IDF Brig. Gen. (ret.) Aryeh Eldad, a noted physician and former far-right MK, was profiled in this week's Israel HaYom magazine. The lede says: I think we must build the Temple on the Temple Mount and afterward we should remove the Dome of the Rock. On the one hand, it's not at all surprising that this long-time leader of the settler movement, and son of … [Read more...]
Adelson Israeli Paper Attacks Reform Jews with Anti-Semitic Tropes
Sheldon Adelson is Israel's reigning newspaper baron. He owns one, Israel HaYom, which is the largest daily in the country and is known as Bibi's mouthpiece. It's nickname is "Bibi-Times." He also bought two other failing papers, Maariv and Makor Rishon. The latter was formerly owned by a settler tycoon, and retains its ultra-Orthodox/settler ideological … [Read more...]
Adelson’s GOP Senate ‘Poodles’ Offer Bill Promising Embassy Move
Three Republican senators particularly beholden to the campaign largesse of Sheldon Adelson have jointly offered a glorious New Year's present to the Las Vegas gambling magnate. Sens. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Dean Heller have proposed the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act, which would direct the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to … [Read more...]
Senior Likud MK Claims on Rabin’s Memorial Day His Murder “Was Not Political”
Likud MK David Bitan, the chair of the Likud faction in the Knesset, is one of those big, fat Mafia type enforcers who roam the ranks of political parties throughout the world. Or alternatively, I suppose you could liken him to an obese, overeager poodle. Bibi's poodle. The Facebook image posted here compares him to a different animal: a sewer rat. … [Read more...]