Archive for April, 2010
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The Apartheid Myth and 98 Points to the Contrary
Saturday, April 10th, 2010By Jock L. Falkson Plus excerpts from the writings of Nonie Darwish, David Bedein, Mitchell Bard and Irshid Manji. I offer this 98 point compendium of factual evidence that Israel is not an apartheid state. Furthermore that the Palestinians with their Islamic way of life are those who practice apartheid. Though I`m so naïve as […]
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Palestinian war aims and demands
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010The Editor, The Jerusalem Post. Sir, The Arabs fought us 3 times in the past 62 years and lost each time. They had three war aims. One, to push us into the sea or into mass graves. Two, to increase the size of their territories. Three to wipe Israel off the map of the world. […]
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Anti-Semites? Anti-Zionists? Who US?
Sunday, April 4th, 2010By Prof. Steven Plaut We have nothing against Jews as such. We just hate Zionism and Zionists. We think Israel does not have a right to exist. But that does not mean we have anything against Jews as such. Heavens to Mergatroyd. Marx forbid. We are humanists. Progressives. Peace lovers. Anti-Semitism is the hatred of […]
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Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defense:
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Current Strategic Options For Dealing With IranBy Prof. Louis René Beres The core of Israel’s active defense plan remains the phased Arrow anti-ballistic missile program. Designed to intercept medium and short-range ballistic missiles, the various operationalized forms of Arrow (Hetz in Hebrew) are expected to deal especially with Iran’s surface-to-surface missile threat. Basically a high stratospheric system, Arrow is also capable […]
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How about an Arab ”˜settlement” freeze?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010By Ruth R. Wisse, professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard. Author of “Jews and Power” When she is surrounded by a swirl of conversation she cannot understand, my two-year-old granddaughter turns to me expectantly: “What they talking about, Bubbe?” Right now, I would have to confess to her that the hubbub over 1,600 […]