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…despite the criticisms that can be leveled at him, the recent effort by some leading intellectuals and media types to target Foxman as the man leading an effort to “silence” critics of Israel is something that even those who aren’t his biggest fans should be worried about. — Jonathan S. Tobin, The Jewish Exponent

First they came for Rosen and Weissman. But I didn’t speak up because AIPAC was too big for its britches. Then they came for Foxman, but I didn’t speak up because the ADL is tacky. You get the idea.

Carter, Mearsheimer/Walt, and all the others have a goal: to break American Jewry’s power to help Israel.

Read Tobin’s article about the attack on Abe Foxman here.

By Vic Rosenthal

“Every Palestinian contact that recognizes Israel, I see as a partner in negotiations – even if we’re speaking of Hamas,” [Amir] Peretz said at the Institute for Policy and Strategy of the IDC Herzliya, while not mentioning the two other conditions set by the Quartet – a cessation of terror activity and the recognition of previous Israel-Palestinian Authority peace agreements. — Jerusalem Post

Peretz has perhaps not noticed that Hamas’ ‘recognition’ of Israel is like my recognizing a tiger I meet in the street: I can’t avoid it, but I don’t agree that it has a right to be there.

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…the Jews have to decide, once again, if we want to survive. If we want to make it, then we need to rekindle one of the basic premises of Zionism, and take matters into our own hands. It’s not enough to simply feel that we’re back where we started, 110 years ago. The question is what we’re going to do about it. The question is, how do we restore hope? — Daniel Gordis, This Place Called Hope

Israelis are struggling with a combination of internal problems and external threats. Gordis asks what the Jewish people — not just Israel — need to do in order to to survive. Read it here.

Israel is not innocent of mistakes, but all Israel’s mistakes are dwarfed by the Palestinian liability. Living under an occupation is no great joy, and criticism of the occupation in general and of the settlements in particular, is legitimate. More than legitimate. We are not dealing with theory, however, but with facts: huge sums of money that were given to the Palestinians went down the drain. And the opportunities to win independence and prosperity were rejected in favor of the supreme objective: wiping Israel off the map. — Ben-Dror Yemini, from Maariv (in Solomonia).

Who provided the billions of dollars that have gone to the Palestinians and have not improved their lives one whit? What did they do with the money? Why are they still refugees and the territories occupied?

Ben-Dror Yemini answers these and other questions in this groundbreaking article, found in the excellent Solomonia blog of Martin Solomon.