http://www.zionist.org/ Questions, Answers, and Comments on Zionism and Israel. en-us alan@zionist.org 2007-12-01T22:01:50-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000054.shtml Ha'aretz had a very interesting article on the Shalem Center, available here. The article is primarily about alleged corruption at the center. An interesting subtopic is the discussion of founder Yoram Hazony's views about Rabbi Meir Kahane: One of the... 54@http://www.zionist.org/ Kahanism 2007-12-01T22:01:50-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000053.shtml Ninety years ago today, the British government issued the Balfour declaration. Foreign Office November 2nd, 1917 Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish... 53@http://www.zionist.org/ 2007-11-02T00:31:46-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000052.shtml The Bible Belt Blog has a recording of a recent interview with former president Jimmy Carter. He comments on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Explaining why the Bush administration is worse than its predecessors, he points to the lack of peace talks.... 52@http://www.zionist.org/ 2007-05-22T02:10:49-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000051.shtml Former President Jimmy Carter has been accused of plagiarizing and distorting several maps from Dennis Ross' memoir, The Missing Peace. For more on the controversy, see the blog Jewish Current Issues. Appearing on CNN's Situation Room, the former president denied... 51@http://www.zionist.org/ 2006-12-12T23:41:27-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000050.shtml This article is from the Jerusalem Post. I've included the story in it's entirety. Jul. 11, 2006 18:21 'Peretz's lack of degree harms Israel's security' By JPOST.COM STAFF Professor Uzi Arad, who served as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's foreign... 50@http://www.zionist.org/ 2006-07-11T08:32:42-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000049.shtml There was a suicide bombing at the old bus station today in Tel Aviv, killing nine and wounding dozens. You can read about the attack here. At least five Israelis and two Romanians were murdered. May their families be comforted... 49@http://www.zionist.org/ 2006-04-17T19:00:06-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000048.shtml This story, from MEMRI, seemed too juicy to ignore. Professor Hasan Bolkhari, a cultural advisor to the Iranian Education Ministry, gave a lecture which was broadcast on Iranian television in which he discussed the MGM television series Tom and Jerry.... 48@http://www.zionist.org/ 2006-03-02T00:34:37-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000047.shtml From a recent story on CNN.com. The Danish government has tried to get out the message that it does not control what is in newspapers and that Danish courts will determine whether the newspaper that originally published the cartoons, Jyllands-Posten,... 47@http://www.zionist.org/ 2006-02-06T13:56:53-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000046.shtml From the website of Egged, the largest bus service provider in Israel: Passengers may take hand luggage with them on the bus free of charge provided it does disturb or hurt other passengers:... 46@http://www.zionist.org/ 2005-12-21T12:47:19-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000045.shtml At least 56 people were murdered on Wednesday night in Amman when three suicide bombers attacked three hotels in the city. Al-Qaida in Iraq has taken responsibility for the bombing. Our condolences go out to the family and friends of... 45@http://www.zionist.org/ 2005-11-11T00:15:38-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000044.shtml As someone who has had a fair grounding in the principles of genetics, statistics, and mathematical modelling, I was intrigued to hear about a study with a novel hypothesis regarding the mechanism for both Jewish intellectual performance and Jewish hereditary... 44@http://www.zionist.org/ Jewish Genetics / Demographics 2005-10-17T23:20:44-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000043.shtml Today the New York Times has a story with the headline: "Sharon Says Israel Has No Desire to Rule Over Palestinians". The story is from the Associated Press newswire. The odd thing is that neither Sharon nor the Palestinians are... 43@http://www.zionist.org/ 2005-09-15T14:18:44-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000042.shtml I agree with this editorial from Ha'aretz. At the very least, the law should not use the ethnicity of the terrorist as a basis for differentiating between victims of terrorist attacks which target Israelis. Neither should private Jewish organizations. We... 42@http://www.zionist.org/ 2005-09-02T00:59:24-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000041.shtml Here is a posting from the Revava discussion board entitled: "Another Candidate for 'Blindfold and Cigarette'." The author suggests that "it's time to rid ourselves of them." B"H No more human flak jackets IDF Southern Command Head Maj. Gen. Dan... 41@http://www.zionist.org/ Kahanism 2005-08-13T01:43:37-08:00 http://www.zionist.org/archives/000040.shtml Eden Natan-Zada, the nineteen year old terrorist who murdered four Israelis before being lynched in the northern Israeli town of Shfaram on Thursday, had ties to the Revava movement. As I explained in a previous posting, Revava is an offshoot... 40@http://www.zionist.org/ Kahanism 2005-08-09T04:02:27-08:00