Israel Didn’t Lose by Removing Metal Detectors at the Temple Mount
Stopping the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement should be the real goal.
August 30, 2017
For Germany’s Foreign Minister, Defaming Israel Takes Priority over Diplomacy
Another German who can’t forgive the Jews for the Holocaust.
Germany’s foreign minister, Sigmar Gabriel, had planned an official visit to the Jewish state last April on no less somber an occasion than Holocaust Memorial Day. Gabriel announced that while in Israel he would meet with representatives of Breaking the Silence and B’tselem—two “human-rights” organizations far more dedicated to defaming their country than to protecting anyone’s rights. In response, Prime Minister Netanyahu refused to meet with Gabriel as planned unless the foreign minister canceled these meetings—a decision applauded even by many Israeli opponents of Netanyahu. Thus Gabriel came to Israel, met with the two organizations’ representatives, but not with the prime minister. Gadi Taub comments:
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How the Second Lebanon War Set the Stage for the War in Syria and the Rise of Iran
The sixth Arab-Israeli war, or the first Iran-Israel war?
For Germany’s Foreign Minister, Defaming Israel Takes Priority over Diplomacy
Another German who can’t forgive the Jews for the Holocaust.
Lessons from a Critic of Jihadist Poetry
Poems take up nearly one fifth of many al-Qaeda magazines.
Ancient Israelites Could Carve in Ivory, Too
Not just Phoenicians.