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As Israel’s election campaign comes to a close, a flurry of news stories appear in the American press
By Allen Roth When a Netanyahu victory seemed a forgone conclusion, the election received almost no coverage. However, when polls showed diminishing support for Natanyahu’s’ Likud Party, the left-wing media… Read more
Study Indicts New York Times for Anti-Israel Bias
By Ricki Hollander New York Times journalists are extremely protective of their newspaper’s reputation as the “paper of record.” So when faced with criticism of their reporting or accusations of… Read more
Obama’s Anti-Zionism
By Daniel Pipes Were Barack Obama re-elected, I predicted two months before the Nov. 2012 presidential vote, “the coldest treatment of Israel ever by a U.S. president will follow.” Well,… Read more
Bait and Switch
Chuck Hagel isn’t really the person being nominated for Secretary of Defense. Nor is John Brennan the man who will run the CIA. Likewise John Kerry will not be the… Read more
70 years later, recalling the first battle against the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto
By Moshe Phillips/JNS.org Seventy years ago this month, the Nazis began their second deportation of the Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto. In response, on Jan. 18, 1943, the first organized… Read more
Hagel on Israel
Below are the highlights of letters signed by large majorities of the U.S. Senate, noting whether Hagel signed or not. On Monday, Hagel told the Lincoln Journal Star regarding this… Read more
Sleeping Through the Revolution: Hagel Nomination Shows Obama’s Soft Stance on Antisemitism
By Dr. Charles Asher Small Historically, antisemitism has provided the perfect diversionary ploy for dictators and demagogues. Today is no different. From Tehran to Timbuktu, radical political Islamism (not… Read more
LETTER: An open letter to Richard Blumenthal
Dear Senator Blumenthal: I am professor emeritus at Wesleyan College in Connecticut, having taught here for 48 years before retiring. I am a registered Democrat — although of late, the last… Read more
LETTERS: An open letter from Ed Koch
The following is an open letter from Ed Koch to Prime Minister David Cameron of Great Britain. The former New York mayor originally sent the letter to Cameron on Dec…. Read more
Making a federal issue out of a (legitimate) local concern
What does a small local group do when a quiet residential community strongly objects to — and then rejects – the plan to build a 27,000 square foot structure in a space that… Read more
