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Category Archives: Israel
‘Are Jews anti-Israeli for saying Israel has a right to choose which immigrants it wants?’
Comment: “Jews often say they’re for open borders because, after all, their grandparents were allowed to come here. Lawrence Auster, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, suggested that such people be told that if we had known that letting Jews in … Continue reading
Is Sex Through Deception Rape?
BBC: New evidence has emerged in the widely-reported case of Sabbar Kashur, an Israeli Arab who was found guilty of rape by deception after having sex with an Israeli Jewish woman. Back in July, it was reported that the two … Continue reading
Can A Jew Marry A Non-Jew In Israel?
Comments: * I was at my Jewish grandfather’s house tonight for “shabbat”. My twin sister, who is a millennial, was delighted by the Israeli serviettes on the dinner table. I realised then that for her and others like her, Zionism … Continue reading
France’s Multicultural Dystopia
Leon Hadar writes: If you think this is a farfetched nightmare scenario concocted by an Islamophobic mind, consider the way that members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community or Haredi in Israel have been winning the demographic wars, strengthening their political … Continue reading
What Would A Trump Presidency Mean For Israel?
Comment: I don’t see how Israel’s main problem is more likely to be solved under a Trump than Clinton regime. We’ll keep giving them money and arms, they’ll keep oppressing the Palestinians (who, given the chance, would do much worse … Continue reading
Absentee Voting Would Grant the World’s Jews Priority Over Israel’s non-Jewish Citizens
Haaretz: Once again Knesset members are trying to promote a bill that would allow Israelis to vote in elections here even when they are overseas. On its face, especially in an era in which technology enables one “to be” in … Continue reading
The Gay Arab Prostitute In Israel
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Genetic citizenship: DNA testing and the Israeli Law of Return
ESSAY: The Israeli State recently announced that it may begin to use genetic tests to determine whether potential immigrants are Jewish or not. This development would demand a rethinking of Israeli law on the issue of the definition of Jewishness. … Continue reading
IDF’s chief rabbi-to-be permits raping women in wartime
YNET: Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim, who was announced on Monday as the IDF’s intended new chief rabbi, has provoked controversy with previous misogynistic statements, such as opposing female conscription and implying that rape was permissible in times of war. The … Continue reading
“Blacks are Cursed”—Top Israeli Rabbi
New Observer: One of Israel’s most senior rabbis who sits on that country’s supreme rabbinical policy-making council has announced that Africans are “cursed” because they have black skin. Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein sits on the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah (the “Council of … Continue reading