Andy Levin's Views On Israel Matched The Israel-Haters He Looked To For Support (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosRepresentative Andy Levin's defeat in the Democratic primaries has brought out his defenders, who staunchly defend his Jewish bonafides. Like Mehdi Hassan, for example:Because nothing establishes the unassailability of your position on Israel like being a synagogue president.Sheesh, indeed.If you do a search on Twitter, it seems that everyone knows that Levin...

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10/24 Links: Jerusalem Synagogue Massacre claims sixth victim; BDS activists guilty of discrimination

From Ian: 11 months on, rabbi dies of wounds from Jerusalem synagogue massacre Almost a year after Palestinian terrorists killed four worshipers and a policeman at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Rabbi Haim Yehiel Rotman, who was critically injured in the attack, died from his injuries Saturday evening. Rotman had been in a coma ever since two East Jerusalem terrorists armed with a gun, axes and meat cleavers stormed the Bnei Torah Synagogue in Har Nof...

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John Kerry's wishful thinking vs. Middle East reality

Both these videos were released in the past day. One is John Kerry on Al Arabiya saying why he is optimistic about peace talks. Gosh, he just can't imagine why people wouldn't want to live in peace with each other.Everyone wants the same thing, right? The other is a MEMRI video of a Hamas youth camp graduation. These are the thousands of Gaza high school kids that underwent paramilitary training and anti-Israel brainwashing over the past several...

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John Kerry lauds Malaysia as modern, innovative and multi-faith model

AFP reports: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lauded Malaysia Friday as a modern, innovative and multi-faith model for the world, heaping praise on a country the United States regards as a valuable Muslim ally. On the final day of a curtailed Asian tour in which he has filled in for U.S. President Barack Obama, Kerry said Malaysia’s young people were an inspiration for the Arab Spring. “Here in Malaysia, people of different heritages have been...

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ElderToons: Nuance from John Kerry

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Hurray! Pointless negotiations! (ElderToon)

YNet: US State Secretary John Kerry announced an agreement has been reached on the resumption of peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians in a press conference in Jordan's capital Amman, after a series of meetings in Jordan and Ramallah with Palestinian officials. Tzipi Livni, the minister in charge of the negotiation on the Israeli side, the prime minister's...

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