Haaretz reported today that the upcoming annual terror confab hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) will feature disgraced former Trump terror advisor, Sebastian Gorka as keynote speaker. In speaking to a close journalist friend, he said there could be no probative value in including Gorka on the speaker roster. After losing his job, he has no major … [Read more...]
Loving Israel, Hating Jews
Boy, that headline should bring some of you up short. I know when I was a liberal Zionist a few decades ago, it would've struck me as exceedingly strange. Then, 'Zionist' was a synonym for 'Jew.' You couldn't be a Zionist without being a Jew. And except for a few outliers who seemed beyond the Pale, you couldn't be a Jew without being a Zionist. How … [Read more...]
Trump as ‘Ben-Hur’
Ah, the unintended comedy gold offered by Donald Trump and his DC lovelies! The latest is National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn who had this to say to the Post's David Ignatius about his boss' "tremendous" managerial skills: Flynn’s real test will be his relationship with his boss. He likened Trump to the chariot driver in “Ben-Hur,” urging … [Read more...]
Shin Bet Secretly Arrests, Imprisons Texas Christian Fundamentalist for Planning Dome of the Rock Terror Attack
Last month, I discovered the Shabak was secretly holding a foreign citizen on suspicion of serious security offences. I tweeted this on November 26th (see tweet below). But I could not obtain further information except that his name was "Adam L." This morning, an Israeli journalist confirmed the story in an e mail to me, and within an hour the Shabak … [Read more...]