Tag Archives: Naftali Bennett

so happy together

The maverick original.But remember, the smoke of a burned church in the West Bank or firebombed cars by Palestinians was done peacefully, in the name of peace. Like much in the Holy Land, even violence is somehow sanctified and holy. … Continue reading

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thank you for being a friend

…Meddling in Israel’s affairs. Why shouldn’t they meddle? Precisely the situation in Israel today; every inch of territory is like a city on the border; it is vital for her security. Giving it away to the Arabs exposes all her … Continue reading

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firing on all pistons

So Jethro heard of goings on in the desert and somehow took a cue to follow the cloud that shielded the exiled Hebrews from Egypt. And he didn’t come empty handed, bringing with him Moses’s wife and two sons. Receiving … Continue reading

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like archie bunkers: all in the (electoral) family

… It wasn’t exactly a Seinfeld election. When the Dow Jones Industrial average ended the decade of the 1970’s exactly where it had begun, it did not mean nothing happened. In fact, the groundwork was laid for the dramatic changes … Continue reading

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Israel elections: problems confronting self image…

…Completely ignored as a campaign theme was the thorny issue of the Arab peace effort, such as it is, and the deep seated anxiety that besets Israel with regard to what other nations say and think rather that on Israel’s … Continue reading

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caught in the thorns

Classically, in politics, going back even to Machiavelli or Lord Chesterfield, one’s adversary is not a demon or an enemy to be obliterated at all costs. The opponent is just another player in a game with set rules and defined … Continue reading

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send it sky high?

His comments were about on the same level as Mohammed Morsi’s “jews descended from pigs and apes,” and it has been a chronic and pervasive piece of populist Jewish rhetoric to preach the need for blowing up the temple Mount … Continue reading

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candidates for the perplexed?

Sometimes it seems when Jews identify themselves as jews without some post-post modern prefix to the J word that there is less anti-semitism.A plain garden variety jew without weight of being an inconvenient and totally chance birth defect to be … Continue reading

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