Category Archives: War

Israel’s War of Survival

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

You don’t win wars until you know who the enemy is or what you are fighting for. Sometimes it’s not clear, even when the war you are called on to fight is one of self-defense. We are presently engaged in … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

Jon Stewart, anti-Israel propagandist

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

“The Daily Show” is the top-rated late night talk show on US cable TV. So it was unfortunate when host Jon Stewart ran this on July 31, during the Gaza war: In this short segment, Stewart effectively told his viewers … Continue reading →

Posted in Information war, War | 4 Comments

State and White House contradict Gen. Dempsey on Gaza

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

When Israel launched Operation Protective Edge to stop the flood of rockets being launched at its cities, and particularly when it mounted a short ground operation to locate and destroy infiltration tunnels under the border, there was the predictable response … Continue reading →

Posted in US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

How to deal with irrationality and chaos — Part II

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

In my last post, I gave several examples of irrational or even crazy international behavior that is dangerous for Israel. A country or other entity behaves irrationally when it acts in ways that are inconsistent with reality, do not serve … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, US-Israel Relations, War | 3 Comments

How not to treat an ally

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

From President Obama’s remarks before meeting with PM Netanyahu: I think we also recognize that we have to find ways to change the status quo so that both Israeli citizens are safe in their own homes and schoolchildren in their … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism, US-Israel Relations, War | 3 Comments

Three lessons of 9/11 + 13

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

…when the Lord your God grants you respite from all your enemies around you in the land which the Lord, your God, gives to you as an inheritance to possess, that you shall obliterate the remembrance of Amalek from beneath … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Terrorism, The UN, War | 1 Comment

How Israel can lose in the UN what it won on the ground

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is open to a new U.N. resolution on Gaza but only if it contributes to sustaining the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said Wednesday. … A draft … Continue reading →

Posted in The UN, War | 2 Comments

It wasn’t a war — it wasn’t even a battle

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Victor Rosenthal

Everyone knows who won WWII. And unfortunately they know who lost the Vietnam war. But Western analysts are arguing over whether Israel or Hamas won the recent conflict in Gaza. Hamas, for its part, is celebrating with so much random … Continue reading →

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