March 6, 2014
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Writer: Scott David Lippe
May 18, 2012
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No more homeless Jews
If the homeowners of the Beit El section known as Ulpana were Arabs, this property dispute (“Showdown at Ulpana,” May 11) would be settled with compensation. Since it involves Jews, extreme leftist Israelis are attempting to use an activist court to expel those Jews from their government-promoted homes. The trauma of the expulsion of Jews […]
October 7, 2011
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Rising up against the odds
A recent editorial (Sept. 30) laid the blame of the fall of the Second Jewish Commonwealth on the heads of the zealots in Jerusalem, because they provoked the overwhelmingly superior Romans. However, the same criticism could be laid against the Maccabees, who rose up against the Syrian Greeks despite superpower status. Also, the resurgent Jewish […]
September 2, 2011
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Our true allies
How tiring it is to hear the shrill cries of alarm whenever Evangelical Christians seek to support Israel. Their chance of converting me or any Jew secure in his belief or identity is non-existent. Why, then, should their money and support be rebuffed? Can the only allies of the Jews be leftist? Can the only […]
April 14, 2011
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‘Time is not right’
I read in the April 8 issue about yet another peace proposal from a high profile, left-wing Israeli group, pushing for all the usual Israeli concessions and even negotiations to surrender the Golan Heights. In the ’90s, when Yasser Arafat was rehabilitated and made into a media darling, many pointed out he could not be […]
December 23, 2010
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Revulsion for Kissinger
One cannot undertake criticism of Henry Kissinger lightly; however, the transcripts of the conversations between President Nixon and him are most damning. Despite his protestations, there is no context in which one needs to view his remarks regarding the potential for gassing of Soviet Jews. His penchant for realpolitik and his disregard for human rights […]
November 11, 2010
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Cites Jewish successes
It is the easiest time in Jewish history since the destruction of the Second Temple to be Jewish. It is also the best time. Our national identity has been restored with the State of Israel. Centers of Jewish learning abound. Thousands upon thousands of Jews have returned to their traditions, culture, and heritage. Hostage communities […]
September 13, 2010
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‘Demographic threat’
In an op-ed article a member of J Street’s Rabbinic Cabinet once again drags up the “demographic” threat of the Arab birthrate as a reason Israel must rush to a peace agreement, however flawed and however unfit the partner. The supposed demographic time bomb has failed to materialize despite being brought up repeatedly since the […]
June 3, 2010
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‘Israel must never rely on others’
Re: “Is Netanyahu alienating Israel’s friends in Europe?” (May 21). The premise of this article is that since Israel has not rapidly capitulated to all Palestinian Arab demands, it is somehow alienating its “good friends” in Europe. So what? Why is the current government of Israel held to more exacting standards than the prior, more […]
April 30, 2010
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‘The security fence saves lives’
The April 23 article regarding the partnership between Palestinian Arab farmers and their Israeli customers over the old “green line” border was written from an unusual point of view. The article quotes a Jew as saying that “the farmers of Wadi Fukin have been using the same agricultural system for over 2,000 years.” Can there […]
December 4, 2009
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Jewish soldiers and ‘ethnic cleansing’
There has been much in the news about Israeli Defense Forces soldiers holding or posting signs announcing their refusal to participate in “evacuations” of Jewish communities in the Land of Israel. “Evacuations” is simply Orwellian doublespeak for ethnic cleansing of Jews. The IDF has prided itself on its “purity of arms” and its high ethical […]
November 2, 2009
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‘Their own worst enemy’
It has been said over and over that Jews are their own worst enemy. By conviction or by his own stupidity, Justice Richard Goldstone allowed himself to be used as a weapon against his own people. His protests came too little and far too late to make any difference to the damage he caused. History […]
July 17, 2009
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‘I side with the settlers’
The June 26 special report regarding “radical settlers” included articles each more negative than the next. In fact, it seemed that the entire settler movement was guilty by association. Is it wrong for a few aggrieved Jews to take matters into their own hands when faced with Arab violence and Israeli ambivalence? Perhaps. Is it […]
May 8, 2009
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Says Ahmadinejad unites Jews
The recent antics of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad only highlight the fact that he is the best leader for Iran that the Jewish people could want. He has singlehandedly united nearly every Jew on the planet with revulsion and disgust, no matter how far to the left they reside. Remember that only a few years […]
December 26, 2008
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