Daily Archives: 03/16/2008

Hillel and Doron

There’s a famous story about the great sage Hillel the Elder. Hillel used to earn a trepik a day, half of which he gave to the guard at the house of study and half he used to support himself and … Continue reading

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Israel’s inefficient ethnic cleansing

In an innocuously titled Islamic summit seeks dialogue with Christian world Reuters reports: But, in an apparent reference to the Palestinian fight against Israel, it said terrorism should be differentiated from “legitimate resistance against foreign occupation.”As is customary at an … Continue reading

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When is antizionism not antisemitism?

Daled Amos observes that the State Department recognizes that Anti-Zionism may indeed be antisemitism. The report is thematic in nature and, using illustrative examples of contemporary forms of anti-Semitism, provides a broad overview of anti-Semitic incidents, discourse and trends. The … Continue reading

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What’s moderate and what’s extreme?

While the media is willing to acknowledge that the al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade is “affiliated” with “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction, it usually takes pains to minimize those ties.I am of the opinion that members of Fatah were involved in … Continue reading

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Another “moderate” Muslim exposes his Jew-hatred

Yet another “moderate” Muslim spokesman regularly called on by CNN and news organizations to give his [anti-Israel] opinion has been exposed for the Jew-hater that he is. The editor of a pan-Arab daily published in London says the terrorist attack … Continue reading

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