Archive for the 'Israel News Archive' Category
Post-scaffolding for Israel: Avnery Replies to Avneri
In that reply to Shlomo Avneri’s essay on Post Zionism (See Post-Zionism: the bumph that wouldn’t die ) Uri Avnery claims that it is he who invented the term “Post-Zionism.” For him, Post-Zionism is not anti-Zionism. Rather, he takes the tack that Zionism accomplished its purpose in building the …
Second Lebanon war was Just - AB Yehoshua
AB Yehoshua explains that the second Lebanon War was a just war in Yediot Ahronot. that coincides with Ehud Olmert’s defense of the decision to go to war. But Yehushua additionally reveals that from the beginning, the purpose of the first Lebanon war was to conquer Beirut:
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Anti-Zionist plot: End of State Education
State schools are dying, and we know why explains Yossi Sarid. Ultra-orthodox education is taking by budgets from state schools. The aftermath will be to turn the Zionist dream into the Zionist nightmare - the triumph of the “Old Yishuv” by Zionism. The ultra-Orthod…
Iraq: CIA paints a black picture
Bob Woodward reports in the Washington Post, that at a secret meeting in 2006, the CIA verdict on Iraq was that Instability Seemed ‘Irreversible’ …[CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said]”the inability of the government to govern seems irreversible,” adding that he could not “poin…
Israel Academic Boycott: Principles versus political reactions
In “Israel Academic Boycott threatens Academic Freedom,” John Furedy takes issue with Israel academic boycott protesters who try to reverse boycotts based on Israel’s presumed lack of innocence. That is not the point, he writes. The boycotts threaten everyone’s academic freedom. Anyone should h…
Post-Zionism: the bumph that wouldn’t die.
It is about date someone wrote that commentary, called Post-Zionism doesn’t exist. I wrote one like that a while back (2004): Post-Zionism: Requiem for an intellectual fad, but nobody seemed to be listening. Yoav Gelber wrote about it in Midstream, and that didn’t produce m…
Iran’s Regional Ambitions: Implications for Israe…
Iran’s Regional Ambitions:Implications for Israel, Iraq, and the Gulf StatesAmir TaheriIran’s national interest would be to regard Israel as a strategic ally and partner considering Iran does not want a Middle East which is entirely Arab. But the Islamic Republic wants to lead the Muslim world, crea…
Iran: A surprising analysis
Who would have thunk it?Iran’s Regional AmbitionsImplications for Israel, Iraq, and the Gulf StatesAmir TaheriIran’s national interest would be to regard Israel as a strategic ally and partner considering Iran does not want a Middle East which is entirely Arab. But the Islamic Republic wants to lead…
Ha’aretz Canard about Shaba farms - it pays to be inventive
If there is no news, you can build your own, whether you publish a large newspaper. UN denies requesting control by Shaba Farms reads the Ha’aretz headline. What happened? Ha’aretz published a report that the UN had decided Shaba farms belongs to Lebanon, and had requested control by it. A…
Canadian antisemitic cartoons
For some reason, that Cartoon Controversy doesn’t get a lot of media attention. that date, the cartoons are offending Jews and they don’t riot in the streets and burn embassies. Their leaders don’t set them against the newspapers that published them or against Quebec which has a history of anti…















