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• Ambiguity

  

  Michael L.People despise ambiguity.It is far more comforting when we know what we know that we think that we know. Hen Kotes-Bar has a piece at Y-Net entitled,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Europeans Are Not to Be Trusted... Obviously

  Michael L.Times of Israel staff writes:The Palestinian Islamic group Hamas must be removed from the EU’s terrorism blacklist, but its assets will stay frozen,... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Standing Up to the Left: An Argument with Jon Haber

  

  Michael L.{Originally published at the Elder of Ziyon.}As many of you know, Jon Haber of divestthis! and I are having an ongoing discussion around the... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• 80% of Palestinian-Arabs Favor Violence Against Jews

  

  Michael L.Writing in the Algemeiner, Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn tell us this: The Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research last week asked a... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hostages Taken In Heart Of Sydney CBD

  

  From Uncommon SenseProbable Muslim terror attack in Sydney CBD underway right now - Mon morning 15 DecemberMartin Place, Lindt café, Sydney.A number of... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Caroline Glick Hands Racist Danish Ambassador His Own Head

  Michael L. Sometimes, in my opinion, Caroline can get a tad too strident, although I do not believe anyone would doubt her sincerity. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fun is Its Own Reward

  

  Michael L.One of the nice things about owning one's own little bit of on-line real estate - much like a farmer in 1930s Kansas - are these occasional... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Isn't Anyone Discussing Palestinian Emirates?

  Sar ShalomIn defending the application of pressure on Israel to accept that Jewish rights end at Jordan's 1949-line of conquest, President Obama observes that n... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Dissertation of Mahmoud Abbas

  

  Michael L. Mahmoud Abbas completed his PhD dissertation for Lumumba University in Moscow in 1982. For years I have been reading that this piece of writing -... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Pro-Israel On-Line Community and Unexpected Friends

  

  Michael L.You guys should know that Jon Haber from Divestthis! has a piece that I need to address entitled, What’s Left? – Arguing with Mike.I honestly do not... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Beauty

  

  Michael L.I love beauty.As a man alive in the world I adore female beauty. Laurie knows this to be true and friends going back to my UCONN days know this, as... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ostracism

  Michael L.One of the most terrible things in this world is ostracism.The ancient Greeks, if I recall correctly, considered it comparable to the death penalty. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• This is Why We Fight

  Michael L.We argue and we fight and we disagree and we stand up when and where we can because as a minority group we are standing up for this young woman, Dana... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Transference

  

  Michael L.{Originally published at the Elder of Ziyon.}Due to never-ending Arab hostility toward Jews in the Middle East I am reading more and more people... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Mizrahi Reconstruction

  Sar ShalomBack in June, Matti Friedman published an article at Mosaic titled "Mizrahi Nation" contrasting the prevalent Eurocentric narrative of the rise of... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Follow-up to This Sunday's EoZ Post

  Sar ShalomMike's post this Sunday at Elder of Ziyon raised the important question of what use would an alliance with the Left be for us. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• And Then There Is This:

  

  Michael L.Assyrians YezidisHebrews (i.e. Jews)CoptsImazighenBaluchisKurdsI had no idea that we were actually part of a small group of people under domination... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Note to Ceylan Özbudak

  

  Michael L.Ceylan Özbudak is a political analyst on Turkish television and an executive director of Building Bridges, an Istanbul-based NGO associated with the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Note to Ceylan Özbudak

  

  Michael L.Ceylan Özbudak is a political analyst on Turkish television and an executive director of Building Bridges, an Istanbul-based NGO associated with the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Johnny On The Spot Blames It All On Illegal Jews

  

  geoffffThis picture is of an avian specimen very common around here grabbed at random from Google however is identical to a creature that prances around the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2014 DEBATE, SOCIETY