Category Archives: Zionism

Kumbaya versus Naomi Shemer

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

I like to say that I’m a tribalist. Imagine my surprise to find out that this really means Jewish conspirator aspiring to world domination! Even if it isn’t used as a stick to beat Jews with, tribalism has a terribly … Continue reading →

Posted in The Jewish people, Zionism | 1 Comment

How Israel is finally becoming a true democracy

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Aluf Benn, the editor of the Israeli Left’s flagship publication Ha’aretz, has done a wonderful job of explaining to the rest of us the frustration and fury of those who used to run the country and don’t anymore. Here’s his … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, Israeli Society, Zionism | 4 Comments

Adjusting the Moral Compass, Part I

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: [Ya’alon] said Thursday that he has been “surprised” of late at a “loss of moral compass on basic questions” in Israeli society. “We need to steer the country in accordance with one’s conscience and not whichever way the … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Politics, Israeli Society, Zionism | 1 Comment

On observing the nakba

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Many of you have seen the traffic coming to a stop on Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance day and Memorial Day, with drivers getting out of their cars and pedestrians standing stock still, at attention while a siren sounds for two minutes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Arabs, Zionism | 1 Comment

A Jewish state in a hostile world

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The relationship of Israel to the UN has always been difficult. Over the years, the organization has both reflected worldwide anti-Jewish prejudice and provided a focus for intervention against Israel’s interests. UN General Assembly resolution 3379 which in 1975 declared … Continue reading →

Posted in Jew Hatred, The UN, US-Israel Relations, Zionism | 2 Comments

The answer to globalized Jew-hatred

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s a truism these days that traditional Jew-hatred has moved up one level of abstraction and turned into psychopathic Israel-hatred. Indeed, excessive concern over the question “is anti-Zionism antisemitism?” usually indicates that the questioner is guilty of both. There’s nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Jew Hatred, Zionism | 1 Comment

Being the Jew that fights back

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Recently, Palestinian human rights activist (really) Bassem Eid was threatened by anti-Israel demonstrators, and had to have a police escort out of a talk he gave at the University of Chicago. Caroline Glick noted this incident as more evidence that … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, Zionism | 2 Comments

Is Zionism colonialism or indigenous self-determination?

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Victor Rosenthal

The World Zionist Congress met last week for the 37th time since it was founded by Theodor Herzl in 1897. Like many Jewish institutions today, it has become a battleground for the Right and Left. But what happened at the … Continue reading →

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