What university would allow an American neo-Nazi like David Duke to teach a course on Jewish history? What university would hire a Ku Klux Klan bigot to deliver a lecture on the African American experience in the United States? None, it is safe to say. Yet disappointingly enough, Columbia University has deviated from that sacred […]
Israel made a foolish mistake by closing its embassy in Ireland, a decision that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced on December 15. It comes across as a gratuitous public relations stunt that can neither benefit Israel nor its bilateral relations with Ireland. He resorted to this drastic and unnecessary step after Ireland joined South Africa’s […]
Amnesty International has discredited itself by accusing Israel of genocide, a crime it has not committed during its just, unavoidable and necessary war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Amnesty’s 296-page report charged that “Israel committed and is committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. It added that Israel’s “unlawful conduct throughout its military offensive resulted […]
More than a year after one of the most egregious intelligence failures in Israel’s history, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stubbornly hews to the far-fetched claim that he should not be held accountable for the October 7, 2023 massacre in southern Israel perpetrated by Hamas terrorists. Netanyahu contends that the time for accountability should come only […]
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has been a vocal critic of Israel’s ongoing military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A democratic socialist who regards himself as an independent, Sanders has criticized Israel’s tactics and has expressed concerns about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. These critiques have been thoughtful. But his recent sponsorship of […]
With Israel fighting a two-front war in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox partners are demanding draft exemptions for yeshiva students and other members of the haredi community. This impudent demand was presented by United Torah Judaism and Shas, two ultra-Orthodox parties in his coalition government. They have a total of […]
With Jews in Europe poised to mark the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht on November 9, mobs attacked Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam following a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax the night before. The violence immediately brought to mind an ugly incident that occurred in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, late last October. Shortly […]
It was, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in a message to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on November 6, “history’s greatest comeback.” Netanyahu, the first world leader to congratulate Trump, may have been indulging in hyperbole, but he was not too far off the mark. Trump’s triumph over Vice President Kamala Harris in yesterday’s […]
Canada, in tandem with the United States, has finally followed the lead of Germany, Holland and Israel and designated Samidoun, known as the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code. The federal Liberal government made its belated announcement yesterday, shortly after the Conservative Party’s foreign affairs critic, Michael Chong, raised […]
One of the net effects of Hamas’ terrorist attacks in southern Israel on October 7 last year is a marked tilt toward extremism in the ranks of Palestinian activists in the Middle East and the United States. Surveys indicate that most Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank supported the massacre and no […]