Israel and the Jews: Looking glasses on ugly Europe Events of the past summer have once again shown that much is radically wrong with the European Union. The European attitudes toward Israel and the Jews serve as excellent “looking glasses” … [Read More]
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How to efficiently fight anti-Israel propaganda? In the Western world, Israel has largely lost the propaganda battle against the Arabs. More than 40 percent of Europeans believe the conspiracy theory that Israel aims to exterminate the Palestinians. In reality, the … [Read More]
The many faces of Islamo-Nazism In recent weeks several appearances of Islamo- Nazis in the European public domain have been observed. A number of demonstrations took place. In The Hague, for example, participants brandished flags of ISIS or Hamas and … [Read More]
Lady Justice, Wilders and the Jews The Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office has decided to bring the leader of the PVV Freedom Party, Geert Wilders, before a Dutch court. In a post-election meeting, Wilders had asked those present whether or not … [Read More]
One simple example of how to fight Israel’s delegitimization A large number of cheap projects can help counteract delegitimization of Israel somewhat. One example, among many, is the blog, Bad News from the Netherlands. What convinced me to start this … [Read More]
The Netherlands: A country which refuses to admit its guilt toward the Jews May 4 is National Memorial Day in the Netherlands. Originally, it was a remembrance day for the murdered and fallen during Germany’s occupation. In the past few … [Read More]
Israel against the forces of sentimental appeal The worldwide reactions to Israel’s Operation Protective Edge have shown once again the strong impact of sentimental appeal and how it often supersedes rational analysis. In many Western societies, the emotional plea for … [Read More]
NATO’s new secretary-general: Problematic not only for Israel Until the recent developments in Ukraine, it was unclear for many Westerners what the current justification for NATO’s existence was. The Cold War is history, so why continue to maintain a transatlantic … [Read More]
How the UN and Westerners became enablers to Palestinian murder-promoters One little-publicized aspect of the Protective Edge campaign during the past summer was that the United Nations, along with a variety of prominent Westerners, have in fact – though not … [Read More]
The greatest lie about geopolitics By Manfred Gerstenfeld and Jamie Berk 13 December 2014 Published in The Jerusalem Post http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-greatest-lie-about-geopolitics-384535 Arab propaganda has succeeded in turning the Palestinian-Israeli conflict into the foremost geopolitical issue. This phenomenon started at the United … [Read More]