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Category Archives: Israel
‘By Way Of Deception’
I’m reading this 1990 book by ex-Mossad agent Victor Ostrovsky. There’s a debate about how much of it is true. Ostrosvky writes: * They did in Sri Lanka, however. Amy Yaar made the connection, then tied the country in militarily … Continue reading
NYT: ‘Forbidden Films’ Exhumes Nazi Poison From the Movie Vaults
NYT: “The Third Reich was not only a totalitarian state but also a total multimedia regime. Seven decades after its fiery collapse, the embers remain — including some 1,200 feature films produced under Joseph Goebbels’s ministry of propaganda. Are they … Continue reading
Israel’s Disproportionate Response To Nepal Earthquake
Three jihads: Islamic, Christian, and Jewish
From JewishNews in England: An editorial in a renowned academic journal has been branded “blatant anti-Semitism” after it claimed the Holocaust is used to justify “Jewish extremism” and compared foreign jihadists to British Jews fighting in the IDF. Writing about … Continue reading
Israel Ethiopian Protests
Nowhere in the coverage do I read the elementary facts that Ethiopians have average IQs of about 70 and that this low IQ predicts problems. As I wrote more than a year ago: “Is Israel Better Off For The Presence … Continue reading
Is Israel still thrilled about the Ethiopian “Jewry” influx?
Blacks get arrested more often in Israel than whites, just like in all the other countries of the world. Importing Ethiopians has been a disaster for Israel. Many of these immigrants identify more with underclass black American culture than with … Continue reading
That Drove Of Arab-Israeli Voters
Michael Scheur writes: Finally, Obama’s absurd anger over Netanyahu’s comment about the worrying “drove” of Arab-Israelis who went to the polls speaks to all Americans about the depth of incompetence, naiveté, and ignorance that resides in and fairly oozes from … Continue reading
WP: Why Israel does not recognize the Armenian genocide
As soon as I read about why Jewish groups are doing or not doing something, I immediately ask, “Is it good for the Jews?” I think it is healthy for every group to first ask such a question. WASPs and … Continue reading