Evangelical Christians who have become used to the effective leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest serving prime minister, may have grave concerns about the newly formed coalition government. But I believe there is good reason to hope that...
“Disproportionate” Progressive Preening
Thank God for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, without which progressives in the West would not have the opportunity for moral preening from a safe distance and at somebody else’s expense. You can listen to this podcast here and on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon,...
Aussie COVID disgrace, ABC shamed & “Palestine” explained | The Other Side with Damian Coory, Ep. 35
In this episode: • AUSSIE COVID DISGRACE our drug ban makes global news• ABC SHAMED journos caught manufacturing “news” (again)• ISRAEL-PALESTINE EXPLAINED we try to make sense of a messy past Produced by Discernable You can listen to this podcast here and on Apple,...
The Conditions are Right for a Third Palestinian Intifada
It has been nearly two decades since Ariel Sharon, then the candidate for prime minister, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site and the third holiest in Islam. Weaponising the flaming tensions, a radio broadcast by the Voice of Palestine...
Sorting Out the Israeli Elections
Do you have your scorecards ready? We’re going to do our best to sort out the results of last week’s elections in Israel, the fourth in a period of just two years (can you imagine that?). But first, a disclaimer: by the time you read this article, the outcome may have...
“Never again” what?
I am challenged on this day, International Holocaust Rememberance Day, to explain exactly what the world promised when it swore "Never again!" in the wake of the realisation of the horrors of the Holocaust, ended only by the defeat of Germany at the conclusion of...
The toxic mutation of antisemitism – Peter Kurti
After WWII & the Holocaust antisemitism seemed unthinkable and any public expression of it was certainly unacceptable. There is now increasing evidence that public antisemitism is on the rise again.