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Yosef Y. Jacobson

Israel’s Greatest Mistake, Repeated Six Times, Will It Act Differently This Time?
November 18, 2012 4:53 am7 comments

Israel is, thank G-d, a strong country, with an exceptional military that combines courage,...

Dovid Efune

Ed Koch on Chuck Hagel Nomination: Obama’s Reneging on His Conveyed Support for Israel Has Come Earlier Than I Thought
January 7, 2013 4:34 pm128 comments

In an interview with The Algemeiner, former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, a lifelong Democrat...

Shmuley Boteach

Peter Beinart’s Attack on Me and Cory Booker
June 19, 2013 5:08 am5 comments

Last week Peter Beinart wrote a column on The Daily Beast called “Cory Booker’s Rabbis”...

Ed Koch

It is Time to Close the Gun Show Loophole
January 15, 2013 1:22 am0 comments

The National Rifle Association which announced it had enrolled 100,000 new members in one...

Simon Jacobson

Responding to Sandy Hook: Is Our World Safe for Children?
December 23, 2012 2:07 pm1 comment

So much grief has been poured out in the last week over the six and seven year olds who were...

John Bolton

Who Tries Gadhafi’s Son Could Determine Future of Concept of National Sovereignty
June 12, 2013 10:42 am1 comment

Since 2011, when Libyans overthrew and killed Moammar Gadhafi, a little-noticed but highly...

Elie Wiesel

Exclusive by Elie Wiesel: The Tragedy in Toulouse
March 21, 2012 4:53 pm28 comments

Will the hatred of the Jews ever finally vanish? Will Jewish children always be in danger? This...

Shlomo Shamir

Countries Intimidated Into Supporting Palestinian UN Bid
September 14, 2011 8:03 am5 comments

Diplomats in the UN said their support for the Palestinianstatehood bid stems from fear of...

Anne Bayefsky

Turning “Human Rights” Into a Weapon Against Israel
March 19, 2013 1:35 am0 comments

Today at the United Nations in New York City, the UN’s top women’s rights body, the Commission...

Clemens Heni

Did Quentin Tarantino Promote Antisemitic Ideology?
January 24, 2013 1:48 am9 comments

Antisemitism is a very flexible ideology. We know of Islamist antisemitism, the Iranian threat,...

Dore Gold

The Arab World Fears the ‘Safavid’
June 9, 2013 8:48 pm2 comments

In an interview on Al-Jazeera this past May, the commander of the Free Syrian Army, Brig....

Nazee Moinian

With a Sense of Resolve
February 7, 2011 2:13 pm3 comments

It is hard not to see the parallels between Egypt and Iran and draw the conclusion that history...

Isi Leibler

Implications for Israel in the US Global Retreat
June 13, 2013 12:48 am0 comments

The appointment of Samantha Power as America’s UN ambassador combined with recent US foreign...

Winston Pickett

Talking About Antisemitism
March 29, 2013 8:01 am9 comments

I have a confession: I am obsessed with antisemitism. Try as I might, I can’t get away from...

Steve Rothman

Foreign Aid Cuts Jeopardize U.S. National Security
February 18, 2011 9:32 am2 comments

America’s national deficit will burden future generations and hurt the long term well-being...

Melvin Konner

Israel, The Long View
November 21, 2011 7:12 pm0 comments

I’m sitting on the porch of the home of my friends the Selas, in Binyamina, south of Haifa,...

Don Seeman

There are no more “Risks for Peace” and we all had better get used to it
May 3, 2011 9:53 am4 comments

It is time for everyone to grow up and recognize that the favorite slogan of would-be peacemakers...

Steven Emerson

Canadian Intelligence Sees AQ to Shift to Smaller Attacks
June 18, 2013 2:14 am0 comments

Al-Qaida’s (AQ) international terrorist network will rebound but shift tactics – seeking...

Daniel Pipes

‘Rooting for Jalili’ in the Iranian Elections
June 15, 2013 3:44 pm0 comments

Four years ago, almost to the day, I wrote a blog, “Rooting for Ahmadinejad,”...

Kenneth S. Abramowitz

12 Reasons Why Jerusalem Must Remain Under Israeli Control
May 17, 2011 10:29 pm13 comments

1. Jerusalem has been the capital city of the Jewish people (but no one else) for 3,000 years,...

Eli Hertz

How Israel’s Enemies Misrepresent the Geneva Convention
February 8, 2013 10:06 am4 comments

Background The language of Article 49 of the Geneva Convention was crafted in the wake...

Raymond Ibrahim

The ‘Sex Jihad’
June 19, 2013 5:27 am2 comments

The Shahada written in white on a black background. News emerged a few weeks ago...

Jacob Septimus

Oy-Bama – Where’s the Love?
July 1, 2011 12:17 pm5 comments

Upon returning from this year’s AIPAC convention Rabbi David Wolpe ascended the pulpit at...

Alon Ben-Meir

Mastering The Nuclear Chess Game
April 19, 2013 1:10 am1 comment

Iran may have not invented chess, but it has nevertheless demonstrated unsurpassed skills...

Brett Joshpe

Despite Israel’s Win the ICC Remains a Dangerous Institution
April 5, 2012 1:45 pm0 comments

Israel, like the U.S., is not a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for good...

Daniel S. Mariaschin

Palestinian Shameless Twisting of History at the U.N.
November 20, 2012 3:21 am1 comment

It’s a shame to have to re-visit history for the umpteenth time, but Palestinian revisionism...

David Patterson

How Anti-Semitism Prevents Peace
August 30, 2011 2:10 am1 comment

Despite the obsessive preoccupation with Israeli building activities in the West Bank and...

Howard Grief

Article 80 and the UN Recognition of a “Palestinian State”
September 22, 2011 10:58 am7 comments

In the entire debate now taking place on whether the United Nations Security Council or General...

Alan Dershowitz

Samantha Power Will Wow Them at the United Nations
June 5, 2013 4:00 pm10 comments

President Obama’s decision to nominate Samantha Power as the United States representative...

Morton A. Klein

Abbas’ Fatah Praises Hamas’ Call For Israel’s Demise
December 11, 2012 4:17 pm3 comments

Much of the world appears to believe that Israeli/Palestinian peace is there for the making....

Oleksandr Feldman

First They Came for Mila Kunis
February 6, 2013 1:48 am10 comments

One of the most recognizable figures of Ukrainian Jewish descent, the beautiful and talented...

Simon Deng

The Victims of UN hatred of Israel
November 9, 2011 1:48 pm1 comment

Adapted from an address to the  Durban Conference in NY. I want to thank the organizers...

Danny Danon

Remembering Shamir: The Integrity of “No”
July 3, 2012 1:10 pm2 comments

The people of Israel lost a true leader with the passing of Yitzhak Shamir. Before assuming...

Abraham Foxman

Pope Francis and the Argentine Rabbi
April 26, 2013 3:09 pm6 comments

One of the first things Argentinian native Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio did after being elected...

Malcolm Thomson

Humor Me – Michelle Obama and the Chief of Staff
January 11, 2012 2:06 pm2 comments

In the intense discussion at Saturday night’s dinner the Obama case was cause celebre....

Robert S. Wistrich

Threatening Shadows Over Egypt
January 11, 2012 12:04 pm1 comment

The Muslim Brotherhood did not initiate the current upheavals in the Middle East, but the...

Tamar Sternthal

Let’s Get the Facts Straight About Ethiopian Jews and Contraception
February 7, 2013 3:54 am9 comments

As a bat mitzvah girl in suburban Philadelphia, I was riveted by the plight of Ethiopian...

Irwin Cotler

Why I’m ‘Adopting’ an Iranian Prisoner
June 3, 2013 1:57 am0 comments

This week, parliamentarians in Canada and the United States have been focusing attention...

Danny Ben-Moshe

Europe’s Future, 70 Years After Wannsee Confererence
January 20, 2012 1:00 pm0 comments

On January 20, 1942, the Nazi leadership gathered in a villa on the outskirts of Berlin and...

Dexter Van Zile

Egyptian Politician Talks of War With U.S., Media Yawns
June 11, 2013 6:36 am6 comments

This is getting ridiculous. You’d think the media has an agenda or something. On...

Alan Elsner

The Hagel Nomination and Monty Python
January 16, 2013 12:57 am0 comments

The furor that has surrounded the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be President Obama’s...

Yedidya Atlas

Why I Didn’t Attend The “Suckers” Demonstration
July 20, 2012 2:24 pm2 comments

Why I didn’t attend last week’s “Draft the Haredim” mass protest demonstration is...

Per Anders Rudling

The Waffen-SS as Freedom Fighters
January 31, 2012 12:58 pm2 comments

Despised and ostracized, the Swedish community of Waffen-SS volunteers long gathered in secrecy...

Rami Shapiro

What Are You Teaching Your Children?
January 31, 2012 2:08 pm2 comments

There are two ways to raise your children: you either shut them down or you open them up....

Walid Phares

U.S. and Syria: Strategic Choices
June 18, 2013 8:40 am1 comment

Two years and three months after the start of the Syrian revolution and its subsequent transformation...

Seth J. Frantzman / JointMedia News Service

Egypt’s ‘Economic Woes’ Distract From Religious Extremist Reality
February 6, 2012 1:49 pm2 comments

As the one-year anniversary of Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising came and went, many commentators...

David Meyers

Iran Could Use a Nuclear Weapon Against Israel and Get Away with It
May 29, 2013 12:21 pm5 comments

Last week’s IAEA report offered more proof than ever that Iran is racing towards a...

Heather Robinson

Goodbye for the Present
February 5, 2013 1:23 am1 comment

My mother is fond of saying that with one body, you can’t be everywhere. And although in...

Joel Mowbray

The Friends of Bill Pascrell
June 3, 2012 11:04 am1 comment

Because of redistricting, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D, NJ) is running for re-election this coming...

Denis MacShane

Latvia Still Honors the Biggest Jew-Killing Machine in World History
March 18, 2012 11:01 am8 comments

On March 16 2012, a 47-year-old British woman, Monica Lowenberg, placed a wreath at the foot...

Devorah Halberstam

Remembering Ari Halberstam, 18 Years Later
March 18, 2012 11:28 am14 comments

March 6 is a day that etched indelibly into my heart and soul. In 1994, my son Ari was shot...

Jerold Auerbach

Pacifists at War
June 18, 2013 2:08 am1 comment

“We utterly deny all outward wars and strife . . . for any end, or under any pretense whatever;...

Alan Mendoza

Norman Finkelstein: The BBC Legitimizes a Crank
May 13, 2012 7:27 pm5 comments

The BBC has a strange set of editorial guidelines. According to a leaked memo sent to BBC...

Marek Halter

Exclusive by Marek Halter: The Jews, Israel and the New French President
May 25, 2012 3:18 am2 comments

The day following the French presidential election, I received a phone call: “This is the...

Arthur Lenk

Israel and Protecting Refugees
July 1, 2012 12:01 am2 comments

Israel, like many other developed countries has a migrant problem. As in most European countries,...

Eric Ehrmann

Cuba’s China Card and Pan-Islamism in Latin America
July 13, 2012 12:34 pm1 comment

A real sweet deal last week featuring interest-free loans between China and Cuba is redoubling...

Mordechai Tokarsky

The Hidden 36 – Zev Wolfson’s Powerful Lessons in Jewish Leadership
August 16, 2012 11:19 pm0 comments

Do you believe in the Kabalistic Jewish tradition of the 36 hidden Tzadikim -  saintly...

Yoram Ettinger

Israel – a Global Leader in Bio-Tech and Defense Products
June 17, 2013 11:26 am0 comments

1.  Google is acquiring Israel’s Waze for $1.1BN.  Microsoft controls 10% of Waze....

David Mermelstein

Jewish Organizations, Others Must Stop Interfering With Holocaust Survivors’ Rights
July 8, 2012 9:34 am0 comments

The JTA recently published an op-ed by Menachem Rosensaft which gratuitously offers an “alternative”...

Arthur Schneier

Salzburg Music Festival Address by Rabbi Arthur Schneier
August 1, 2012 9:26 pm2 comments

The following is a transcript of an address given by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Salzburg...

Aaron Klein

Exclusive Excerpt: Obama Views Arab Spring Through Lens of Climate Change (VIDEO)
August 7, 2012 2:27 pm5 comments

The following is an exclusive excerpt from “Fool Me Twice,” released today, the book...

Edward Alexander

From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, by Robert Wistrich (REVIEW)
May 27, 2013 8:19 am28 comments

“We Shall Build Ramallah in England’s Green and Pleasant Land” From Ambivalence to Betrayal:...

Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz

Approaching the High Holy Days as Jews…or as People
September 2, 2012 12:26 pm0 comments

The start of the Jewish New Year, the month of Tishrei, is filled with holy days, among them...

Tal Ofer

Unilateral Action at the UN is Counter-Productive for the Peace Process
November 15, 2012 5:14 pm1 comment

An American website has leaked an official document from the Observer Mission of Palestine...

Alan Steinberg

ALGEMEINER LIVE BLOG: Presidential Election Results 2012
November 6, 2012 7:46 pm2 comments

The Algemeiner is live blogging the 2012 presidential election results. Commentary is by...

Rachel Ehrenfeld

Opinion: Clueless, Obama Harms the U.S. Without & Within
June 18, 2013 2:02 am0 comments

Imagine, the White House and Iran’s president-elect agree. Both congratulated the Iranian...

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

If Abbas and Haniyeh Turn to The Hague, They Will be Met With Thousands of Countersuits
May 6, 2013 10:38 am2 comments

For months now, the Palestinian Authority has threatened to file for membership at the International...

Denis MacEoin

On Stephen Hawking and Israel, an Open Letter
May 27, 2013 10:17 am25 comments

Prof. Malcolm Levitt Dept. of Chemistry Southampton University 11th May 2013 Dear Professor...

John-Paul Pagano

Support for Israel and American Identity
May 30, 2013 12:22 pm10 comments

The news has no regard for ratings. No matter how grand, shocking or strange life may be,...

Alex Safian

Jodi Rudoren Won’t be ‘Schooled’
June 3, 2013 10:17 am9 comments

When billionaire businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson was honored in Jerusalem recently,...

Raheel Raza

Combating Political Islam: Follow Israel’s Lead
June 5, 2013 1:28 pm15 comments

Political Islam is the major force shaping the Middle East region today, and a dangerous one...

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