חשיפה: שלושת מבצעי הפיגוע בהר הבית הבוקר הם תושבי אום אל-פאחם ממשפחת ג'בארין NOTE: The two Israeli police officers originally listed in "extremely critical condition" have since died. The Israeli gag order was partially lifted last night. But the names of the attackers have yet to be released via Israeli media. Israeli security services have … [Read more...]
Trump’s Saudi Soliloquy
Donald Trump just made one of the most hypocritical speeches in American political history: and that's saying something. The same person who told the American electorate that Islam was a religion of violence and evil, and that America must close its doors to all Muslims because, as far as he was concerned, they were all likely terrorists--this same guy … [Read more...]
Israel’s Outrage Du Jour: Teaching Fifth Graders to ‘Confirm the Kill’
Last week, on a day filled with outrages against sanity and decency in Israel, I penned the first of what I called "Outrages Du Jour." Tonight is the second in the series, featuring three jaw-dropping bouts of near-insanity and bad taste. In the first, the police of the tony Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat HaSharon showcased their terror-fighting abilities to … [Read more...]
History of Israeli Far-Right Collusion with Both Hitler and Stalin
It's fairly well-known that both Yishuv political movements, the far-right and socialist left, collaborated (or proposed collaborating) with the Nazis when it appeared they could win WWII. In the 1930s, Chaim Arlosoroff, on behalf of Ben Gurion's Mapai, negotiated the Haavara Agreement with the Nazis. The property and valuables of Jews who fled Nazi … [Read more...]