Israel Update

The Mideast Mirage

By George Will

JERUSALEM -- Immersion in this region's politics can convince those immersed that history is cyclical rather than linear -- that it is not one thing after another but the same thing over and over. This passes for good news because things that do change, such as weapons, often make matters worse.

The Paradox of the Rock

by Susan Perlman

The history of modern Israel holds a fascination for me, so when I came upon a television documentary on one of the heroes of early Israel, Mordechai "Motti" Hod, I found myself riveted.

Coming to grips with Shariah

By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.

Suddenly, it seems, everyone is talking about Shariah.  In particular, growing controversies over proposed mosques at Ground Zero and other sites are becoming powerful "teaching moments" - raising awareness about the repressive theo-political-military-legal doctrine that animates the builders and that their fellow adherents seek to impose on the entire world.

Israeli scientists devise way for disabled to control computers, wheelchairs by sniffing

By Thomas H. Maugh II

The severely disabled, including those "locked in" to their bodies as a result of accidents or disease, may soon have a new way to communicate and move around, Israeli scientists said Monday.

Mothers Who Fall Short --- By Design

By John Rosemond

"Well, I mean, I'm the nurturer, right?" she said.

I was talking to a mother about a disciplinary issue she was having with one of her children when she made some comment concerning her overall approach to parenting. I asked why she felt the way she did, and the above remark was her response.

"Are you asking me a question or giving me information?" I asked.

Powerless in the Palm of Providence

By David Brickner

Two nameless, faceless people are chasing me down a dark, rain-soaked alley and I have no idea why. What am I running from? Where am I going? The fear is suffocating, my teeth are clenched; my heart feels like it is pounding out of my chest.

If Israel Is Not Evil, then the World Is in Big Trouble

by Dennis Prager

With the exception of the United States, nearly all the world's nations; newspapers, radio and TV news stations; the United Nations; and the world's Leftist academics and organizations have condemned Israel over the Gaza flotilla incident.

Answering Beinart's ‘damning’ indictment of the American Jewish establishment

By Jonathan Rosenblum

What the scribe conveniently Left out --- and yet why the questions he raises matter

Making Israel's Case

By Caroline B. Glick

Forty-three years after the Jewish people liberated Jerusalem, our capital has never been under greater assault. But it has also never been more energetically defended by an indignant Jewish people — in Israel and throughout the world.

Jews Who Cheapen the Holocaust

By Dennis Prager

If there is any group that should know the uniqueness of Nazi evil and should not want the evil of the Holocaust cheapened for political purposes, it is the Jews. Yet, there is at least a 50-50 chance that if you read or hear a public personality use Nazi imagery to describe conservatives, the person is a Jew. Specifically, a Jew on the Left.

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