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November 28, 2015
Anthropologists to Boycott Archeology?Of all people in the world who should understand the indigenous claims of the Jews to the land of Israel, it is archeologists.
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October 20, 2015
Palestinian Lies that KillThere is not – and never has been – any threat to the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. This is the big lie that Palestinian extremists are spreading in order to incite people to kill
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July 1, 2015
United Church of Christ Anti-Israel ExtremismA study in discrimination, hypocrisy and irrelevance.
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February 20, 2015
Two Pleas, Two Dates, Two RefusalsJewish survival and Democrats who are "too busy"
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January 12, 2014
MLA Lays the Groundwork for Promoting Punishment of IsraelThe Modern Language Association Conference in Chicago this week took on the question of academic boycotts of Israel.
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January 12, 2014
The pettiness of the academic Boycott Israel movement revealedHow to promote a faltering academic field by attacking Israel
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January 13, 2013
Hagel echoes Hitler on the Armenian genocideWhitewashing genocide paves the way for more genocide -- as the perpetrators know.
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October 29, 2012
Benghazi coverage reveals we are all unprotectedThere are four scandals stemming from the murders in Benghazi, and the mainstream media's reluctance to cover them reveals a threat to us all.
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April 18, 2012
Holocaust Remembrance Day: Remembering One and Multiplying by 6 MillionToday is Holocaust Memorial Day, but how do we remember the unfathomable? Six million people is beyond our mental grasp.
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March 19, 2012
Voter rights: less protected than a Christmas cookieIf it is acceptable to require a photo identification to assure that we protect a box of Christmas cookies from getting picked up by the wrong person, why is it not acceptable to protect our most valuable democratic right from fraud?
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December 11, 2011
The Incontrovertible Inconvenient Truth about IsraelIf things weren't bad enough, now Israel is being attacked by the U.S. It's time to set the record straight.
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October 28, 2011
UNESCO and the Palestinian Authority: Will the Administration Circumvent or Uphold the Law?UNESCO is scheduled to take up the Palestinian bid for membership. Should it pass, the U.S., which contributes $80 million (22%) of UNESCO's budget, would be mandated by U.S. law to cut off funding.
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October 25, 2011
Gaddafi: A U.N. ValueUntil shortly before Gaddafi crawled out of a drain pipe and met his violent end, he was the darling of the United Nations and the "international community."
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September 20, 2011
Upgrading the Status of Racism and IntoleranceThis week, the world's democracies face a vote not for a Palestinian state (which was offered numerous times through negotiations) but for upgrading the status of racism and intolerance.
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September 13, 2011
Fatah stoking false expectations and ragePalestinian leaders have announced that "the world is about to witness the birth of a Palestinian state" as a result of their bid for the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by the United Nations.
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July 22, 2011
Standing With IsraelJews and Christians face the same enemies and their destinies are bound today as never before
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July 22, 2011
The Crocodile Feeding in NorwayMost of Norway must be asking "Why us? Haven't we been sufficiently anti-Semitic and anti-Israel?"
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July 11, 2011
Can we afford to pour more money down the Palestinian drain?The Palestinian Authority is facing another budget crisis and requesting additional funding from the West
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May 20, 2011
Disturbing Questions about President Obama's Vision for IsraelPresident Obama's speech yesterday about U.S. policy in the Middle East in general and about the Israel-Palestinians conflict specifically calls for democracy yet abandons the only democracy in the Middle East.
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May 2, 2011
Brother of Iranian dissident leader in U.S. abducted in ParisDenied asylum in the US after escaping from Iran
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April 25, 2011
Shooting Jews at Prayer (Updated)Palestinian police shouting "Allahu akbar" opened fire on Jews praying at Joseph's Tomb Sunday, killing one and wounding four.
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March 31, 2011
Assad: Fooled us twice, shame on usSyria's tyrant Bashar Assad wined and dined U.S. Representatives in his elegant offices, and the naïve and willingly gullible Americans fell for it, and continue falling and falling.
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July 25, 2010
Christians Speak Up: Holocaust Survivors Find their VoicesNo one had stood up or spoken up the last time Jews were on the precipice of death.
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June 4, 2010
Helen, Hitler and Hezb'allahToday Helen Thomas offered her final solution: expelling Jews from the Middle East (and maybe other lands) and sending them to Germany.
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April 23, 2010
Iran: Doing Nothing Is Not an OptionOnce Iran has nuclear arms, the world as we know it will change. Yet the White House offers nothing but empty threats.
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February 22, 2010
A Senate Race, Chicago Style (updated)Illinois Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias may have a bit of explaining to do
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December 30, 2009
Lethal NonsensePresident Obama finally mounted a modicum of indignation at the foiled Christmas Day attempt to blow up Northwest Flight 253 as it was landing in Detroit, but look at who is the object of his ire.
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August 8, 2009
The Twelve Steps of Obama AnonymousIt's the morning after an intoxicated stupor for many Obama supporters.
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July 26, 2009
Silent No MoreChristian Zionists from a multitude of denominations gathered last week in Washington, DC
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June 15, 2009
Willful Deafness about the Real Meaning of Two StatesSo what does the White House have to say about the two-state solution the Arabs have in mind?
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June 13, 2009
Wright is rightI never thought I would say this, but in when I heard the coverage of the most recent interview with Reverend Jeremiah Wright, I thought that the virulently anti-Semitic pastor got some things right.
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June 9, 2009
Iran Invited for Hot Dogs: U.S. to Eat CrowIn one of his many overtures to Iran, President Obama authorized U.S. embassies around the world to invite Iranian representatives to celebrate American Independence Day.
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June 9, 2009
Obama Demands Ethnic Cleansing as an Israeli Concession for PeaceThe Obama administration demands a complete freeze of "settlements" including suburbs of Jerusalem and the area of the old city which holds Judaism most holy site
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March 6, 2009
Dollars for HateInternational aid has led to and will continue to lead to poverty among the Palestinians. is more profitable for the Palestinian governing bodies that way.
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March 1, 2009
Congressmen Question Saudi Lobbyist for Head of National Intelligence CouncilTwo congressmen are demanding the answer to this question.
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February 25, 2009
I Will Defend to the Death Their Right to Silence YouThe Global War Against Freedom of Speech
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February 19, 2009
U.S. at Durban II: A Dangerous Game to LoseWould President Obama attend or send a U.S. delegate to a Klu Klux Klan planning meeting with the hopes of changing its agenda?
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December 10, 2008
Is Obama capable of giving a straight answer?We can't get a straight answer from the soon-to-be President.
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December 9, 2008
What's a little corruption among friends?Last week Illinois Senator Dick Durbin sent a letter to President Bush asking him to commute the sentence of the former Illinois Governor George Ryan, a Republican.
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November 5, 2008
We Should Know BetterWe should know how a charismatic speaker can promise citizens "hope" and unleash "change" that represses and then crushes.
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September 19, 2008
Ahmadinejad Match Point; Humanity 0 (updated)Sometimes it is one decision at one moment that determines the game, and one decision at one moment that shapes history. The presidents of major Jewish organizations had that moment
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September 18, 2008
Clinton Runs from a Moment of GreatnessCould the woman, who a few short months ago was fiercely battling to take the most powerful position in the world, succumb to juvenile vanity?
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September 11, 2008
Obama's Disturbing Muslim Outreach: Resigned but not Gone?Obama's Muslim Outreach Coordinator, Mazen Asbahi, resigned in August after only ten days in his position, when it was revealed that he had ties to groups associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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June 7, 2008
Obama at AIPAC: Too Much Room for DoubtI was among the 7,500 pro-Israel activists who listened to Barack Obama's magnificently designed oration to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on June 4.
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May 20, 2008
The Rule Book for Criticizing ObamaBarack Obama needs to issue a rule book for exactly what criticism opponents are allowed to make.
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May 17, 2008
Obama's historical ignorance proves Bush's pointToo bad Barack Obama does nto know the diplomatic history of the 1960s. He drew the wrong conclusion trying to rebut Presdient Bush.
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May 13, 2008
The Obama Change We Really Can Believe InBarack Obama's call to action is "Change we can believe in." With his latest about face on direct talks with Iran's Ahmadinejad, Obama has finally clarified what he is going to change: his opinion
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May 13, 2008
Obama's New Best Friends: JewsBarack Obama wants to talk away some serious doubts the pro-Israel community has about the candidate's support of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship.
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May 11, 2008
Obama's rabbi friendFor the third time I have gotten the same email from Rabbi Wolf supporting his neighbor Barack Obama.
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May 8, 2008
Stop U.S. Taxpayers Funding of Terrorist CampsShould the U.S. taxpayer pay for an organization whose school headmaster is a rocket maker for the Islamic Jihad?
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May 8, 2008
Send missile defense system to Israel and a message to IranIranian President Ahmadinejad calls for Israel to be wiped off the map and talks of the Jewish people's annihilation. America should send a message to the Iranian dictator
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May 5, 2008
Obama: check out Abraham Lincoln's respect for the people!We are finally getting some of the real facts about Barack Obama, and the American people can be depended upon to draw the right conclusions.
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May 1, 2008
Obama and Wright project their bias on all African AmericansWhen Reverend Wright accused those who criticize him of attacking the black church as a whole, he echoed Obama's much-heralded speech on Wright and race in the U.S.
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April 25, 2008
The Lust in Jimmy Carter's HeartWhat if Jimmy Carter's recent negotiations with the terrorist group Hamas was not at all naïve, but a well-conceived execution of an unstated plan?
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April 25, 2008
How Wrong Can You Get?Photos tell the story of misguided, naïve, and dangerously gullible U.S. representatives, who believed they were reasoning with Syria's tyrant Bashar Assad.
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April 24, 2008
The 'Great Uniter' only for some groupsBarack Obama's promise of unity rings hollow when he discounts a significant segment of the voting population. What a surprise it must be to America's white workers that Obama's campaign manager David Axelrod writes them off
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April 23, 2008
Obama: Waffling without a prepared speech and an adoring crowdBarack Obama needs a prepared speech, a teleprompter, and adoration. Left to his own extemporaneous devices, he missteps and in some cases "waffles."
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April 19, 2008
Congress Reacts to Jimmy Carter Courting HamasAs Jimmy Carter continues on a self-appointed mission of courting the terrorist group Hamas with hugs and honor, Congress is expressing outrage
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April 17, 2008
Hamas agrees with Jews who worry about ObamaJews and other in the pro-Israel community who have serious misgivings about Senator Obama's stand on Israel's security aren't crazy. Hamas agrees with our analysis of his positions.
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April 16, 2008
Obama: Silence in the face of evilBarack Obama, the eloquent speaker who mesmerizes the media, falls strangely silent when his words are needed to stand up against evil, intolerance or injustice.
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April 15, 2008
Obama's Posters: Message in the ImageThere is something unsettling and very familiar in the Obama poster campaign which has plastered his image over the country.
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April 11, 2008
Diplomacy is not the Dr. Phil Show!The going theory in the world of media psychology is that people need to confront their demons and talk over problems in order to repair relationships. The next logical step is to conclude that what works on the personal level can be applied to the political
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April 4, 2008
To talk or not to talk: What does Hamas have to say? -
April 2, 2008
Palestinian Hate-Education ContinuesWithout a population educated to accept peace, no other negotiations or concessions are meaningful between the Palestinians and Israel.
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March 31, 2008
Congress to vote on Jewish refugees todayIt has been sixty years since 850,000 Jews were victims of "ethnic cleansing" in 10 Arab lands, where some Jewish communities had existed for 2,500 years.
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March 31, 2008
Samantha Power: A Comeback after 'Monstergate'?Samantha Power just can't help herself when she starts talking. An odd malady for one who seeks a high position among the nation's diplomats.
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March 26, 2008
The Right of Return and the Forgotten RefugeesEnter "Right of Return" on any search engine and you will get some variation of the Palestinian claim that Palestinian Arabs who left Israel in 1948 and all of their descendants have the an "inalienable right" to return to Israel.
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March 21, 2008
Remember One: The humanity of the victims of terrorThe day after an Arab gunman infiltrated the Mercaz Yeshiva in Jerusalem, murdered eight students and wounded eleven, the front page of the Chicago Tribune showed a mother prostrate in grief. The mother was not related to any of the eight victims
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March 19, 2008
Reverend Wright: The Bible and No Jews"I said that dirty word again, Israel." This was one of the many disparaging remarks Obama's pastor Jeremiah Wright made about Israel
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March 16, 2008
Obama's poor judgment and poorer excusesBarack Obama showed very poor judgment when he accepted $250,000 of campaign funds from indicted slumlord Tony Resko, who was Obama's first substantial contributor
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March 15, 2008
Obama's 23 years of silenceThis is a quiz.Question 1: Imagine that person A hears person B give sermons which are filled with hatred for the U.S.A.....
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March 15, 2008
Obama on Wright, before the videos reached AmericansIt was just a year ago (March 6, 2007) when Bill Burton, Obama's campaign spokesperson, told the New York Times that "Senator Obama is proud of his pastor and his church..."
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March 14, 2008
Holocaust survivors deserve immediate access to hidden archivesSixty three years after the Holocaust, my mother, who is an eighty-year-old survivor does not know under what circumstances her parents, 2 brothers, and sister died.
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March 13, 2008
I have a dreamWhen I was a child, a great American gave a speech which transformed the country and left an indelible impression on my soul. Today I think of the dream then and the dream now.
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March 13, 2008
The State Dept's foolish questionThe State Dept. is in a hole and can't stop digging.
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March 8, 2008
U.S. Places Hold on Funding Terrorist 'Rathole' by P. ShapiroThe House Appropriations State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee hearing challenged Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte's request for additional funding for the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government
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March 7, 2008
Rep. Kirk follows the money that fuels terrorSenator Mark Kirk (R-IL) sent the following letter today to World Bank President Robert Zoellick regarding Bank disbursements to Iran.