Archive for July, 2009

In the midst of all the depressing news of anti-Semites all over the world, and especially in the Middle East, it’s a breath of fresh air to hear about a Bedouin sheikh who has the guts to take up the cause of Gilad Shalit, traveling throughout Israel to express solidarity, raise awareness and gather... »

The Jerusalem Post reports on how children in Hamas summer camps are re-enacting the abduction of Gilad Shalit in the presence of admiring and proud top Hamas officials. While most children in ordinary summer camps participate in sports, swimming, arts and crafts, and other recreational group activities, children in Hamas summer camps undergo semi-military... »

In a sickening sign of the times, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, a nurse at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital, was coerced into aiding an abortion, despite her stated religious objection to it. This flies in the face of the federal “conscience clause” that protects medical workers in exactly such cases by requiring institutions receiving federal funding... »

Self-professed pursuer of morality, Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-NY), is consistently on record for supporting tax hikes and has recently called paying higher taxes “the moral thing to do”. “Ever notice that those who endorse high taxes and those who actually pay them aren’t the same people?” Thus begins the Wall Street Journal’s compilation of... »

Arutz Sheva reports that the Palestinian Authority (Israel’s supposed “partner for peace”) has plans to rename over 100 streets after convicted terrorists to commemorate their “heroic actions”. This is in addition to “hundreds of streets, schools, and other institutions under the control of the Palestinian Authority are already named after ‘martyrs’ – terrorists who... »

Mackubin Thomas Owens wrote a great piece in the Wall Street Journal in which he juxtaposes Obama’s hesitation to ‘meddle’ in Iran with his eagerness to straighten out Netanyahu with some tough talk just weeks into his new position as prime minister of Israel. This absurd policy of “curry favor with our adversaries at... »

In a not-at-all surprising announcement, Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced that Israel must demolish the separation barrier (which she mistakenly calls a “wall” despite the fact that two thirds of it is a fence, betraying her true knowledge of the subject about which she’s braying like the ass... »

There were recently some media reports of Fatah, the organization/party of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, encouraging Hamas to finally accept Israel. Arutz Sheva reported yesterday that these reports are false, adamantly denied by several senior Fatah members themselves who elaborates further in saying that Fatah would never accept Israel, let alone encourage others... »

In his haste to stir up racial tensions and stick up for his friend in slamming the Cambridge police, Obama used his spotlight as President of the United States to lash out—admitting to not having all the facts—at a police officer who everyone contends was following procedure! Even Reuters pointed out the absurdity of... »

This is some hilarious commentary from James Taranto’s Best of the Web: Hey, remember this guy? Dan Rather won significant victories Tuesday in his suit against his former network, CBS. He won access to more than 3,000 documents that his lawyer said were expected to reveal evidence that CBS had tried to influence the... »

In trying to drum up support for his health care plan, Obama described a parent who brings a child to the doctor with a sore throat: “Right now, doctors a lot of times are forced to make decisions based on the fee payment schedule that’s out there. … The doctor may look at the... »

I’m ordinarily that last person to promote anything that PETA does, but for once, I’m on their side of an argument. The undercover video of Ringling Bros. Circus animals being abused for no reason goes entirely beyond the pale and shows behavior that is disgusting and reprehensible. Quite frankly, it makes me want to... »

Jeff Jacoby of the Jewish World Review points out the incredible irony of Obama’s policy on Jerusalem and the construction within, in that we have a black president who, having finally broken through the glass ceiling of the until-now white presidency, is now calling for apartheid and segregation in Jerusalem! Furthermore, the restrictions that... »

For the longest time, I’ve had to sit and listen to everyone talk about how Obama is “post-partisan” and how he will “bridge the partisan divide”. This drivel went on all through the campaigning and the elections and even into the start of his presidency. Now, half a year into his presidency, it’s gradually... »

Can you just imagine the global uproar that would ensue if the title of this post was referring to a new Israeli policy? It would be the top breaking news on every news wire. Yet, this is exactly what’s happening in Jordan… and you don’t even hear anything about it at all. The Jerusalem... »