Jihad Featured Israel vs Iran: The targets no one is talking about, Part 2 First a brutal Arab Sunni dictator, then a ruthless Arab Shi'a tyrant, followed by a brutal Iranian Shi'a dictator. Diverse, yes, but they had one aim, to destroy Israel with the ultimate weapon, and a common ideology, Islam.
Judaism Featured Reflections on Tisha B'Av, by a wannabe Jew, Part 1 "The eastern and western winds" obscures a time bomb at the very heart of Zionism, for the descendants of Labour Zionism are ideological, and will not reconcile themselves to the end of exile. Their project all along has been to make a Diaspora out of Israel, and they will never give that up.
Shanah Tovah Shanah Tovah שנה טובה The electors had resolved that the heartland, along with all who dwell within it, shall assume its rightful place at the heart of the affairs of the land. Perhaps a great reckoning is finally at hand.
Israel Featured Whatever happened to Israeli escalation dominance? Furthermore, and relevant to Israel, Ukraine achieved escalation dominance not with Western weapons, but with weapons she produces herself. Are we to understand that Israel, the tech wonder of the world, is incapable of producing her own weapons independently of the US?
Israel Featured Orwell, Jabotinsky, Fascism and Islam - Part 5 I find it very hard to believe that Ze'ev Jabotinsky was not aware of the Führer's deference toward Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, especially after the end of WWI. The link between Islam and the predicament facing the Jews must have been coming at Jabotinsky from all sides.
Israel Featured Orwell, Jabotinsky, Fascism and Islam - Part 3 Throughout the nation-states newly liberated from Muslim rule, the period was characterised by widespread retribution against Muslims for two centuries of the Dhimma, jizya and a vast array of other doctrinal abuses of Jews and Christians. Jabotinsky the journalist will have had to know about these.
Atheism/religion Featured Atheists, Israel and Intellectual Honesty: Answer to Amir Schnabel While Benjamin Netanyahu dabbled in the delusion of an accord amongst “Abrahamic” faiths, Israeli atheists were hard at work tossing the anti-Bibi/anti-religion/anti-Zionist word salad, instead of doing something constructive to stop Iran from initiating the next Shoah.