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Category Archives: Israel
Black Lives Matter Platform Accuses Israel of ‘Genocide’
Will the Coalition of the Fringe become unhinged when they realize how much they hate each other? From Breitbart: The Black Lives Matter platform introduced on Monday includes a plank that accuses Israel of “genocide … against the Palestinian people.” … Continue reading
Black Lives Matter & The Jewish State
There’s nothing in the Jewish tradition about an obligation to look after blacks just as there is nothing in the black tradition about an obligation to the Jewish state. Organized Jewry supported black civil rights, not because it had anything … Continue reading
How About Some Conscious Uncoupling?
If all Muslims left Israel, all Arabs left Israel, the Jewish state would be a paradise. Not just Israel, but many countries have troublesome minorities. Conscious uncoupling is the way to go. Rob Eshman writes in the Jewish Journal: What … Continue reading
A Brief Survey of the Various Foreigners, Their Chief Characteristics, Customs, and Manners by P.J. O’Rourke
P.J. O’Rourke writes in National Lampoon in 1977: AFRICANS Racial Characteristics: Probably not people at all. Probably some kind of monkey. They eat each other and worship bundles of sticks and mud. You can never remember the names of their … Continue reading
Does Israel Need American Aid?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * In the past some commenters have suggested that Israel doesn’t need our aid since they have such a prosperous hi-tech economy. Now comes word that not only are they holding onto our aid, they are … Continue reading
Gideon Levy In Haaretz: ‘Stop Living in Denial, Israel Is an Evil State’
Needless to say, I find this analysis absurd. “Good” and “evil” are terms for the synagogue and for discussions of religious faith. Aside from such faith, the world consists of different forms of life struggling to survive. Declarations of “good” … Continue reading
Did Israel Lawmaker Just Call for Swimming Pool Apartheid?
Shocking! I thought Judaism was all about #onelove. Forward: The leader of a local Israeli government council said Thursday that he doesn’t want to see Arabs using public swimming pools in his locality. “I don’t hate Arabs, but I don’t … Continue reading
Congressman who once feared Guam could capsize compares Jewish settlers to ‘termites’
FoxNews: A Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee compared Jewish Israeli settlers to termites on Monday while speaking at an event sponsored by an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts of the Jewish state. Rep. Hank Johnson, D- Ga., … Continue reading
American Dream v. Israeli Dream: Jennifer Rubin and Mickey Kaus debate
From Steve Sailer May 12, 2013: A commenter transcribes a 2011 videologue between Mickey Kaus and Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post: iscussion begins after 50:00. Jennifer Rubin and Mickey Kaus discuss an alleged difference between the American Dream and … Continue reading
‘Power is what matters’: Alt Right leader Richard Spencer explains his admiration for Trump and Israel
From Mondoweiss: A specter is haunting Cleveland, the specter of the Alt Right. The Alt Right in the United States is a small but growing intellectual movement that seeks to resist the dilution of “White” people, both as a matter … Continue reading