By Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 347, July 5, 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Israel-Turkey reconciliation deal boils down to mutually beneficial interests; not trust, and certainly not sympathy. This deal will bolster Israel’s security as well as its international standing, making the price worthwhile. Israel’s once-close relationship with Turkey began … Read more
Giulio Meotti The real reasons for the impending fall of the European Union have nothing to do with the results of the Brexit vote, but everything to do with the reasons for it. The mistakes of the current European élite will go on until the final collapse. The European crisis arose for two reasons and … Read more
Carolyn Glick ( Jpost.com) To the dismay of the Left, the public won’t go along for another ride with them, no matter how much hysteria they promote. Over the past few days, two incidents occurred which together, tell us the story of the Israeli Left. Monday night, Channel 10 revealed that the Labor Party has … Read more
by Gerald M. Steinberg A unique and unhealthy mutual dependence has developed between the EU and a narrow group of Israeli and Palestinian political NGOs. In 1995, the European Union’s Barcelona Conference launched the grand-sounding Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a massive effort encompassing the countries of North Africa, Israel, Syria and Jordan. The main objective was to … Read more
Times of Israel: Raphael Ahren and Raoul Wootliff contributed to this report As Netanyahu, Liberman voice support for Arab Peace Initiative, Shaked and Bennett say Palestine won’t happen on their watch By Times of Israel staff May 31, 2016, 10:35 pm 7 In a dramatic move, Netanyahu on Monday partially endorsed the Arab Peace Initiative, … Read more
‘ Uri Heitner On Aug. 26, 1947, three months before the partition resolution and nine months before the founding of the State of Israel, David Ben-Gurion said in a speech to the Zionist General Council: “We now face not simply acts of robbery and terrorism and attempts to disturb our work, but an attempt to … Read more
By Kevin D. Williamson – April 29, 2016 Israel and the Jewish diaspora make progressive pieties look silly. Why does the Left hate the Jews? The Labour party in the United Kingdom is being convulsed at the moment with a public reckoning of the anti-Semitism of some of its most prominent members, including the former … Read more
by Adam Samuel I accompanied my grandfather, Howard Kleinberg, to Auschwitz where I heard him tell his harrowing – and miraculous – story to a group of students. The sun is setting. The sky is pink and the temperature is perfect. I am standing 200 meters inside the gates of Auschwitz next to my grandfather, … Read more
