Obama: “Israel Doesn’t Know What Its Best Interests Are.”

Obama: “Israel Doesn’t Know What Its Best Interests Are.” By Jeffrey Goldberg. Bloomberg, January 14, 2013.

Obama and Israel’s “Best Interests.” By Seth Mandel. Commentary, January 15, 2013.

Israeli Anglos come into their own in 2013 vote. By Ben Sales.

Israeli Anglos come into their own in 2013 vote. By Ben Sales. The Times of Israel, January 14, 2013.

Snowball terrorism in Jerusalem.

Shocking Footage: Arabs Laugh as They Terrorize, Abuse Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem (VIDEO). The Algemeiner, January 12, 2013.

Arabs attack Jews during snowfall. By Avi Green. Tel-Chai Nation, January 13, 2013.

Savages on Video: Muslim Mob Terrorize, Abuse Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem. By Pamela Geller. Atlas Shrugs, January 14, 2013.

Arabs gang up on hareidi Jews in Jerusalem. Video. Israel National TV, January 12, 2013. YouTube.

Ayelet Shaked: The Secular Face of Religious Nationalist Zionism.

An Interview with Ayelet Shaked – The Secular Candidate. By Yoel Meltzer. The Algemeiner, August 16, 2012.

Ayelet Shaked: The new (secular) face of religious Zionism. By Matti Friedman. The Times of Israel, December 26, 2012.

Ayelet Shaked wants to bring the ideology of the settlements from the West Bank into the Israeli mainstream. With her Jewish Home party surging in the polls, she might do just that.

Ayelet Shaked

Meet Ayelet Shaked, the face behind “Yisrael Sheli,” a right-wing organization which attracts Facebook friends and controversy. By Ayelett Shani. Haaretz, June 21, 2012. Also find it here.

Candidate Ayelet Shaked says Haredis should work more. By Avi Green. Tel-Chai Nation, Decmeber 28, 2012.

Ayelet Shaked: The Cry of the Transparent Public. Video. Speech on receiving the Abramowitz Israeli Prize for Media Criticism, February 26, 2012. YouTube. Also find it here.

A Leap Forward for Saudi Arabia. By Qanta Ahmed.

A Leap Forward for Saudi Arabia. By Qanta Ahmed. The Huffington Post, August 2, 2012.

Sarah Attar Is a Saudi Arabian Traiblazer, by Way of the United States. By Mary Pilon. New York Times, July 13, 2012.

The Party Faithful. By David Remnick.

The Party Faithful. By David Remnick. The New Yorker, January 21, 2013.

The settlers move to annex the West Bank -- and Israeli politics.

Naftali Bennett: Zionism’s New Boss. By Liel Leibovitz. Tablet, January 14, 2013.

Naftali Bennett and the Continuing Appeal of Religious Nationalism. By Samuel Goldman. The American Conservative, January 14, 2013.

Naftali Bennett interview: “There won’t be a Palestinian state within Israel.” By Harriet Sherwood. The Guardian, January 7, 2013.

Naftali Bennett Wants You! By Don Futterman. The Daily Beast, December 25, 2012.

The Bayit Yehudi: Because Israel is Our Jewish Home. Party website. YouTube video here.

The Struggle for the Fertile Crescent. By Fouad Ajami.

The Struggle for the Fertile Crescent. By Fouad Ajami. Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2013. Also find it here.

Chuck Hagel and Linkage. By Martin Kramer.

Chuck Hagel and Linkage. By Chuck Hagel. The Weekly Standard, January 15, 2013.

Colin Powell’s Double Standard. By Bret Stephens.

Colin Powell’s Double Standard. By Bret Stephens. Wall Street Journal, January 14, 2013.

Documents Illuminate Jewish Life in a Muslim Empire. By Isabel Kershner.

Documents Illuminate Jewish Life in a Muslim Empire. By Isabel Kershner. New York Times, January 14, 2013.

Afghan Genizah. The National Library of Israel.

The commentary of Rav Sa’adia Gaon to Isaiah 34, in Judeo Arabic

Morsi’s Anti-Semitic Rant Comes to Light. By Walter Russell Mead.

Morsi’s Anti-Semitic Rant Comes to Light. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, January 15, 2013.

Mead:

Morsi’s anti-Semitic views are not surprising in themselves; indeed they are completely mainstream and unobjectionable in the Egyptian context. Not many people in Egypt would disagree with the statements in question, and Morsi is more likely to be attacked for being too soft on Israel than for venting his spleen. But these statements, and the widespread support for them, should remind everyone just how slim the chances are for real peace between Israel and its neighbors.

There are a lot of illusions out there about how the exercise of power will moderate the Muslim Brotherhood and similar groups. To some degree, Morsi’s record in office shows a pragmatic willingness to maintain a treaty he deeply loathes with the “sons of apes and pigs.” But we would do better to think of this as caution rather than moderation. If a real opportunity presented itself to destroy the Jewish state, there can be little doubt that Morsi and the members of his movement would think it their duty to act.

For Israel, the lesson is obvious. For the foreseeable future it must depend upon strength rather than trust if it intends to survive.


Egyptian President Calls Jews “Sons of Apes and Pigs”; World Yawns. By Jeffrey Goldberg. The Atlantic, January 14, 2013.

Morsi’s Slurs Against Jews Stir Concern. By David D. Kirkpatrick. New York Times, January 14, 2013.

President Morsi’s Repulsive Comments. Editorial. New York Times, January 15, 2013.

Egypt’s U.S.-Subsidized Politics of Hate. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, January 15, 2013.

Mohamed Morsi Comments On Jews “Taken Out Of Context,” Says Egypt Spokesman. By Hamza Hendawi and Sarah El Deeb. The Huffington Post, January 16, 2013.

News Flash: Jews Are “Apes And Pigs.” So Why Is Egypt’s Morsi The Elephant In America’s Newsrooms? By Richard Behar. Forbes, January 11, 2013.

Egypt’s Morsi, in 2010 interviews posted online, called Zionists “bloodsuckers” and descendants of pigs, urged to sever all ties with Israel. By Ron Friedman. The Times of Israel, January 4, 2013.

Morsi: Boycott USA, Jews “Descendants of Apes and Pigs.” By Joel Griffith. Breitbart, January 4, 2013.

Egyptian President Morsi - Moderate Islamist. By Rick Moran. The American Thinker, January 4, 2013.

The Egyptian Idea of Brotherhood. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, January 3, 2013.

Worst-case scenario in Egypt. By Martin Kramer. Sandbox, June 26, 2012.

Obama: Egypt not an ally of US, but not an enemy. By Shawna Thomas. NBC News, September 12, 2012. Telemundo video here.

Morsi’s Election Can’t Erase Radical Record. By Steven Emerson. The Algemeiner, September 25, 2012.

Mohamed Morsi During Election Campaign: Jihad Is Our Path, Death For The Sake Of Allah Is Our Most Lofty Aspiration, The Shari’a Is Our Constitution. MEMRI, June 27, 2012. Also find it here and here.

Also find more at this previous post.

Striving for an illusion-free Middle East peace. By Shlomo Avineri.

Striving for an illusion-free Middle East peace. By Shlomo Avineri. Haaretz, January 13, 2013. Also find it here.

Netanyahu: Tactical genius, strategic idiot. By Gideon Rachman. Financial Times, January 14, 2013.

Israeli women soldiers have “right stuff” for border watch. By Dan Williams.

Israeli women soldiers have “right stuff” for border watch. By Dan Williams. Reuters, January 11, 2013. Also find it here.

Teacher told to remove Bible verses, Reagan quote from class.

Teacher told to remove Bible verses, Reagan quote from class. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox News, January 14, 2013.

Andrew Jackson on Himself as David and Henry Clay as Goliath.

Andrew Jackson on Himself as David and Henry Clay as Goliath:

It appears we live in evil times, when those exalted to high dignified & honorable stations have abandoned the course dictated by truth & honor, and move on to self agrandisement regardless of the use of means by which it may be acquired. What wickedness would not men commit who, for political effect would falsly assail female charecter that they might rule. I have always thought Clay corrupt, that he would do any thing to promote his own views—but I was not prepared to believe, untill I reed the proof, that the Secrataries of War & Navy, were base anough to enter into his views, become his panders, secretely to slander me, but it appears I put too high a value on their honor & attachment for truth—Under all circumstances that surround me, I confess it requires much philosophy to bear things with calmness & equanimity of temper—My political enemies have not Judged of me rightly—they cannot provoke me to an act of rashness—should the uncircumcised philistines send forth their Golia[t]h to destroy the liberty of the people & compel them to worship Mamon, they may find a David who trusts in the god of Abraham Isaac and of Jacob, for when I fight, it is the battles of my country. I am calm & composed, trusting in the Lord of hosts, I believe him Just; and therefore look forward to a time when retributive Justice will take place, & when Just attonement can be required and enforced. . . . Mr. C. it is said, is very wroth & threatens as loud as the champion of the Philistines did of old.

Source: Andrew Jackson to Robert Young Hayne, July 9, 1827. The Papers of Andrew Jackson. Harold D. Moser et al. editors. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2002. Volume 6, p. 357.

American Values Die Without Great Communicators. By Jarrett Stepman.

American Values Die Without Great Communicators. By Jarrett Stepman. Human Events, January 8, 2013.

Welcome to the new Civil War. By Andrew O'Hehir.

Welcome to the new Civil War. By Andrew O'Hehir. Salon, January 5, 2013.

Lincoln’s unfinished war rages on, as the neo-Confederacy tries to turn back the clock on women, gays, God and guns.

Southern Discomfort. By George Packer. The New Yorker, January 21, 2013.

Obama and Moderate Republicans See Conservatives as Common Enemy. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, January 14, 2013. Also find it here.

James Tracy, a professor at Florida Atlantic University, claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax.

James Tracy, blog posts on the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Memory Hole.

Florida conspiracy professor suggests Sandy Hook massacre didn’t occur, was cooked up by Obama to promote gun control. By Philip Caulfield. New York Daily News, January 9, 2013.

James Tracy, FAU Professor, Disputes Newtown Sandy Hook Massacre Account. By Mike Clary. The Huffington Post, January 8, 2013.

Florida professor defends theory that Newtown shootings never happened. By David Edwards. The Raw Story, January 9, 2013.

Sandy Hook conspiracy theory tests limits of free speech. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly, Fox News, January 14, 2013.

Hundreds sign up to live in the Citadel – an armed, “defensible” fortress community planned for Idaho. By Daniel Miller.

Hundreds sign up to live in the Citadel – an armed, “defensible” fortress community planned for Idaho. By Daniel Miller. Daily Mail, January 14, 2013.

Patriotic Group To Build Armed “Defensible” Neighborhood Fortress. By Gregory Gwyn-Williams, Jr. CNSNews.com, January 12, 2013.

The Citadel website.

III Citadel Blog

III Citadel Project. By Kerodin. III Percent Patriots.

The Real Origin of America’s Gun Culture. By Carole Emberton.

The Real Origin of America’s Gun Culture. By Carole Emberton. History News Network, January 14, 2013.

Hagel: Terrorists attack because they lack hope. By Aaron Klein.

Hagel: Terrorists attack because they lack hope. Defense nominee claims Palestinians “chained down many, many years.” By Aaron Klein. Klein Online, January 10, 2013.

Hagel: U.S. Should Give Up Nukes Before Rogue Nations. WorldNetDaily, January 11, 2013.



Riz Khan: Chuck Hagel on U.S. foreign policy, Part 1. Al Jazeera English, March 21, 2009. YouTube.



Riz Khan: Chuck Hagel on U.S. foreign policy, Part 2. Al Jazeera English, March 21, 2009. YouTube.

Chuck Hagel’s Jewish Problem. By Bret Stephens.

Chuck Hagel’s Jewish Problem. By Bret Stephens. Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2012.

Why Hagel Matters. By Peter Beinart. The Daily Beast, January 7, 2013.

In Defense of Hagel for Defense. By Nicholas D. Kristof. New York Times, January 9, 2013.

Chuck Hagel and the Neocon Smear Machine. Robert Wright. The Atlantic, December 19, 2012.

The End of Courtship? By Alex Williams.

The End of Courtship? By Alex Williams. New York Times, January 11, 2013.

Hacking the Hyperlinked Heart. By Amy Webb. Wall Street Journal, January 11, 2013.

Darwin Was Wrong About Dating. By Dan Slater. New York Times, January 12, 2013.

Is America Dying? By Glen Browder.

Election 2012 and the Future of American Democracy. By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, November 9, 2012.

Is America Dying? By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, November 17, 2012.

How Dare I Ask: Is America Dying? By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, November 24, 2012.

What Do I Mean By “Dying America?” By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, December 1, 2012.

Could 932,367 Secessionists Be Right About Dying America? By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, December 8, 2012.

A Systems Analysis of Dying America. By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, December 15, 2012.

The Systemic Environment of Dying America. By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, December 22, 2012.

A Philosophical Civil War in Dying America. By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, December 29, 2012.

So, Now You’re Horrifically Hooked on “Dying America?” By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, January 5, 2013.

American Democracy No Longer Works as it Has in the Past. By Glen Browder. The Huffington Post, January 12, 2013.

Is blogging “bad for the Jews?” By Jen Maidenberg.

Is blogging “bad for the Jews?” By Jen Maidenberg. The Times of Israel, July 10, 2012.

Why I Blog. By Andrew Sullivan. The Atlantic, November 2008. Also find it here.