Tag Archives: America

Good News Friday – war edition

Posted on 25 July 2014 by

Last week I couldn’t bring myself to post a Good News Friday installment. The news seemed to be unrelentingly bad and I couldn’t shake myself out of my depression. Another terrible week has gone by with heavy losses by the … Continue reading →

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Europe – bad for the Jews?

Posted on 1 June 2014 by

The question mark at the end of my headline is probably not really necessary. The latest European election results, combined with a rising tide of antisemitic sentiment and violence, makes it clear that the time is rapidly approaching for the … Continue reading →

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Another American Aleihum on Israel

Posted on 11 May 2014 by

An aleihum in colloquial Hebrew (or rather, as borrowed from Arabic) means a piling-on, an unreasoned attack. This is what we have been seeing in recent days with horrifying scare stories emanating from the US Administration about “alarming, even terrifying … Continue reading →

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John Kerry’s foot in mouth syndrome and more American threats

Posted on 3 May 2014 by

This post is going to be a catch-up of sorts of news which I missed over the past week since I was out of the country. My apologies too for for missing my Good News Friday installment for the first … Continue reading →

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US Foreign Policy failures explained

Posted on 29 April 2014 by

An article in last Thursday’s New York Times illustrates all that is wrong with the Obama Presidency, aggravated with John Kerry at State. “Obama suffers setbacks in Japan and the Middle East” bemoans the NYT without digging too deeply into … Continue reading →

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John Kerry: dishonest broker, a petulant, thin-skinned bully

Posted on 6 February 2014 by

When I wrote in a recent post that it is unconscionable for Israel to have to negotiate under threats and menaces, I made no mention of the one person who ought to know better, and upon whom Israel depends to … Continue reading →

Posted in Boycotts and BDS, International relations | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments