It’s hard to think of a better word than 'pogrom
This pogrom-in-miniature, rooted in an ethno-religious conflict thousands of miles away, is emblematic of a far larger problem in Europe. Opinion.
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Flipping dead icons to gaslight genocide
How Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Helen Suzman became the ‘Jew card’. Op-ed.
How the ‘Grey Lady’ cover of Sinwar's elimination ran true to form
The New York Times motto means the paper’s business is bias. Truth is an after-thought. And if it takes bias to grow the bottom line, and satisfy investors, editorial staff are at liberty to lie through their teeth.Opinion.
The UN Hamas proxy law team commemorates the Holocaust in good faith
Antisemitism, explained Sartre in his 1944 classic, “Anti-Semite and Jew” is not a bad opinion of Jews. It is a warped personality that sees nothing amiss in combining hatred for the living Jew with reverence for dead ones. Opinion.
Biden's 'Don't' switched to warning Israel off Hezbollah and Iran for a reason
The dark connections of Biden saying ‘Don’t!’ to Israel striking Iran’s nuclear works combined with his call to lay down arms against Hezbollah did not appear from nowhere. Opinion.
Israel could win another war front, but chooses not to
The International Court of Justice gave birth to ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ in July 2004. There is no such thing, but Israel ignores the winning card of the "occupation" lie.. Opinion.
Probing Josep Borrell for conspiracy to commit Jew-killing
Israeli Foreign Minister likens his EU counterpart to “the greatest antisemites in history.” Sadly, Borrell has stiff competition in that category. Opinion.
Jews for censorship
"From the River to the Sea" may be a dog whistle for genocide. Wanting the slogan banned is a terrible idea. Opinion.
UNRWA:
The humanitarian snake head is harder to beat than Iran's proxy armies
And UNRWA is a proxy of the humanitarian snake head. Opinion
The most problematic question
Is anti-Zionism antisemitism? Opinion.
A legend for Jewish advocacy fell into a hole it dug for itself
The Anti-Defamation League can’t be trusted, declares Wiki.
The real meaning of antisemitism means that pro-Israel governments may be riddled with it
By means of creative bookkeeping western powers have turbo charged Hamas, again and again. When someone sets up, deliberately or not, Jews to be murdered there can be no question, the acts of that person or government are antisemitic. Op-ed.
The UNiversal Axis of Evil closes in on Israel.
International courts dovetail with humanitarian UN brigades and Joe Biden to beget a perfect storm. Opinion.
Trying to define antisemitism is a pettifogging fetish
Sartre: The anti-Semite has murderous instincts but has found a means of sating them. His thunderous diatribes at the ‘Yids’ are really capital executions.. He is a murderer who represses and censures his tendency to murder without being able to hold it back, yet dares to kill only in effigy. Opinion.
Columbia U. provides the perfect testing ground for definitions of antisemitism
The definition from 2,000 years ago proves to be the most accurate and practical. Why? Because every pro-Hamas has been caught harbouring a flagrant ambition to witness the liquidation of Zionists. Opinion.
Don’t let anti-Semites get away with murder
Why pressure Israel? Why not tell Hamas to stop fighting? Because its survival to kill Jews is more important than ending civilian suffering in Gaza. This is what anti-Semitism means. Opinion.
Criminal fools and genocide plotters confront Israel with a life-or death predicament
Israelis are self-centered, Indyk gripes. When will they put away their Oct 7 obsession and think of the Palestinian Arabs? Shouldn’t he be addressing that question to Hamas? Tell them to think of the Palestinian Arabs once in a while. And leave the Jews alone Op-ed.
South African Jews have lost the plot – again
Past gaffs have taught communal bodies mostly nothing, leaving a vulnerable and stressed community unprepared for greater shocks to come. Opinion.
UNRWA and the question that unbelievably is never asked
UNRWA fired the workers who took part in the massacre. Does something sound wrong in that sentence? Opinion.
Defunding UNRWA alone is nonsensical
‘Ad Hoc Court’ in The Hague rules that UNRWA dovetails with the International Court of Justice and the Human Rights Council. Opinion.
The ICJ could go either way on genocide
Don’t dismiss a corrupt, down and out country. South Africa as an Iranian proxy can make bad mischief for Israel. Opinion.
The ICJ is a serial abuser of international law
At the same time the court monitors Israel’s every act minutely like a prisoner on death row. Opinion.
Making anti-Semitism complex has failed to fight it
The torrent of raw hatred unleashed by Oct 7 validated a one-piece identikit. Opinion.
The Gazan "casualty count" may be used by Biden to stop Israel's winning the war
Blinken and Biden elevate Gaza’s health ministry, entrusted to count the casualties, to sit with God. Opinion.
A famed Diaspora community dangles between a curse and a prophecy
No democracy beats South Africa for leaders vocally committed to a Middle East Holocaust Op-ed.
On Oct 7 AP and Reuters were up to their old tricks
A War Journalist and a Collaborator are worlds apart. Opinion.
Israeli compassion has been a double edged sword
A surfeit of pity has given Israel a near death experience. Palestinian Arab lives spared by Israel? Paid for by Israeli lives lost. Op-ed.
Into the dark heart of a symbolic cartoon
The cartoonists real message is: Why won’t the Jews just let themselves be killed? Op-ed.
PA head Abbas just proved that a 'Two-State Solution' is a Pandora's Box
Not only will the Palestinian Arabs not get a prize, but Israelis will be handed a Pandora's Box.Op-ed.
Biden cares no more than Obama did about the Sword of Damocles hanging over Israel
To leave office with a legacy Obama supped with a devil. Then came Trump. He well and truly bottled the genie.Biden popped the cork. Op-ed.
Australian government playing politics and law games with Israel
OPT (the term Occupied Palestinian Territory) is no more than a political objective, an aspiration, a denial of history and of law. Op-ed
The brittle backbone of Israel’s anti-reform movement
Anti-reformers, blocking out reality, insist Netanyahu give the mobster head of a crime family the right to lecture him on democracy.Op-ed.
Tackling antisemitism: Disproportionate attention to Israel
The gold standard is dead. Long live the Impossible Standard! The one Israel is put to, that is. Op-ed.
Elon Musk is antisemitic and George Soros isn't? Huh?
If Elon Musk is antisemitic but George Soros isn’t then self-evident facts and common sense make Deborah Lipstadt look silly. Op-ed.
Biden and Blinken educate Likud about democracy?
Even completely corrupt South Africa could teach the B…s a lesson in democracy. Op-ed.
Op-ed:
Presidents clash over guns in a triangular contest
Follow the money to decide which leader is the bigger scoundrel - Biden, Ramaphosa or Putin. Op-ed.
Judicial Deform
The High Court Judgment that plagues Israel permanently. Op-ed.
S.A. writer equates Russian invasion and Israel's "invasion"
A Business faculty makes Russia’s invasion equal to Israel’s “invasion” - and says it wants to combat 'misinformation.' Really? Op-ed.
Op-ed:
The blood libel pedigree is common to Professors of International Law
Because of the "occupation" lie, the world gives Arab terrorists a pass for murdering Jews, like the two young Israelis shot today. Op-ed.
Judging from a bubble:South. Africa and Israel
Could a day-dreamer about the state of S. Africa be wide awake about Israel? Not if he confuses the rule of law with rule by lawyers.Op-ed.