Monthly Archives: January 2015

Antisemitism? Let’s blame Israel and the Jews!

Posted on 31 January 2015 by

This is a subject that won’t go away, and however much I read about it, there always seem to be yet another case, yet another article or yet another tweet, where the writers or speakers either deny that they are … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 30 January 2015 by

Despite the horrible week we’ve just had, or maybe because of it, I feel a need to post a Good News Friday installment this week. My first item dates back thousands of years ago: an ancient skull found in a … Continue reading →

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Telling it like it is

Posted on 30 January 2015 by

It is so refreshing to come across commentators and journalists who don’t mince their words on politically-incorrect subjects and tell it like it is. One of them is the wonderfully outspoken Pat Condell who has produced another hard-hitting video, (via … Continue reading →

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IDF soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack named

Posted on 29 January 2015 by

The two IDF soldiers who were killed in yesterday’s cross-border attack in the were identified yesterday as Captain Yohai Kalangel and Sergeant Dor Nini: The two IDF soldiers killed in the Hezollah attack on the Israel-Lebanon border on Wednesday are … Continue reading →

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UPDATED: 2 soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack on IDF patrol on the Lebanese border

Posted on 28 January 2015 by

UPDATED: 2 soldiers were killed in the attack.ברוך דיין אמת Breaking news from the north of Israel: an Israeli patrol near the Lebanese border came under anti-tank missile fire from over the border. Seven IDF soldiers have been reported as … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

Posted on 27 January 2015 by

The world cries “Never Again” every year on the annual International Holocaust Memorial Day. And yet, seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz and the defeat of the Nazis by the allies, it is becoming sickeningly evident that the lessons … Continue reading →

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