in addition to its ‘normal’ activity of collecting and disseminating unverifiable information to embarrass the IDF have stirred a hornet’s nest on the Left. Someone hearing about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israeli Society, Media | 1 Comment

Two peoples divided by a common religion

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The just-released Pew Survey (“Israel’s Religiously Divided Society”) contains some fascinating data. While most commentators are making a big deal over the fact that about half of Jewish Israelis agreed that “Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel” – … Continue reading →

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Miri Regev does not “Love the Juice”

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

TRIGGER WARNING: This post includes a photo of a remarkably vulgar performance. Ari Shavit: But now I am ashamed. I look at my government and my capital and feel deep disgrace. Who are these hoodlums who have taken over the … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Capote

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The right-wing Im Tirtzu group was hit by a storm of criticism, after it called a large group of Israeli authors, actors and other artists ‘moles’ or ‘foreign agents’ in Israeli culture, because of their leftist views (the Hebrew word … 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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Israel is a safe space

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

Lately there is a controversy in the US about demands by students for “safe spaces,” which apparently are places where like-minded folks can vent their prejudices without having to worry about hearing dissenting opinions. It made me think about a … 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 →

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