Category Archives: Media

Concentrate on the signal, ignore the noise

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The latest UNESCO resolution on “Occupied Palestine” is both nothing and something. It is nothing because it changes nothing. It cannot render “null and void” Israel’s possession of Jerusalem or its status as our capital city (echoing Hamas’ new document … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Peace' Process, Europe and Israel, Jew Hatred, Media, The UN | 1 Comment

Meditations on today’s news

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

I opened my newspaper this morning (Wednesday) and was greeted with the headline: the White House has no comment on the regularization law that was passed yesterday, and will talk about it when PM Netanyahu visits Washington to meet with … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Media, Middle East politics | 4 Comments

Thoughts on the new year

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

This week I would like to wish all of my readers the very best possible year, in the personal, spiritual and economic realms. I would like to thank the Elder of Ziyon for the opportunity to appear on his pages, … Continue reading →

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They hate Bibi but they know he’s right

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

I’ve been reading Ha’aretz lately and listening to some of our left-of-center politicians, and it seems like they are living in an entirely different world than I am. The usual piece starts off with an attack on Binyamin Netanyahu, each … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Politics, Media | 2 Comments

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

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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How the Internet has wrecked political discourse

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

If you are reading this, chances are that you would describe yourself as pro-Israel and probably right of center. You probably read several other pro-Israel and conservative blogs. You do not read +972 Magazine, or Mondoweiss. If you are American, … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Information war, Media | 1 Comment

The Washington Post sinks to Mondoweiss level (updated)

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The usual suspects have been pulling out all of the stops to attack Israel’s new Justice Minister, MK Ayelet Shaked. Shaked has been called a racist, accused of inciting genocide, even compared to Hitler. Until recently, this kind of verbal … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, Media | 2 Comments