Today was the day many of us dreaded. Tension has been building all week since the murder of two Israeli police officers and the liquidation of their Palestinian attackers at the Haram al Sharif. Israel's immediate response to seal off the entire Old City for three days along with the Muslim holy sites, and then reopen them with metal detectors and … [Read more...]
Israeli Minister Calls UNESCO Recognition of Hebron as World Heritage Site, “Holocaust Denial”
Let it never be said that Israeli pols don't know how to chew the scenery when they have to act the part of the outraged victim on the world stage. In recent days, UNESCO declared Hebron's Old City and Ibrahimi Mosque as World Heritage sites. Though the wording of the resolution wasn't released, since the Palestinian representative offered the proposal, … [Read more...]
Israel’s Final Solution to the ‘Palestine Problem’
One of the ruling Bayit Yehudi's leading firebrands is Orthodox settler, MK Bezalel Smotrich. He has a long and sordid history inciting hatred of almost every Israeli minority, Jewish or Palestinian. He's hosted a "Beast Day" featuring live animals on Gay Pride Day. He called himself a "proud homophobe." He rejects the term "Jewish terrorism," and the … [Read more...]
J Street Blackwashes Israeli Apartheid, Supports West Bank Investment
These are hard times for the liberal Zionist group, J Street. It had bet all its money on a horse named Hillary to win the election. It expected for the next eight years it would serve the same role as it did during the Obama presidency (i.e. "Jews for Obama"). Her ignominious loss upended J Street's best laid plans. As it never took to Bernie Sanders … [Read more...]