http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:04:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328838974/ http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328838974/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328838974/ Here’s Yaakov Shwekey with Koli el Hashem Ekra (With my voice, I will cry out to God).Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/will-america-sacrifice-israel-1328835486/ http://www.jewpi.com/will-america-sacrifice-israel-1328835486/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/will-america-sacrifice-israel-1328835486/ Giulio Meotti wonders whether America will abandon Israel to the tender mercies of Iran. Washington doesn’t support Israel because the Jewish State’s democracy or respect for human rights. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/report-cnn-israel-fires-all-its-jewish-journalists-1328833565/ http://www.jewpi.com/report-cnn-israel-fires-all-its-jewish-journalists-1328833565/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:26:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/report-cnn-israel-fires-all-its-jewish-journalists-1328833565/ Of the four people mentioned in this post, I can only confirm that one of them – Izi Landberg – is no longer with CNN, but I have to say that this story is very troublesome.According to a report, CNN Israel has fired all of its Jewish journalists. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/please-dont-go-to-sinai-1328831180/ http://www.jewpi.com/please-dont-go-to-sinai-1328831180/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/please-dont-go-to-sinai-1328831180/ A lot of Israelis like to visit Sinai (I did too in 1980 before I became an Israeli) and a lot of Israelis believe that warnings don’t apply to them. I’d like to urge all my Israelis not to visit Sinai. It’s become a no-man’s land with no one in charge. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-un-ambassador-israel-wouldnt-dare-attack-us-1328826964/ http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-un-ambassador-israel-wouldnt-dare-attack-us-1328826964/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:36:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-un-ambassador-israel-wouldnt-dare-attack-us-1328826964/ Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, was interviewed by NPR on Thursday morning. You can listen to the interview here and there’s a summary here. Here’s the mildly amusing part. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-iaea-report-will-be-harsher-1328823966/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-iaea-report-will-be-harsher-1328823966/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-next-iaea-report-will-be-harsher-1328823966/ An IAEA report to be issued next month will be even harsher and more blunt regarding Iran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapon than the previous report was. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/students-for-justice-in-palestine-protesting-cornell-collaboration-with-the-technion-1328823372/ http://www.jewpi.com/students-for-justice-in-palestine-protesting-cornell-collaboration-with-the-technion-1328823372/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/students-for-justice-in-palestine-protesting-cornell-collaboration-with-the-technion-1328823372/ Last month, Cornell University won a bid for a technology-based campus in New York City in collaboration with the Technion. Now, Cornell’s ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’ are protesting Cornell’s good fortune, because it was done in collaboration with Israelis. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/idf-banning-dual-citizens-from-submarines-1328815000/ http://www.jewpi.com/idf-banning-dual-citizens-from-submarines-1328815000/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:16:40 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/idf-banning-dual-citizens-from-submarines-1328815000/ There are hundreds of people in this country who hold dual citizenship – yours truly included. Now, the IDF has decided that people who are dual citizens cannot be in its submarine unit. The IDF now demands that new candidates for service in Israel’s submarine fleet waive their foreign citizenship in order to join the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/2000-people-plant-trees-in-samaria-1328810777/ http://www.jewpi.com/2000-people-plant-trees-in-samaria-1328810777/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:06:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/2000-people-plant-trees-in-samaria-1328810777/ 2,000 people planted trees in Samaria on Wednesday, mainly in Itamar, where five members of the Fogel family were massacred eleven months ago.Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/nbc-israel-training-assassins-funding-assassinations-of-nuclear-scientists-in-iran-1328806361/ http://www.jewpi.com/nbc-israel-training-assassins-funding-assassinations-of-nuclear-scientists-in-iran-1328806361/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:52:41 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/nbc-israel-training-assassins-funding-assassinations-of-nuclear-scientists-in-iran-1328806361/ NBC reports that Israel is teaming up with the MEK, which was declared a terror group by the United States as a favor to the Shah of Iran, and has remained such for forty years, to assassinate Iranian nuclear scientists. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328802972/ http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328802972/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328802972/ Here’s Soccer Dad’s Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, February 9. 1) Apartments are such a clear obstacle to peace Two years ago, Israel’s housing ministry announced that 1600 new apartments would be built in Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting Israel. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/video-palestinian-imperialism-1328797564/ http://www.jewpi.com/video-palestinian-imperialism-1328797564/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:26:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/video-palestinian-imperialism-1328797564/ A compilation of propaganda from Hamas and Fatah television, set to the tune of the Imperial March from Star Wars.Translations provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute (memri.org) and Palestinian Media Watch (palwatch.org).Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/no-wonder-obamas-college-transcripts-are-top-secret-1328794443/ http://www.jewpi.com/no-wonder-obamas-college-transcripts-are-top-secret-1328794443/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:34:03 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/no-wonder-obamas-college-transcripts-are-top-secret-1328794443/ More here (Hat Tip: Will). And no, I have no idea whether it’s real or not.Hmmm. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bds-hypocrites-1328791567/ http://www.jewpi.com/bds-hypocrites-1328791567/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:46:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bds-hypocrites-1328791567/ More here (Hat Tip: Jack W). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/egyptian-television-debate-accuses-israel-of-trying-to-sterilize-egyptians-1328788448/ http://www.jewpi.com/egyptian-television-debate-accuses-israel-of-trying-to-sterilize-egyptians-1328788448/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:54:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/egyptian-television-debate-accuses-israel-of-trying-to-sterilize-egyptians-1328788448/ If only we were as sneaky as these people think we are….Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Will). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/obama-thinks-hes-convinced-bibi-to-wait-1328783769/ http://www.jewpi.com/obama-thinks-hes-convinced-bibi-to-wait-1328783769/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:36:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/obama-thinks-hes-convinced-bibi-to-wait-1328783769/ The New York Times reports that the White House thinks it has persuaded Prime Minister Netanyahu to give sanctions more time to convince Iran to stop developing nuclear weapons. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/could-irans-first-target-be-its-arab-neighbors-1328783060/ http://www.jewpi.com/could-irans-first-target-be-its-arab-neighbors-1328783060/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:24:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/could-irans-first-target-be-its-arab-neighbors-1328783060/ Could the first target of Iran’s nuclear weapons be its Arab neighbors and not Israel? The only problem with this approach is that far from being the only country seriously threatened by Iran, Israel may well not even be at the top of the list. To understand why this is so, it suffices to recall [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/us-adopting-israeli-airport-security-measures-1328777166/ http://www.jewpi.com/us-adopting-israeli-airport-security-measures-1328777166/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:46:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/us-adopting-israeli-airport-security-measures-1328777166/ Scenes like the one in this picture may soon be a thing of the past for American airline travelers – or at least for frequent fliers of American and Delta. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/europeans-spurn-their-own-in-favor-of-the-palestinians-1328776453/ http://www.jewpi.com/europeans-spurn-their-own-in-favor-of-the-palestinians-1328776453/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/europeans-spurn-their-own-in-favor-of-the-palestinians-1328776453/ How much do the Europeans hate Israel? Consider this: Last week, the European Union provided 24.7 million Euros in additional aid to the ‘Palestinians’ while refusing to give money to Greece, which is a member of the EU. In fact, the Euros have provided more than 1.2 billion Euros of aid since 2008. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/egypt-dares-obama-to-cut-aid-1328775968/ http://www.jewpi.com/egypt-dares-obama-to-cut-aid-1328775968/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:26:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/egypt-dares-obama-to-cut-aid-1328775968/ You will recall that Egypt has detained over 40 people, including 16 Americans, and now wants to put them on trial for trying to spread democracy in the Arab nation. One of those being detained is Sam Lahood, the son of US Secretary of Transportation Ray Lahood (pictured above). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328753173/ http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328753173/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:06:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328753173/ The Torah portion this week talks about the Revelation at Sinai. The children of Israel encamped ‘as one person with one heart.’ Here’s Shloime Dachs singing about it – K’ish echad b’lev echad.Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/holder-claims-us-urged-israel-not-to-release-terrorists-who-murdered-americans-1328750766/ http://www.jewpi.com/holder-claims-us-urged-israel-not-to-release-terrorists-who-murdered-americans-1328750766/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/holder-claims-us-urged-israel-not-to-release-terrorists-who-murdered-americans-1328750766/ US Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that the United States urged Israel not to release terrorists who had murdered American citizens as part of the terrorists for Gilad trade. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anti-assad-demonstrators-are-also-anti-semitic-1328745490/ http://www.jewpi.com/anti-assad-demonstrators-are-also-anti-semitic-1328745490/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anti-assad-demonstrators-are-also-anti-semitic-1328745490/ The mainstream media is ignoring it, of course, but many of the demonstrators in Damascus, Homs and other cities in Syria are anti-Semitic (Hat Tip: Yonatan H). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/meaningful-deterrence-1328742995/ http://www.jewpi.com/meaningful-deterrence-1328742995/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:16:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/meaningful-deterrence-1328742995/ Here’s an argument that claims that Iran could be deterred, but that Obama won’t do it. The only truly meaningful deterrence against an anonymous and deniable atomic attack on the U.S. would be an iron-clad pledge by a U.S. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/new-israel-fund-grantee-promoting-the-notion-of-israeli-apartheid-1328742248/ http://www.jewpi.com/new-israel-fund-grantee-promoting-the-notion-of-israeli-apartheid-1328742248/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/new-israel-fund-grantee-promoting-the-notion-of-israeli-apartheid-1328742248/ Adalah, an ‘Israeli Arab’ organization that received more than $475,000 from the Jewish-funded New Israel Fund in 2010, is making a presentation to a BDS (Boycott Divest Sanction) conference in Geneva next Tuesday on ‘Israeli apartheid. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/what-assad-and-his-advisers-think-of-the-united-states-1328738171/ http://www.jewpi.com/what-assad-and-his-advisers-think-of-the-united-states-1328738171/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:56:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/what-assad-and-his-advisers-think-of-the-united-states-1328738171/ The private email of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s media adviser has been hacked, and it has been yielding a treasure trove of interesting bits of information. One deals with how Assad’s adviser sees America. Tom Gross reports. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/another-border-fence-1328732284/ http://www.jewpi.com/another-border-fence-1328732284/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:18:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/another-border-fence-1328732284/ Yet another country has decided that it must protect its border with its neighbor. Greece announced on Monday that it will soon begin building a 6-mile-long (10-kilometer-long) fence topped with razor wire on its border with Turkey to deter illegal immigrants. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/video-rush-limbaugh-parodies-halftime-ad-1328724967/ http://www.jewpi.com/video-rush-limbaugh-parodies-halftime-ad-1328724967/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/video-rush-limbaugh-parodies-halftime-ad-1328724967/ Remember the Chrysler ‘It’s Halftime America’ ad at the Super Bowl, which featured Clint Eastwood and was apparently done by people trying to help President Obama’s reelection campaign?Well, now there’s a parody of it that’s MUCH better. It was done by Rush Limbaugh.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W via Five Feet of [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328724365/ http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328724365/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:06:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328724365/ Here’s Soccer Dad’s Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday, February 8. 1) Syria scorecardLast week Jackson Diehl wrote Syria’s outcome has high stakes for the entire Mideast, which is a scorecard of all the players in the Middle East and how the rebellion in Syria impacts each. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-arrogance-of-obama-1328717165/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-arrogance-of-obama-1328717165/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:06:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-arrogance-of-obama-1328717165/ Here’s yet another stunning example of the arrogance of Barack Hussein Obama (Hat Tip: Jack W via Hot Air Pundit). Obama walked out on Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the brother and son of two former Presidents. Another illustration of presidential hubris involved the Bush family. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/why-egypt-might-start-a-war-with-israel-and-what-can-be-done-to-stop-it-1328713094/ http://www.jewpi.com/why-egypt-might-start-a-war-with-israel-and-what-can-be-done-to-stop-it-1328713094/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:58:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/why-egypt-might-start-a-war-with-israel-and-what-can-be-done-to-stop-it-1328713094/ Evelyn Gordon worries that Egypt may seek to distract its population from its economic woes by making war with Israel, thinking that it has nothing to lose because the West will demand that Israel return any territory that Egypt loses anyway. The revolution left Egypt an economic basket case. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/daniel-pipes-talks-about-syria-and-iran-1328710134/ http://www.jewpi.com/daniel-pipes-talks-about-syria-and-iran-1328710134/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:08:54 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/daniel-pipes-talks-about-syria-and-iran-1328710134/ Here’s Ezra Levant interviewing Daniel Pipes talking about Syria and the Mad Mullahs of Iran.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Will).I know that people have suggested this in comments on this blog, but I think that Pipes’ suggestion about tactical nuclear weapons is quite intriguing. Hmmm. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/banned-in-iran-1328707570/ http://www.jewpi.com/banned-in-iran-1328707570/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:26:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/banned-in-iran-1328707570/ Accused of corrupting Iranian youth, Bart Simpson has joined Barbie by being banned in Iran. “The Simpsons dolls are merchandise from an animated series, of which some episodes are even banned in Europe and America,” Mohammad Hossein Farjoo, whose agency oversees what Iranian children can play with, told the Sharq newspaper. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-big-brother-on-facebook-1328704467/ http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-big-brother-on-facebook-1328704467/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:34:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-big-brother-on-facebook-1328704467/ If you’re a ‘Palestinian’ and you’re on Facebook, you had better beware: Big Brother is watching you. The US-backed Palestinian Authority security forces belonging to Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad have been monitoring the activities of Palestinians on Facebook to make sure that no one criticizes them. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/how-many-israelis-will-flee-1328701564/ http://www.jewpi.com/how-many-israelis-will-flee-1328701564/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:46:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/how-many-israelis-will-flee-1328701564/ In the run-up to the 1967 Six Day War, there was so much fear for Israel’s existence that thousands of body bags were prepared. In the few yeshivas that had foreign students at the time, many of the students were summoned home by their parents out of fear for their lives. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/awesome-video-ronald-reagans-message-to-israel-1328700966/ http://www.jewpi.com/awesome-video-ronald-reagans-message-to-israel-1328700966/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:36:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/awesome-video-ronald-reagans-message-to-israel-1328700966/ Dear Israelis,If he could speak to us today, what do you think former US President Ronald Reagan would have to say to us?Let’s go to the videotape.In case you’re wondering, that video is actually an edited version of Ronald Reagan’s 1964 speech “A Time for Choosing. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/its-ed-morrisseys-doing-santorum-wins-minnesota-missouri-and-colorado-1328696535/ http://www.jewpi.com/its-ed-morrisseys-doing-santorum-wins-minnesota-missouri-and-colorado-1328696535/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:22:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/its-ed-morrisseys-doing-santorum-wins-minnesota-missouri-and-colorado-1328696535/ On Monday, I reported that Ed Morrissey had endorsed Rick Santorum for the Republican nomination for President. On Tuesday, Santorum – whose only previous win wasn’t even acknowledged until days later – swept the caucuses in Minnesota, Missouri (Hat Tip: Memorandum) and Colorado (Hat Tip: Memeorandum). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bishvil-zeh-yesh-histadrut-for-this-there-are-unions-1328696054/ http://www.jewpi.com/bishvil-zeh-yesh-histadrut-for-this-there-are-unions-1328696054/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:14:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bishvil-zeh-yesh-histadrut-for-this-there-are-unions-1328696054/ Good luck if you’re trying to enter or leave Israel today. There’s an election for head of the Histadrut (our national trade union – think of a combination of the AFL-CIO, the teamsters and the mob and you’ll have the Histadrut) next month and the chairman, pictured above, wants to prove to his membership how [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-worst-public-transportation-system-in-the-world-1328695213/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-worst-public-transportation-system-in-the-world-1328695213/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-worst-public-transportation-system-in-the-world-1328695213/ I’m a bit behind this morning, because my three youngest children got on the bus to go to school and discovered (because they have no way of checking how many rides they have left until they get on the bus) that one of them did not have any rides left on his new electronic card. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/president-obama-if-youre-not-going-to-stop-iran-let-israel-do-the-job-1328682244/ http://www.jewpi.com/president-obama-if-youre-not-going-to-stop-iran-let-israel-do-the-job-1328682244/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:24:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/president-obama-if-youre-not-going-to-stop-iran-let-israel-do-the-job-1328682244/ Naftali Bennett, a former Chief of Staff to Benjamin Netanyahu (and a former high tech entrepreneur), urges President Obama’s administration to either stop Iran, or let Israel do the job.**Note: this is not the Israeli government’s official position, but rather a plea for action that represents much of the Israeli public.Let’s go to the videotape. [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/video-allahs-willing-executioners-1328678650/ http://www.jewpi.com/video-allahs-willing-executioners-1328678650/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:24:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/video-allahs-willing-executioners-1328678650/ Here’s a full-length video documentary on the role of Muslims in the Holocaust, which I have not yet had time to watch. It was made by Alfred Hitchcock. There’s a brief description of it here.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/cadets-dismissed-from-officers-course-for-going-to-synagogue-instead-of-class-1328672164/ http://www.jewpi.com/cadets-dismissed-from-officers-course-for-going-to-synagogue-instead-of-class-1328672164/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:36:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/cadets-dismissed-from-officers-course-for-going-to-synagogue-instead-of-class-1328672164/ Several IDF soldiers have been dismissed from an officers’ course for going to synagogue instead of to class, and the National Religious MK’s are furious about it. The lesson was moved to an earlier time at the last moment, and therefore coincided with the regular time for the shacharit prayer. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/fremch-diplomat-says-that-jerusalem-will-be-the-capital-of-palestine-1328670505/ http://www.jewpi.com/fremch-diplomat-says-that-jerusalem-will-be-the-capital-of-palestine-1328670505/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/fremch-diplomat-says-that-jerusalem-will-be-the-capital-of-palestine-1328670505/ The French consul general in Jerusalem, who also carries the designation of ‘ambassador to Palestine,’ told French and ‘Palestinian’ municipal officials last month that Jerusalem will be the capital of ‘Palestine.’ JPost’s Benny Weinthal reports that the diplomat, Frédéric Desagneaux, has since tried to walk the comments back. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328667972/ http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328667972/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:26:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/overnight-music-video-1328667972/ The Talmud in Tractate Taanith 5b recounts that one of the rabbis took shelter underneath a tree, and when he was ready to leave, he said the following: Ilan, ilan, ba’ma avareichecha? – Tree, tree, how shall I bless you?She’yihyu peirothayech Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dispensing-with-american-leadership-1328664970/ http://www.jewpi.com/dispensing-with-american-leadership-1328664970/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:36:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dispensing-with-american-leadership-1328664970/ Jennifer Dyer argues that Saturday’s Russian and Chinese vetoes of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Syria’s Bashar al-Assad were an avoidable disaster that will have long-term consequences on American power worldwide.The US and EU backed an Arab League plan to transition Syria from the Assad regime to a new, popularly elected government. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-arab-spring-revisited-1328659573/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-arab-spring-revisited-1328659573/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:06:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-arab-spring-revisited-1328659573/ Here’s an interesting Stratfor analysis that discusses the results of the Arab spring.Let’s go to the videotape. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/video-bill-clinton-slams-yasser-arafat-for-rejecting-peace-1328658860/ http://www.jewpi.com/video-bill-clinton-slams-yasser-arafat-for-rejecting-peace-1328658860/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:54:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/video-bill-clinton-slams-yasser-arafat-for-rejecting-peace-1328658860/ Who is responsible for the fact that there is no ‘Palestinian state’ today? We’ve all heard that Bill Clinton believes that it’s Yasser Arafat. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/nasrallah-disses-iran-1328658247/ http://www.jewpi.com/nasrallah-disses-iran-1328658247/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:44:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/nasrallah-disses-iran-1328658247/ In a speech on Tuesday night, Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned that Hezbullah does not take orders from Iran. “I don’t believe Israel will attack Iranian nuclear facilities, but of it does… the Iranian leadership won’t ask Hezbollah for anything and won’t dictate anything. We will have to think and decided what to do on [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/happy-birthday-mr-president-1328644819/ http://www.jewpi.com/happy-birthday-mr-president-1328644819/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/happy-birthday-mr-president-1328644819/ Monday was Ronald Reagan’s birthday. Notice the contrast between him and the moron who currently occupies the White House.Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Jack W). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/obama-blames-the-founding-fathers-for-his-failures-1328641003/ http://www.jewpi.com/obama-blames-the-founding-fathers-for-his-failures-1328641003/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:56:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/obama-blames-the-founding-fathers-for-his-failures-1328641003/ Mr. “At least a B+” President blames the founding fathers for his failures, and says that he’s going to keep trying to find ways to circumvent the constitution. Unbelievable….Let’s go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Will).This guy is looking for a way to become a dictator. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/kapo-dickie-an-adventure-in-jewish-self-hatred-1328638609/ http://www.jewpi.com/kapo-dickie-an-adventure-in-jewish-self-hatred-1328638609/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:16:49 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/kapo-dickie-an-adventure-in-jewish-self-hatred-1328638609/ A great new site you won’t want to miss.Heh. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-reminder-of-how-little-say-you-have-1328635813/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-reminder-of-how-little-say-you-have-1328635813/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:30:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-reminder-of-how-little-say-you-have-1328635813/ If you’re an Israeli, this will remind me of how little say you really have in this country. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328631257/ http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328631257/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:14:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/soccer-dads-middle-east-media-sampler-1328631257/ Here’s Soccer Dad’s Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, February 7. 1) Too much coverage?Honest Reporting asks whether Disproportionate Coverage (of Israel) is a good thing or a bad thing. Brings to mind a conversation I once had with a kibbutznik during the early, heady days of Oslo. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/its-halftime-america-1328627769/ http://www.jewpi.com/its-halftime-america-1328627769/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/its-halftime-america-1328627769/ Here’s a Clint Eastwood commercial for Chrysler that’s causing a lot of controversy in the US. It was played at Halftime of the Super Bowl (I watched the game without commercials, so I did not see it until I saw references to it and went and found it on YouTube). Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/when-israel-attacks-iran-blame-obama-1328627056/ http://www.jewpi.com/when-israel-attacks-iran-blame-obama-1328627056/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:04:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/when-israel-attacks-iran-blame-obama-1328627056/ Jed Babbin explains that Israel is going to attack Iran’s nuclear program – barring a miracle at a likely Obama – Netanyahu meeting during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for the AIPAC conference – because the Obama administration has left us no choice (Hat Tip: Ricky G). Since Obama took office, Israel has learned to suspect [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/obama-takes-a-lesson-from-israel-1328621775/ http://www.jewpi.com/obama-takes-a-lesson-from-israel-1328621775/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/obama-takes-a-lesson-from-israel-1328621775/ President Obama has stopped the extra $225 per month that American combat soldiers receive as compared with other soldiers.Unfortunately, as far as I know, that’s how it works here in Israel too. The pencil pushers and computer programmers in the IDF make the same pay (and get the same benefits when they leave) as the [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/stanford-law-school-hosts-911-truther-richard-falk-1328615165/ http://www.jewpi.com/stanford-law-school-hosts-911-truther-richard-falk-1328615165/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:46:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/stanford-law-school-hosts-911-truther-richard-falk-1328615165/ On Monday night, the law school at Stanford University hosted a lecture by the United Nations’ number one proponent of the claim that the United States conspired to perpetrate the 9/11 attacks: Richard Falk. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/obama-administration-has-no-comment-on-palestinian-unity-1328612289/ http://www.jewpi.com/obama-administration-has-no-comment-on-palestinian-unity-1328612289/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:58:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/obama-administration-has-no-comment-on-palestinian-unity-1328612289/ The Obama-Clinton State Department refused to comment on Monday on the ‘Palestinian reconciliation’ deal that was signed in Qatar. Instead, they called the deal, which will mean that Congress will be asked to fund a designated terror organization, an ‘internal matter’ for the ‘Palestinians. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shocka-fatahs-brand-new-facebook-page-glorifies-terrorists-1328610973/ http://www.jewpi.com/shocka-fatahs-brand-new-facebook-page-glorifies-terrorists-1328610973/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:36:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shocka-fatahs-brand-new-facebook-page-glorifies-terrorists-1328610973/ The ‘moderates’ from the Fatah terror organization opened a Facebook page on February 1. I’m sure you’ll all be shocked – just shocked – to hear that the Fatah Facebook page glorifies terrorists. Fatah has chosen to use its official Facebook page to glorify terrorists. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dennis-ross-now-is-not-the-time-for-a-deal-1328610494/ http://www.jewpi.com/dennis-ross-now-is-not-the-time-for-a-deal-1328610494/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:28:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dennis-ross-now-is-not-the-time-for-a-deal-1328610494/ Long-time peace processor Dennis Ross spoke at the Aspen Institute on Monday and said that the time is not ripe to make a peace deal. No kidding.Let’s go to the videotape. There’s more after the videotape (which is quite long).JPost has a summary of Ross’ speech. Here’s part of it. Read More »]]> 0