“Every Hebrew mother shall know that she has placed her sons’ fate in the hands of the commanders worthy of it.” If there is one line, more than any other, that represents what the IDF should be, this oft-quoted one by David Ben-Gurion is it.
Posts under ‘Ridiculous’
The Urge to Terrorize
Speaking in Bethlehem yesterday, the Pope called on the Palestinians to “have the courage to resist any temptation… to resort to acts of violence or terrorism.”
JCC Promoting Antisemitism
Antisemitic plays in the guise of legitimate criticism of Israel are nothing new. In 2005, there was the British polemic about the “activist” Rachel Corrie. The most recent of these artistic expressions of racism, Seven Jewish Children, does not even make an honest attempt to mask its antisemitism.
Antisemitism will probably persist as long as the [...]
Peretz is a Delusional Idiot
In light of Labor’s dismal showing at the polls, Amir Peretz thinks he can win back the chairmanship of the Labor Party. This is the former labor leader who shut down the country at whim, turned Defense Minister and cost Israeli lives and a failed war.
I hope he wins. It will truly spell the end [...]
Publish It Not in the Streets of Ashkelon
I’ve waited a few days to post this, in hopes that an English-language newspaper will pick it up, but it appears to be completely off the radar. Israel prides itself on being the Jewish home, where Jews always have been and always will be welcome, regardless of any other factor. Especially the color of their [...]
Livni, Not a Failure?
I think it’s pretty incredible how Peretz, Halutz and Olmert are all remembered as complete failures for the disgrace in Lebanon 2.5 years ago. Yet, somehow Livni managed to emerge untainted. And she’s the architect of the failure known as UNSC 1701…
Anyone care to proffer an explanation?
The Ethics of “The Ethicist”
As entertaining as the New York Times’ The Ethicist is, I find myself disagreeing with Randy Cohen’s conclusions rather often. I think the first question he answered in this week’s column is too complicated to be boiled down to a two paragraph response. However, that is not my real concern.
In writing about a parent’s dilemma [...]
Mazuz v. The Law
Mazuz made an official request to bar Baruch Marzel from chairing the ballot committee in Um El-Fahem for “security concerns.” Mazuz is concerned that Marzel will offend the residents of Um El-Fahem to the level that the state is concerned for his safety. In this case, the police is responsible to prevent criminal activity. The police is required to stop anyone who want to harm Marzel. Mazuz is not supposed to instruct the state’s institutions to cave in the face of criminal threats.
However, Naming Your Son “Hitler”…
“It is silly to think I am a Nazi just because of my boots and swastikas.” (Hebrew)
Sharon on Gaza, 1989
Jeffrey Goldberg cites a particularly poignant passage.
What will we do once we withdraw from Gaza?…. What will we do when the Katyusha fire starts hitting Sderot, four miles from the Gaza district, and Ashkelon, nine miles from Gaza, and Kiryat Gat, fourteen miles from Gaza….Or what shall we do if the U.N. or multinational forces [...]
