Just when I thought I'd brought some of the wackiest, most improbable stories from the soap opera that is latter-day Israel, a new one comes along. This one is a whopper. Nazareth is the heartland of Israel's Palestinian community. It is a town comprising Muslims and Christians living in a guarded, but generally peaceful co-existence. There is also … [Read more...]
Breivik’s Neo-Nazi Manifesto, Latter-Day Mein Kampf
Hitler had his Jewish problem. Anders Breivik, his Muslim problem. The more I read of Breivik's manifesto, A European Declaration of Independence, the more it appears to me a latter-day version of Hitler's Mein Kampf. Remember that when the dictator-to-be wrote his magnum opus he had not yet devised the formula for the Final Solution. He knew what the … [Read more...]
Houston Jewish Federation and Hagee End Funding for Im Tirzu
I would like to reach out my arms to dance a intercontinental hora with Didi Remez, the Calcalist, Yossi Gurvitz, and all those others who helped expose John Hagee's $120,000 gift to Im Tirzu. It seems that both the Houston federation and Hagee have gotten the message that Im Tirzu is not an educational organization providing Zionist training to Israel's … [Read more...]
Jewish Agency PR Flack Defends Hagee Gift to Im Tirzu
A few days ago the Israeli financial blog Calcalist published an expose (English translation) on a $3-million gift by John Hagee's Christians United for Israel, which was passed through the Jewish Agency via the Houston Jewish federation where it originated. I've reported in the past on the beneficiaries of tens of millions of dollars of Hagee/CUFI largess … [Read more...]