Posts Tagged: Michael Widlanski
Europe Prays to Paper Peace, Paper God
Cavemen prayed to stones and talismans, but Europeans worship paper gods. Europeans have a bad habit of holding up paper agreements as if they guarantee peace,...
The Arab Atrocity Story Again, and Again, and Again
In the last two or three weeks, we have heard more stories from Gaza about Israel killing or hurting "innocent" Arabs...
BBC Staffer Who Lost Child During Israel-Hamas Conflict Blames “Jews,” Tied to Hamas (VIDEO)
The tragic story of Omar, the infant son of BBC Arabic employee Jihad Masharawi, who was killed during the latest round of Hamas-Israel fighting, was...
2016: Palestinian Diary (SATIRE)
Ramallah, Nov. 29, 2016-- This diary in Arabic (translated here ) was found here today in the ruins of PLO headquarters, apparently from the journals...
Say Hello to the New Tribal Middle East
A recent picture taken in Gaza reveals more than all the sanctimonious speeches calling on Israel to be "humane" or "proportional" in fighting the Islamic terror state in Gaza that has made life a...
A Parent’s Pride and Fear: My Three IDF Reservists
Soldiers wait to be called, and their parents die a little bit inside during this wait. Our three sons are infantrymen, reserve soldiers who expected to...
Obama’s New Middle East Crisis Tests
It's not every day that events make Vice President Joe Biden seem smart or even kind of prophetic, but four years ago, he foresaw that...
Analysis: Israel Facing Attacks on 3 Fronts, Strikes Back in Gaza and Golan, Awaits US Support at UN
Israel fired its own rockets into Syria for the first time in nearly 40 years after Syrian artillery shells hit an Israeli army base bordering a ...
Being a Leader or Looking Like a Leader: Hurricane Gives Second Wind to Obama
Hurricane Sandy has caused much death and destruction, but it may save Barack Obama, because it gives him a chance to look like a leader just...
Presidential Decisions – Right and Wrong
US Presidents make a lot of decisions, and, not surprisingly, a lot of mistakes. In this, it does not matter if you are a...
Israeli Left Clueless and Unready As Elections Loom
Prime Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold early elections in February, but the Israeli Left is so unprepared that some of its leaders are pinning...
America’s Hollow Leader: Obama in the Words of T.S. Eliot
Clint Eastwood's image of the empty chair in the White House hit home even with the literarily-conscious magazine, The New Yorker, that featured Barack Obama's "empty chair" as the...
Opinion: Killing the Messenger, Obama’s Way
What do CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Bibi Netanyahu, a Lebanese website, and Mitt Romney all have in common? They told some truths inconvenient for President...
America and Israel in Each Other’s Minds
Who will be president, and how will that affect Israel? What will Israel do about Iran, and do Israelis really trust Netanyahu and Israel's Barak or America's Barack? These are critical,...
