By Adam Milstein, JPOST— For thousands of years Jews have been targeted, persecuted and hated for a range of irrational and paradoxical reasons. We have been blamed for the crucifixion and killing of Jesus, even though Jesus was a Jew. We have been hated for maintaining our distinct Jewish identity – and, when we do…
By Manfred Gerstenfeld and Jamie Berk, Gate Stone Institute— False moral equivalence is one of a series of major fallacies. False moral equivalence comparing Israel’s actions to those of the Nazis was used by several prominent social-democratic politicians, including French President François Mitterrand, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Another…
By: Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Ph.D, Middle East Forum— Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn criticism for comments about the role of al-Hajj Amin al-Husaini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem played in conceiving and perpetrating the Holocaust. Indeed, leading Nazi aides testified that al-Husaini was one of the instigators of the genocide. In his 1999 autobiography, a senior Nazi…
By: STEVEN SHAMRACK Last weekend, there was a 70th anniversary of the end of the World War Two. In my opinion, this day should be celebrated every year, as Hanukkah and Purim, in every synagogue. During this idiotic and hateful war, not only the third of the Jewish population lost their lives, more than six…
By DAVID PARSONS, Israel Hayom— Many today look at the rising threat of radical Islam and the weak Western response, and wonder if we are repeating the mistakes of 1938. No doubt we live in perilous times. Islamic State and al-Qaida are waging violent jihad against us. Iran is seeking nuclear weapons to dominate the…
By VICTOR SHARPE— The Second World War is over and much of Europe is a wasteland. Millions of displaced persons roam the ravaged landscape in the wake of the German Nazi devastation. Millions more are dead but none of the citizens of Europe have suffered disproportionally more than its Jewish remnant. At the beginning of…