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May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HEALTH WARNING – DO NOT TRY TO BREACH A HEAVILY DEFENDED BORDER – Another day, another protest on the border between Gaza and Israel, except this time at least 50 …

Politics

May 14, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A PLAGUE UPON BOTH HOUSES – Jared and Ivanka are in Jerusalem for the opening of the new American embassy. Jared and Ivanka also received a blessing from Sephardic Chief …

Politics

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IRAN LIED, NO ONE DIED (YET) – Perhaps more interesting than the content of the treasure trove of secret nuclear documents from Iran is how the Israeli intelligence managed to …

Politics

April 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WE NEED MORE MUSLIM SEX CULTS – Just kidding; no, we don’t. All cults are either weird or dangerous or both. But do yourself a favour and read this investigative piece …

Politics

April 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE SAUDI SPRING – I haven’t blogged much about Saudi Arabia’s next king, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, because I don’t want to get too excited just yet. The proof will …

Politics

April 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DOING THE JOBS THAT GERMANS WON’T DO – Like hating Jews: Who would have possibly predicted that importing millions of people from countries with a different culture, religion and values, …

Politics

Borders. They exist. They matter.

April 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

No matter how much I try I can’t get my head around the common leftist (and libertarian) delusion that national borders should be abolished and completely free movement of people …

Politics

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PROFESSOR ACCUSED OF SEMITISM, DEFENDS HERSELF – The tragi-comedy in the letters section of the London Review of Books: There, the feminist American legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon can be found …

Politics

Ottoman Empire 2.0

February 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Turkish President Recep Erdogan has made the international news again, this time for a bizarre case of psychological child abuse: The Turkish president has appeared in a bizarre video in which …

Politics

February 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE GREAT SATAN’S MIRACULOUS HEALING POWERS – He curses but he partakes: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas appeared on local television Friday to downplay concerns over his health after undergoing what …

Politics

February 4, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

YOUR FEEL-STRANGE STORY OF THE DAY – The seemingly unlikely allies: The legendary former Mossad agent who led the operation to capture Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann has expressed surprising support …

Politics

Those Polish death camps

January 28, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Poland’s populist government is criminalising language and policing history: Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Friday that makes it a crime, punishable by up to three years in prison, to …

Politics

January 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“ISRAEL IS A COLONIAL PROJECT, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH JEWS” – Palestinian Authority President (now in the 13th year of his 4 year term) has delivered a “wide-ranging” 2-hour …

Politics

January 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IRONY IS OFFICIALLY DEAD – Asad Rehman has a whinge in “The Guardian”: Israel’s “BDS blacklist”, published in the Israeli media on Sunday, bans 20 charities and human rights groups from …

Politics

January 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GREEN ON GREEN – In Florida, frozen iguanas are falling from the trees, but this will undoubtedly warm your heart: The Islamic State’s branch in Egypt has escalated its long-simmering …

Politics

December 28, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

TRUMP TRAIN – IT’S FINALLY REAL – In Israel: Israel wants to name a train station after Donald Trump to thank him for recognising Jerusalem as its capital, but the …

Culture / Politics

December 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

SHE WILL NEVER BE ROYAL – Another one bites the dust: Lorde has cancelled a performance in Israel scheduled for next summer after appeals by pro-Palestinian activists. The New Zealand …

Politics

December 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHY THE UN IS A JOKE, PART 457 – In two tweets from CNN’s Jake Tapper: Citing @UNWatch, Israeli embassy says from 2012-2015, the UNGA adopted 97 resolutions criticizing countries; …

Politics

December 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH ABOUT SWEDISH ANTI-SEMITISM” – Via “The New York Times”, of all places: Historically, anti-Semitism in Sweden could mainly be attributed to right-wing extremists. While this problem persists, a …

Politics

December 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

O JERUSALEM – The United Nations’ obsession with Israel continues: The United Nations (U.N.) Security Council is weighing a draft resolution that would essentially seek to nullify any move to …