October 28, 2013 16:15 by Simon Plosker [This article has been updated – see below.] No wonder an uninformed observer could get the impression that Israeli settlements are multiplying at a rapid pace. Take this paragraph from an article in The Independent about the release of Palestinian terrorists from Israeli jails: To appease Israelis who […]
Releasing terrorists is good, but approving new Jewish construction in Jerusalem is wrong, according to the head of the United Nations. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in a statement he released on Wednesday, condemned Israel’s announcement that it will build 1,500 new housing units in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. “Settlement activity is contrary to […]
Obamacare dictates what government-approved health insurance looks like. That’s the whole point of the law. You must buy government-approved health insurance, and the bureaucrats will tell you what it must cover. But President Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are now denying this. Yesterday, they both came out publicly to tell America […]
(CNSNews.com) – At a first-ever Security Council meeting focused on strengthening ties between the U.N. and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a U.S. diplomat Monday described the bloc of Muslim nations as “a strong and respected voice” in the fight against violent extremism. Also praised was the OIC’s outgoing secretary-general, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, “for speaking out […]
On Monday evening, NBC News reported that President Obama wasn’t just wrong, he was willfully lying when he said that if Americans liked their insurance plans, they could keep them under Obamacare. “(T)he administration knew that more than 40 to 67 percent of those in the individual market would not be able to keep their […]
Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez’s Victory Front coalition party suffered a tremendous loss in Sunday’s elections. Fernandez had hoped her party would win to a two-thirds majority in the congress, but now her party holds barely 50 percent of the seats. Fernandez’s campaign began losing momentum a few weeks ago when she required immediate medical attention […]
Do you know how much President Obama has raised taxes? Oh, by about $3 trillion. In a new paper, Heritage expert Curtis Dubay reminds us: President Obama has already raised taxes substantially twice—first as part of Obamacare and then as part of the “fiscal cliff” deal earlier this year. Together, those increases raised taxes by […]
There has been much chatter about an NBC News report last night highlighting one clear fact: The Obama Administration knew millions of Americans would lose their current health plans due to Obamacare. That the Administration knew about the impact of Obamacare on Americans’ health plans is clear, not least because internal Administration documents suggest an […]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, on Thursday introduced a bill that would allow non-federal employees to purchase the same health-care policies as members of Congress and their staffs. By doing so, Issa is reviving an issue that has surfaced repeatedly during the debate over Obamacare — should federal employees continue to get government-provided health […]
Natan Epstein was walking down a street in Jerusalem this week when a passing Arab driver slowed down to curse at him. Epstein, who is used to such incidents, simply continued walking. Just moments later, the situation escalated into a potentially fatal assault as the driver attempted to run him down, then jumped out of […]
