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Truth Hurts

In my column for The Week , I discuss the recent debate in the left-wing bloggosphere over former AIPAC spokesman Josh Block: A blogosphere spat is revealing an important fracture in the Democratic Party and liberal institutions. The spat erupted nearly a week ago. The website em> …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday December 14, 2011

What Friends of Israel Face in Britain

As an example of the attitudes my friends at the Anglo-Israel Association bump up against in contemporary Britain, there's this : A Labour MP has caused outrage by suggesting that Britain's first Jewish ambassador to Israel has divided loyalties because he has "proclaimed himself to be a …

Written by David Frum on Thursday December 1, 2011

How Cyber Warfare Can Stop Iran

Eli Lake at the Daily Beast posts another of his amazing reports on super-secret spy stuff, this time on Israel's campaign of electronic sabotage of Iran's illicit nuclear program. Watching Eli pile up these scoops is starting to be like watching the New York Yankees pile up World Series …

Written by David Frum on Thursday November 17, 2011

Will Outside Forces Undermine Democracy in Israel?

Israel’s social protest died out with the opening of the school year. Earlier this month, the Israeli Government approved the recommendations of the Trachtenberg Committee, which include far-reaching measures aimed at easing the burden of the middle class and at making life in Israel more …

Written by Emmanuel Navon on Tuesday October 25, 2011

AJC Survey Confirms: Obama Losing Jewish Vote

A new poll from the American Jewish Committee shows further erosion of President Obama’s Jewish support. Only 45 percent of American Jews approve of “the way President Barack Obama has handled his job as President, ” and 48 percent disapprove. This is an even worse statistic than the 40 percent …

Written by Stephen Richer on Monday September 26, 2011

On Israel, Obama (Finally) Says the Right Words

In my column for The Week , I report that Obama's speech at the UN finally showed that he fully supports Israel: President Obama's speech to the UN today for once eschewed ambiguity. America’s commitment to Israel’s security is unshakeable, and our friendship with Israel is deep and …

Written by David Frum on Thursday September 22, 2011

I Stand With Glenn Beck

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Written by Emmanuel Navon on Sunday August 28, 2011

UN Indicts Hezbollah

The indictment for the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was handed down June 30, but only published today. The tribunal delivered indictments on June 30 against four men that Hezbollah has acknowledged as members of the organization. Nearly no one here expected the …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday August 17, 2011

The Jewish Vote Can be Decisive in Close Races

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Written by Stephen Richer on Thursday August 11, 2011

Israelis Protest Against the Wrong Target

As French students and intellectuals were playing Robespierre and Mao on the streets of Paris in the Spring of 1968, Charles de Gaulle came out with a formula that was typical of his linguistic creativity: “La réforme oui, la chienlit non.” Journalists and commentators had to look up “chienlit…

Written by Emmanuel Navon on Wednesday August 3, 2011

Silence? What Silence?

Michael Walzer, co-editor of Dissent magazine, has just written about a trip to the West Bank town of Hebron. He went with a group that calls itself "Breaking the Silence." Breaking the silence? Really? As if the West Bank is not the world's least silent issue? Walzer's article is …

Written by Martin Krossel on Sunday July 31, 2011

The Sinister Agenda of the Gaza Flotilla

The strategy to end the embargo imposed by Israel on Gaza is simple: create a clash with the IDF, portray Hamas as the victim and Israel as a bully. Is it a coincidence that the last flotilla desperately trying to reach Gaza is setting sail from Greece? While the Greek economy is imploding, …

Written by Emmanuel Navon on Wednesday July 6, 2011

Ending UK Lawfare Against Israelis

A hero of the Entebbe raid was threatened with arrest in the UK. So was a former Israeli Foreign Minister. Their alleged crimes? Doing their duty to protect their country. Israeli politicians and soldiers have repeatedly been threatened with arrest in the United Kingdom in recent years because …

Written by David Frum on Thursday June 23, 2011

Scenes From Londonistan

Is the UK the only place on the planet where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and then be charged with the same crime as his assailant? Is the UK the only place on earth where a peaceful demonstrator can be attacked, bitten, have his face ripped -- and …

Written by David Frum on Wednesday June 22, 2011

Israel Alone Won't Win GOP Jewish Voters

Conservatives are hopeful that Obama's missteps over Israel will bring more American Jews into the Republican camp. But it will take more than one issue. These days, it seems that Jews have more reason to vote Republican. Frum Forum ’s Fred Messner noted that the Republican Jewish Coalition …

Written by Stephen Richer on Saturday May 28, 2011

Obama Falls for Abbas' Bluff

Holding the geopolitical equivalent of a pair of twos and a pair of threes, the Palestinian Authority President has bluffed and bullied Obama into an awkward predicament. Mahmoud Abbas must be a very good poker player. Or else Barack Obama must be a very bad one. Holding the geopolitical …

Written by David Frum on Saturday May 28, 2011

Obama's Mideast Meddling

Obama is just the latest in a long list of U.S. presidents who’ve sought to broker peace in the Middle East, and failed. It’s an issue that never goes away – a problem that never gets solved. It is peace in the Middle East. Once again it is front and center, largely because U.S. President …

Written by Peter Worthington on Thursday May 26, 2011

GOP Jews are Clear: Israel is an Election Issue

Despite cynical requests from Democrats, Republican Jews plan to keep Israel as an election issue in the next campaign cycle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must have scored a big win in his speech to Congress. In a Monday meeting at the Blair House between Netanyahu and Jewish …

Written by Fred Messner on Wednesday May 25, 2011

Israel's Focus: Security Not Borders

If implemented, Obama's statement on borders would put the decisive power over Israel's self-defense into the hands of a new state incapable or unwilling to do the job. In his address to the Middle East, President Obama called for Israel's 1967 borders to provide the starting point for a negotiate…

Written by David Frum on Monday May 23, 2011

Today's Palestinian Leaders Can't Deliver Peace

After Obama’s optimistic speech this morning on the peace process, an AIPAC panel on the Palestinian leadership offered a much bleaker view. Following Obama’s optimistic speech this morning about the future of Israeli-Palestinian relations, the panel on ‘Palestinian Leadership – Today and …

Written by Tessa Berenson on Sunday May 22, 2011