by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
The crime of silence is a crime that most Jews commit against themselves. One of the Ten Commandments says ‘Thou shall not bear false witness’, i.e. not to lie. That is a negative commandment - i.e. what not to do. Simply keeping silent might satisfy that negative commandment even [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
Most of the American and European media have accused Israel of having committed “war crimes” in its recent “assault” on Gaza, and of waging war indiscriminately on its civilian population. Israel is said to have damaged schools, hospitals, ambulances and mosques and to have inflicted an immense number of deaths [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
Most of the American news media, nearly all non-American media, and countless pseudo-do-gooder “NGOs” (meaning “Nongovernmental Organizations” which claim to be promoting human rights or humanitarians goals) have depicted Israel’s recent counterterrorist operation in Gaza as a “war crime” and aggression against the innocent Arab civilian population of Gaza. Nothing [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
A symposium titled ‘Human Rights and Gaza’ held at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sponsored by its Center of Near East Studies (CNES) on January 21, 2009, concerned with the recent conflict in Gaza, communicated more falsehoods and malicious slander about Israel that could be found in [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
The Mumbai massacre offers yet another reminder that many Israeli and American Jewish ”peaceniks,” despite all their moralistic and idealistic blather, have hearts of stone. All too many self-described ‘progressive’ Jews seem to have a fanatical hatred for their fellow Jews in the Land of Israel , simply because they happen to reside on the wrong side [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
Barack Obama claims to be a supporter of Israel and a friend of the Jewish people. But many of the people who helped him in the course of his rise to political power, or whom he helped during his political ascent, are extremely anti-Israel, or even outright anti-Semitic. Let’s examine [...]
by Rachel Neuwirth | Los Angeles
I frequently express my opinions on the Internet, and as a result I have as much of an interest as anyone in this country in preserving the right to freedom of speech. I am passionately committed to this right, which is enshrined in the First Amendment to our Constitution.
However, I [...]
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