When the Israeli government describes the conflict over the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem as just a "real-estate dispute," it has a point. Palestinian families are at risk of eviction (and some have already been evicted) from homes they've lived in for...
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A Trump-Foreign Collusion Story I Could Believe In
by Scott Horton | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog
Israeli Official Told Roger Stone in 2016 That Trump Would ‘Be Defeated Unless We Intervene’: Report FBI documents reveal President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone was warned by an unnamed Israeli official during the 2016 presidential election that Trump was...
Gantz Sells Out To Netanyahu
by Steven Woskow | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog
Never trust a politician. In the end they all sell out. From the Jerusalem Post “We formed Blue and White to offer an alternative to the Israeli people,” Lapid said. “The election results proved that Israel needed that alternative like we need air to breathe. We...
Ottoman Archives Help Palestinians Reclaim Their Land
by Steven Woskow | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog
Ahmed Melhem at Al-Monitor writes about the release of 140,000 microfilm pages from the Ottoman archives by Turkey. These documents are helping Palestinians to prove ownership of property expropriated by Israel under the pretext they were state property and prove the...
Jordan’s Abdullah: Israel Imposing ‘Unthinkable Solution’ On Palestinians
by Steven Woskow | Jan 15, 2020 | Blog
Jordan’s King Abdullah II accuses Israel of trying to “impose an unthinkable solution” on Palestinians as hopes fade for a two-state solution backed by the international community. Speaking to lawmakers at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, he says...
Netanyahu Indicted: Charged With Bribery, Fraud, Breach Of Trust
by Steven Woskow | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog
The Jerusalem Post The attorney-general ultimately indicted Netanyahu for bribery in Case 4000, the Bezeq-Walla! Affair, for breach of public trust in Case 1000, the Illegal Gifts Affair and for breach of public trust in Case 2000, the Yediot Ahronot-Yisrael Hayom...
Jerusalem Post: Can Israel Trust the US After Syria Withdrawal?
by Scott Horton | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog
You know, not that America's policy in Syria has anything to do with serving Israel's interests.
Jerusalem Post Concerned For Palestinians Killed In Syria
by Steven Woskow | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog
Anna Arohnheim at The Jerusalem Post laments that over 4,000 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since 2011. But, why were they in Syria? Why were they in refugee camps in Syria to begin with? Most of the Palestine refugees who fled to the Syrian Arab Republic in...
Trump hails anniversary of embassy relocation to Jerusalem
by Steven Woskow | May 15, 2019 | Blog
Year after move, US president says mission ‘a proud reminder … of the importance of keeping a promise’ That was easy to predict.
Exit Polls Split: Netanyahu Maybe Out
by Scott Horton | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Jerusalem Post. Update: No such luck.
Moderate Rebel Plots Attack on French Nursery School
by Scott Horton | Apr 4, 2019 | Blog
The Jerusalem Post says "he had trained with the al Qaeda organization." Do they mean Jabhat al Nusra, a.k.a. Hayat Tahrir al Sham?
Netanyahu: Money to Hamas is Strategy to Keep Palestinians Divided
by Scott Horton | Mar 12, 2019 | Blog
As it always has been. From the Jerusalem Post: The prime minister said that, “whoever is against a Palestinian state should be for” transferring the funds to Gaza, because maintaining a separation between the PA in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza helps prevent the...
Just War? Christian Leaders Must Avoid Becoming Court Prophets
by Jeff Wright | Jun 8, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
Disappointingly (but not surprisingly), a prominent evangelical leader has once again provided alleged moral justification for war in the Middle East. Russell Moore is to be commended for the cautious and thoughtful manner in which he approached this crucial question....
Foreign Policy Focus #160 – Trump's CPAC Speech
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 26, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #160, I breakdown Trump's CPAC Speech. In the speech, Trump celebrates increased military spending and moving the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Trump also makes threats and announces new sanctions against North Korea. I point out Trump's lies and explain...
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War is a Euphemism for Mass Murder
To kill one man is to be guilty of a capital crime, to kill ten men is to increase the guilt tenfold, to kill a hundred men is to increase it a hundredfold. This the rulers of the earth all recognize, and yet when it comes to the greatest crime — waging war on another...
Empower the Working Class: Abolish Occupational Licensing
It's time to consistently apply the "my body my choice" principle. If consenting adults want to engage in economic activity, no third party should forcibly stop them. Democrats always say "voting once every two years between two politicians is how you express...
Death By Climate: Down 97% in Last 100 Years
Our schools provide many hours of lessons on climate change, but I wonder how many teachers, let alone pupils, are aware that climate-related deaths have decreased by as much as 97 per cent over the past 100 years, as the OFDA / CRED data show. - Why don’t we ever...
Black Youth Unemployment: Before and After Progressives Started “Helping”
A constant trend is progressivism is to use the state to coercively control others under the guise of "helping" them, make things worse, then ignore the problems you caused and never apologize. Sallie Mae loans didn't make college affordable. The Federal Reserve...
What Kind of Liberal?
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I am a Locke-Smith liberal.
The Tale of the Steak – A Lesson in Economics by Walter E. Williams
Consider filet mignon and chuck steak. Assume-realistically-that consumers prefer the former. Then the question becomes: why is it, despite consumer preferences, that chuck steak sells at all? The fact is that chuck steak outsells filet mignon. How does something less...
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