At the AIPAC Policy Conference, I had the opportunity Sunday evening to meet Daniel Mael, a junior at Brandeis University, who is leading an initiative called “Safe Hillel.” It aims to counter a left-wing movement called “Open Hillel,” which is
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Nick Garzilli, Chief Operating Officer of technology company ET3, is behind a new proposed ballot measure to stop California’s high-speed rail project. The referendum, which would prevent further issues of state bonds for the project, was approved to begin gathering
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:40 AM PST0

A source indicated that pro-Israel activists gathering in Washington for the annual Policy Conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) may have to cancel their traditional mass lobbying event on the third day of the event. A major
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:13 AM PST0
Pro-Israel activists arriving at the Washington Conference Center from all over the country were greeted by noisy demonstrations and an “apartheid wall” display as they arrived for the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference on Sunday morning.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 6:05 AM PST0

As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the United States this week, he will no doubt have taken heed of President Barack Obama’s weak response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. President Vladminir Putin crossed Obama’s “line”–just as Syrian dictator Bashar
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 4:13 AM PST0

Aside from–obviously–the Ukraine, there are several major losers in the Russian invasion. There is President Barack Obama, who has yet again been outmaneuvered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. There are the media, who predicted that the invasion would not happen.
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 3:26 AM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin has humiliated President Barack Obama. He advanced soldiers into the Crimea–into the sovereign territory of Ukraine–without uniforms, in apparent violation of the laws of war. He knew that Obama would not dare complain–that the White House
by Joel B. Pollak2 Mar 2014, 3:19 AM PST0
As the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIAPC) gathers in Washington, DC for its annual Policy Conference, Republicans are hoping to use the group’s traditional lobbying push to force Democrats to hold a Senate vote on Iran sanctions. The bipartisan
by Joel B. Pollak1 Mar 2014, 10:21 PM PST0

“The two-state solution isn’t inevitable. It is impossible. It will never happen–and the quicker we realize this, the better for all concerned.” So says prominent Israeli journalist Caroline Glick, the senior contributing editor at the Jerusalem Post, and the most-read
by Joel B. Pollak1 Mar 2014, 10:08 PM PST0

The Sacramento Bee reports that venture capitalist Tim Draper is putting $750,000 of his own money into an effort to gather over 800,000 signatures to place his “Six Californias” initiative on the November 2014 ballot. As a rule of thumb, one
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 3:19 PM PST0

MSNBC helped its readers understand the complex geography of the Ukraine by broadcasting a map Friday that included Czechoslovakia–a country that ceased to exist as a single unit more than twenty years ago. It is not the first time that
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 2:06 PM PST0
Let it be noted that at a critical moment for the United States and the State of Israel, while Iran continued to enrich uranium and conceal significant parts of its nuclear program from the world, left-wing Jews are urging Congress
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 10:08 AM PST0

Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, is demanding that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) release all of the information it gathered about Iran’s potential nuclear weapons program, according to the Jerusalem Post. The demand follows a report by Reuters that
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 8:28 AM PST0
March 1 marks the second anniversary of the passing of my friend and colleague, Andrew Breitbart. He was the Tea Party’s greatest defender, and Occupy Wall Street’s most effective critic. He saw the former as an authentic popular movement fighting
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 8:11 AM PST0

The State Department’s latest report on human rights worldwide presents a grim account of continuing abuses by Iran, which persisted in spite of–and during–the election of supposed “moderate” Hassan Rouhani. In fact, Rouhani’s election was listed first in the department’s
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 8:06 AM PST0

I received an email yesterday from “The Network of Spiritual Progressives,” a group run by the left-wing Rabbi Michael Lerner and devoted to spreading love a peace throughout the world. The Spiritual Progressives can be counted on to join anti-war
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 6:14 AM PST0

One late night in the press room at the Democratic National Convention in 2012, my Breitbart colleagues and I were chit-chatting with a member of the White House Press Corps, a charming woman who happened to be a lesbian. The
by Joel B. Pollak28 Feb 2014, 5:04 AM PST0

On the fifth anniversary of the first Tea Party rallies, the movement’s record appears mixed. It swept the GOP to a majority in the U.S. House, where it has blocked President Barack Obama’s most radical ambitions. It helped the GOP
by Joel B. Pollak27 Feb 2014, 6:38 AM PST0

Caroline Glick, the popular conservative commentator for the Jerusalem Post, will launch her new manifesto, The Israeli Solution: A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, early next week. The book argues that Israel should abandon the faltering two-state
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 11:11 PM PST0

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of Arizona’s SB 1062, which would have protected business owners from discrimination lawsuits if they turned down gay patrons for religious reasons, brought a sigh of relief to a her state and to her party.
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 9:52 PM PST0

It’s Israeli Apartheid Week at campuses across North America–that annual tradition in which ignorant leftist youth attempt to demonize the only open society in the Middle East. At UCLA, one of the main highlights of the week was a student
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 12:40 PM PST0

Paul Krugman, as usual, is leading the left media through the looking-glass–and this time the distortions are not only bizarre but deeply disturbing. Krugman argued several days ago that many of the Obamacare “horror stories” are, in fact, “hooey.” That
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 12:15 PM PST0
I’ve written previously about the actual text of SB 1062, the controversial Arizona bill that critics say would allow business owners to discriminate against gays. The bill creates a legal defense against discrimination lawsuits for business owners who have a
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 8:28 AM PST0

You probably have an opinion about the Arizona legislature’s controversial new bill, SB 1062, awaiting signature or veto by Gov. Jan Brewer. You may have complained that it reinstates “Jim Crow” by allowing businesses to refuse to serve gays. You
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 6:35 AM PST0

A couple in California stumbled across the most valuable buried treasure find in U.S. history, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday, when they discovered rusting cans on their property that contained 19th-century gold coins with a face value of over
by Joel B. Pollak26 Feb 2014, 6:11 AM PST0