Israel, Palestine, and Obama: Is the President Already Walking Back his Demands on Israel?

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  May 20th at 01:36 PM  | 

As may have been expected, President Obama’s decision yesterday to become the first American president to directly and overtly declare that Israel must withdraw to its 1949 borders was met with negative reactions both at home and abroad – particularly within the state of Israel, over 300,000 of whose residents currently live in the territories Obama demanded that the Jewish state cede to a future | Read More »

President Obama Again Demonstrates his Utter Ignorance of the Israel-Palestine Situation

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  May 19th at 05:30 PM  | 

President Obama addressed the nation – nay, the WORLD! – today on the subject of the “Arab Spring” events in the Middle East and North Africa, on the death of Osama bin Laden (has it yet been mentioned what a GutsyCall™ that was on Obama’s part?), and, above all, on the Israel-Palestine “peace process” that in reality is no such thing. In his remarks on | Read More »

Carnage Averted: ‘Major Terrorist Attack’ Fizzles at Haifa Mall

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 22nd at 03:30 PM  | 

Late Saturday evening, a car containing 100kg (220 lbs) of explosive compound was deposited in the outer parking lot of Lev Hamifratz mall in Haifa, Israel. The car was parked in a crowded section of the parking lot next to structural pilings holding up a portion of the mall, and the explosives were mixed with ball bearings to ensure maximum human and structural damage from | Read More »