Analysis
Friday, March 1st 2024 / Thursday, February 29th 2024
Natan Cohen-Magnus, Times of Israel, Feb. 28, 2024 Say what you will about Jon Stewart, but he is an intelligent and caring person, with integrity and a deep desire to do some good in the world. This was admirably demonstrated by his passionate backing of benefits for 9/11 first responders. I like Jon. I don’t […]
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Melanie Phillips, Substack, Jan. 21, 2024 The Conservative MP Andrew Percy has accused the BBC of putting British Jews directly at risk through its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict. Absolutely. The BBC’s relentless portrayal of the Israelis not as the victims of genocidal terror but as hard-hearted, vengeful and wanton killers of children and the […]
Benny Morris Quillette, Feb. 27, 2024 “… the article’s worst historical distortions concern the events surrounding the Second World War. Penslar claims that “between 9,000 and 12,000 Palestinians fought for the Allied forces in World War II.” In fact, as far as I know, it is doubtful whether any Palestine Arabs actually “fought” during the war …” […]
Jonathan Leaf, Commentary Magazine, February 2024 Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, one figure has been most ubiquitous and most determined in his assertions that Israel is actually to blame: British academic Avi Shlaim. His op-eds or his comments have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, EL PAÍS (Spain), Al-Quds, the Wire, the Irish Times, the Islam Channel, […]
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Thursday, February 29th 2024
The European Country Most Hostile to Israel: Itamar Eichner, Ynet News, Feb. 25, 2024 Please Boycott My Country: Torkel Brekke, WSJ, Feb. 27, 2024 Told that Norway is the West’s Most Anti-Semitic Country, Diplomat Lashes Out at Israel: Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel, Nov. 6, 2012 As It Prepares for 250th Anniversary, Sweden’s Jewish Community Suddenly Faces Uncertain Future: […]
Thursday, February 29th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024
David Stavrou Haaretz, Feb. 3, 2024 “We always had antisemitism, but you could avoid it by moving to a different neighborhood or changing your job. Now it’s everywhere – in the streets and squares, even in the ‘nice’ neighborhoods.” Sweden’s Jewish community is preparing to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, but what was being […]
Raphael Ahren Times of Israel, Nov. 6, 2012 ‘Today, the radical left-wing government silently accepts Hamas’s demand for ethnic cleansing of the Jewish minority, while foreign ministers like Jonas Gahr-Store pose no major remarks.’ A prominent Norwegian historian and a senior diplomat from her country wrangled over the Scandinavian’s country’s anti-Semitism and anti-Israel record, trading […]
Itamar Eichner Ynet News, Feb. 25, 2024 “Norway is the only country in Europe that does not define Hamas as a terrorist organization.” After a long period during which Ireland was considered the most hostile country toward Israel in Europe, it seems that Norway has managed to take its place and win the dubious title. […]
Torkel Brekke WSJ, Feb. 27, 2024 “When Norwegian university faculty and boards call for boycotts of Israel, their virtue signaling typically comes without a cost, but a counter-boycott might change the calculus because losing U.S. partners would hurt most institutions.” I have spent years researching religious discrimination against Jews and Muslims globally and am deeply […]
Wednesday, February 28th 2024 / Wednesday, February 28th 2024
HAMAS DEFEAT WITHIN MONTHS WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on “Face the Nation:” CBC News, Feb. 25, 2024 — MARGARET BRENNAN: Mr. Prime Minister, the US is working on a hostage deal that President Biden has said would bring with it at least six weeks of calm. The intelligence chiefs met on Friday. Are we close to […]
Noah Rothman National Review, Feb. 27, 2024 “What is this sort of advocacy meant to achieve other than to convince other naïve, blinkered radicals to commit similar acts of violence — acts that may not be limited to self-harm?” We love death like our enemies love life.” That chilling mantra, expressed a decade ago by Hamas […]
Wednesday, February 28th 2024 / Tuesday, February 27th 2024
Joe Kaufman Focus on Western Islamism, Feb. 26, 2024 “All they can do is throw money at things,” he said. “Bribing, bribing, bribing … Who do they have on their side? It’s anyone they have been able to purchase. It’s elected officials. It’s media outlets. Show me where the Palestinian savagery is. Show me! You […]
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