
A leader of South Africa’s most powerful trade union has called for attacks on Jews in response to the war in Gaza. In a posting on his personal Facebook page Wednesday, Tony Ehrenreich, the leader of the Congress of South
by Joel B. Pollak14 Aug 2014, 12:26 AM PST0

Secure America Now, a 501(c)4 nonprofit focusing on defense and foreign policy issues, is dropping a bomb on President Barack Obama–figuratively, anyway–as national security becomes an issue in the midterm elections. Its new ad, “Daisy 2,” recreates Lyndon B. Johnson’s
by Joel B. Pollak13 Aug 2014, 10:23 AM PST0

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Tuesday that Democrats support President Barack Obama’s new military intervention in Iraq to attack some forward positions of Islamic State forces, deliver arms to Kurdish peshmerga fighters, and provide humanitarian aid to Yazidis
by Joel B. Pollak13 Aug 2014, 7:40 AM PST0

AVALON — When I learned that Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall had passed away, I was on board the Catalina Express, pulling out of the harbor in Avalon with a boat full of nearly 400 vacationers and fellow day trippers. I had
by Joel B. Pollak12 Aug 2014, 9:06 PM PST0

State Sen. Alex Padilla, the Democratic Party nominee for Secretary of State, has proposed legislation that, if passed, will allow the Secretary to act as a “czar” over local redistricting plans, rejecting those deemed unfair to minority voters. Effectively, Padilla
by Joel B. Pollak12 Aug 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has joined his country’s rabid anti-Israel chorus by calling for a boycott of Israeli goods, the BBC reports. Mbeki, who during his abortive tenure in office guarded Zimbabwean tyrant Robert Mugabe as he plundered
by Joel B. Pollak12 Aug 2014, 6:30 AM PST0

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton–the most senior foreign policy official in the United States, aside from President Barack Obama himself, for four years–is now attempting to differentiate herself from her old boss, now that his hapless leadership has become
by Joel B. Pollak11 Aug 2014, 4:10 AM PST0

Tucked towards the end of his otherwise vapid interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, President Barack Obama offers his own bizarre theory about what would bring about peace between Israelis and Palesitnians: namely, Israeli weakness. According to the president,
by Joel B. Pollak10 Aug 2014, 3:44 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s weekend interview with New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is a stunning portrait of incoherence and inadequacy. Friedman–a shameless promoter of Obama since the 2008 campaign, whose books have allegedly influenced Obama’s foreign policy views–tries his mightiest to
by Joel B. Pollak10 Aug 2014, 8:14 AM PST0

Archbishop Alexios, the Greek Orthodox Christian leader of Gaza, told CBN News on Wednesday that Hamas had used the church to fire rockets at Israeli civilians prior to the 72-hour ceasefire. The church was also being used at the time
by Joel B. Pollak8 Aug 2014, 7:34 AM PST0

The Hamas terror organization launched two rockets at Israel in the waning hours of the 72-hour ceasefire that began Tuesday morning. And though Israel was offering to extend the ceasefire, and Egypt was urging Hamas to agree to a 72-hour
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2014, 10:27 PM PST0

Israel may be attacking positions held by the terrorist Islamic State, or ISIS, militia. That is one possible conclusion after Kurdish sources reported Thursday that airstrikes had begun in northern Iraq, together with airlifts to help stranded civilians, while the
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2014, 4:54 PM PST0

In 2011, President Barack Obama ordered U.S. forces–without congressional authorization–to assist NATO in a war against the Gadhafi regime in Libya. The reason for that urgent and extraordinary action was a theory of liberal interventionism called “Responsibility to Protect,” eagerly
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2014, 7:35 AM PST0

The San Joaquin Train is a glorious conveyance. It runs straight through California’s majestic Central Valley, which manages–even in this drought-stricken season–to burst with bounty, rows of corn alternating with vineyards and orchards. The Amtrak service from Sacramento to Los
by Joel B. Pollak7 Aug 2014, 5:24 AM PST0

Throughout the war between Israel and Hamas, western journalists in Gaza failed to report anything other than civilian casualties caused by Israeli air strikes. It took the accidental, frightening appearance of Hamas rockets being fired on live TV–using journalists as
by Joel B. Pollak6 Aug 2014, 7:25 AM PST0

Remember that France24 reporter in Gaza who had to duck on live TV because he was so close to a Hamas rocket as it fired? Well, he’s found something else–and it’s something the State Department should watch (but won’t).
by Joel B. Pollak5 Aug 2014, 1:49 PM PST0

An Indian television news crew from NDTV filmed a team of Hamas terrorists assembling and launching a rocket at Israel just moments before a 72-hour ceasefire took effect on Monday. It marked one of the few instances in which the
by Joel B. Pollak5 Aug 2014, 10:01 AM PST0
When the western media’s internal left-wing critics wish to prod their profession to be even more hostile to Israel than it already is, they often use negative images of Israeli women to bait their colleagues. Glenn Greenwald, for example, told
by Joel B. Pollak5 Aug 2014, 7:43 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES — A local pharmaceutical research company, MMRGlobal, plans to offer its antibody technology to universities conducting research on the Ebola virus without charging them royalties for licensing fees. “In light of the humanitarian crisis from Ebola and other
by Joel B. Pollak5 Aug 2014, 5:18 AM PST0

After several minutes of watching State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki attempt to explain the Obama administration’s condemnation of Israeli responses to attacks by Palestinian terrorists, and bizarre insistence that Israel obey a “high standard” (as if it did not), one
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2014, 10:56 PM PST0

With due respect to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who is one of the best and fairest journalists in the American media today, it was more than a bit odd to see him host a debate Monday evening between Israel critic Reza
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2014, 10:09 PM PST0

As it winds towards a 72-hour truce brokered by Egypt, the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas has–finally–resorted to the pattern with which the international media are familiar: Palestinian terrorists attack Israel, Israel defends itself for a bit,
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2014, 4:10 PM PST0

Joe Scarborough, that self-described “100% supporter of Israel,” was at it again this morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, ripping Israel for seeking a “blank check” from the U.S. Taking for granted weekend faulty reports that Israel “killed ten people at
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2014, 8:27 AM PST0

To borrow a phrase from Sherlock Holmes: the “dog that didn’t bark” in the Gaza conflict (thus far, anyway) was Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite militia has rockets and tunnels that equal or surpass the Hamas arsenal, and in 2006
by Joel B. Pollak4 Aug 2014, 6:05 AM PST0

State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki declared Sunday that the United States was “appalled” by Israel’s apparent shelling of a UN-run school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. You’ll remember Psaki–she’s the former Obama campaign spokesperson who lied in 2012 about
by Joel B. Pollak3 Aug 2014, 4:07 PM PST0