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The Left’s hypocritical virtue-signaling over the Otzma Yehudit deal
What was on the table: Either Jewish Home and Otzma merge for the election, assuring a continuing religious-right Government, or they run alone, handing the Government to the Left even though the Left will have fewer votes and reflect the minority.
Israel National News: Rabbinic Group: ‘Condemnations of Israeli party reflect double standard’
Coalition for Jewish Values rabbis: ‘Positions moderate compared to statements, positions, outright support for terror of several Arab MKs.’
Jewish News Service: Amid American Jewish criticism over Otzma Yehudit Party, concern arises about language
The intervention of the AJC and AIPAC is both startling and deeply troubling. Considering the support for terrorism shown by multiple Arab [Knesset members], to uniquely criticize Otzma Yehudit seems to reflect bias against Jews, rather than a sincere desire for the elimination of hatred and bigotry on all sides.
Jewish News Service: Green New Deal draws heated Jewish responses to tackling climate change
“We believe in protecting the environment, but in a way that lets us benefit from the world’s resources,” CJV managing director Yaakov Menken told JNS. “We should be concerned that people are taking the Green New Deal seriously because they only like it as a vague concept. Once you get to the details, who is going to pay for upgrading ‘all existing buildings’?”
Baltimore Jewish Life: Condemnations of Israeli Party reflect Double Standard, Says Rabbinic Group
“Our consistent view is that American Jews should not be telling Israelis how to run their country.”
Condemnations of Israeli Party reflect Double Standard, Says Rabbinic Group
Whatever one may think of the politics of Otzma Yehudit, its positions are moderate in comparison to the statements, positions, and outright support for terrorism of several Arab Knesset members.
Another Hate Hoax the Left Recently Promoted
Now that we are in the Age of the Hate Hoax, it is valuable to look closer at a recent “anti-Semitic” temple attack that the Left initially promoted as more proof of the evils of Trump and White nationalists. They promoted it — until it turned out that the vandal who attacked the Jewish house of worship was a (i) Black (ii) LGBT (iii) Obama supporter.
Hoax Victimology — and the Search for the Black Cat at Midnight
What’s with all the Left-wing cruel and vicious hoaxes that depict very good Americans as racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic in order to tar-and-feather conservatives in general, and Caucasian heterosexual male supporters of President Trump in particular? And what’s with the compulsion to be seen as a victim?
When Crying Hate Is Hate Speech
In a society where hate speech is condemned, calling someone hateful, when it is false, can be a potent expression of hate. The Left has raised the use of hate as hateful accusation to a fine art.
Fox News: Faith-based foster care provider targeted in religious freedom battle
Reid Lehman: “I appreciate that the Coalition for Jewish Values, a national organization, stands with us. The Catholic Diocese stands with us.” [At 03:28]