What JStreet is to American Jews, Yachad is to the U.K. Jewish community – a group that purports to support Israel, even though it is a harsh critic of the “occupation” and the right wing polices of the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. But Yachad is no supporter of Israel, says Ari Soffer of […]
Following secret contacts between the Kremlin and the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, it was agreed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Israel next month, the Hebrew-language newspaper Yediot Acharonot reported on Friday. The trip will be one of Putin’s first official trips since his inauguration for a second term as President. According […]
As the French legislative elections in June approach, the picture looks very bad for the Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) party that was the party in power until recently. The new president, Francois Hollande, is currently basking in a 61% positive popularity rating. It is therefore difficult to see why the French voter will […]
A teenager in Albuquerque is accused of sending hundreds of anti-Semitic text messages to a fellow student, including “kill Jews, heil Hitler,” KRQE News reported. The victim’s mother said the verbal attacks have been going on for years, but last week the onslaught came to a head when her son’s phone was barraged with hateful text […]
New York Department of Education is permitting Nicky Kram,the Principal of Public Grade School PS368, to introduce MANDATORY Arabic language lessons, this is a fundamental abuse of tax payer dollars. Of course the program is “Mandatory”, beginning next semester, all 200 second-through fifth-graders at PS 368 in Hamilton Heights will be taught the language twice […]
The Fiscal Times recently published a hit piece attacking defense contractors who build ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems and the Members of Congress who support them. The three most egregious claims of the piece are as follows: 1. The system doesn’t work. 2. There is no threat. 3. Members of Congress who support these programs […]
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Steven Pifer responded to Senator Jon Kyl’s (R–AZ) op-ed that argued that President Obama should refuse to provide written assurances to Russia that compromise America’s ability to defend itself. Pifer’s complaint with the Senate Republican Whip’s argument is that “an assurance could open a path to a cooperative NATO-Russia missile […]
Former Representative Bob Barr’s (R–GA) criticism of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) anti-aircraft and missile program is understandable but misplaced. Representative Barr, quite reasonably, points to the Obama Administration’s plan to continue spending money on this cooperative program with Germany and Italy despite an announcement early last year that it is moving to […]
A month before the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of Obamacare, liberal supporters are already planning an aggressive propaganda campaign to sway media coverage and public opinion. The focus of the liberal public-relations campaign will be on “real people” — individuals who can speak about the impact of the ruling regardless […]
We know that “progressives” favor what they call “living constitutions,” governing documents that change easily to accommodate the changing tastes of voters. Sometimes they rely on judges to “breathe life” into the Constitution, as the Supreme Court did in 1965’s famous Griswold v. Connecticut. But some also seem to be rooting for dead constitutions. On […]
