Daily Archives: February 26, 2020
Stalemate continues among Netanyahu, Gantz, Lieberman
Power and paranoia seem to go together. The more you have of the former, the more are you likely to be burdened by the latter. Biographers of Stalin, for example, when describing his ruthless...
Berlin film fest screens world premieres of new Holocaust movies, restored old ones
The 70th Berlin International Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, recently featured the world premiere of two digitally restored films about Jews made just after World War II.
The Czech 1949 film “The Distant Journey” is...
Loss of innocence: International rights of children in war zones
One would think that in 2020, the majority of people would agree that there is something special about the innocence of children that needs to be protected and preserved for as long as possible....
Saving The Republic: A Titanic Struggle For Mind
“Truth cannot appear naked before the people.”-Arthur Schopenhauer, On Man’s Need of Metaphysics
If America’s core problems could be reduced to their barest essentials, they would coalesce around issues of mind. What this implies, especially in the “Trump...
Sanders, AIPAC and Israel
Leading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has announced that he will not attend the 2020 AIPAC policy conference, saying, “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the...
Bloomberg first Democratic candidate confirmed to address AIPAC conference
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is scheduled to address the AIPAC Policy Conference, announced the pro-Israel lobby on Tuesday.
Bloomberg is the first presidential candidate confirmed to speak at the annual...
Netanyahu: ‘We’re only two seats away from a strong right-wing government’
Just days away from Israel’s third general election in under 12 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was optimistic on Wednesday as he addressed a conference of regional council leaders.
“We are only two seats...
Bennett: ‘I’d rather sit in the opposition than join a government led by Benny...
“I’d rather sit in the opposition than join a government led by Benny Gantz. I’d also sooner face a fourth election than sit in his cabinet,” Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett told Israel Hayom this week.
Bennett,...
Louis Farrakhan: ‘America is No. 1 on the Mahdi’s list to be destroyed’
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday castigated U.S. President Donald Trump for “murdering” his “brother from Iran” Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last month. Farrakhan added that he had...
Jewish groups hail Bulgaria for preventing annual neo-Nazi march
Jewish organizations commended the Bulgarian government for preventing an annual neo-Nazi march in the country’s capital of Sofia from taking place last weekend.
The annual torch-lit Lukov march is named after Bulgarian Gen. Hristo Lukov,...