Monthly Archives: August 2011

Here is a full transcript of yesterday morning’s e-mail exchange between me and Ronit Hasin-Hochman, CEO of The Jerusalem Post Group, in which I ask the Post to publish my reply to Isi Leibler’s column, and she agrees.   Dear Ronith: First … Continue reading →

RIGHT OF REPLY For your information By Larry Derfner Like many right-wing Israeli and Diaspora Jewish media – though not mainstream Israeli and Diaspora Jewish media, from what I’ve seen – the column by Isi Leibler (“Justifying murder – an … Continue reading →

I got fired by The Jerusalem Post today. The paper got hundreds of notices of cancellations of subscription after my blog post (“The awful, necessary truth about Palestinian terror”) of Sunday last week; the reason being given for my firing, though, is … Continue reading →

I have an apology to make for “The awful, necessary truth about Palestinian terror,” which I posted here and on Facebook on Sunday. I didn’t mean to say anything “good” about Palestinian terror against Israelis – I see nothing good in … Continue reading →

It’s a little ironic – the post I wrote here a few days ago on Palestinian terrorism has gotten me branded a traitor by all sorts of right-wingers, but until the attack a week ago near Eilat, the thing I was planning … Continue reading →

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, August 24, 2011  There’s a feeling of instability in the atmosphere, of built-up pressure hanging motionless. The air is hazy, the sky is pale and miasmic. Earthquake weather, it’s called. That’s the atmosphere in this country, … Continue reading →

I’m linking to The Telegraph articles about the British riots by a black teacher from Brixton, Katharine Birbalsingh, because they put to shame all the pathetic excuses for the riots and the rioters being made by patronizing leftists. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/katharinebirbalsingh/100100161/no-wonder-these-kids-think-stealing-trainers-is-ok-everyone-makes-excuses-for-them/ Birbalsingh blames the riots on the … Continue reading →

Lot happening, isn’t there? The Arab Spring already seems old hat, now we’ve got social upheaval in Israel, violent social upheaval in England, world economic crisis, and what seems like the end of Obama’s presidency and start of GOP’s return to White … Continue reading →

At the risk of this being too good to be true, it seems that the social protests in Israel are serving the Palestinian drive for independence -both at the UN in September and for the longer-term fight.  As the September 20 … Continue reading →

“Rattling the Cage,” The Jerusalem Post, August 3, 2011 To think that three weeks ago, Israel was the “start-up nation.” The economic envy of America, Europe, the whole world, it seemed. The “Sabra Tiger,” you could say. The peace process … Continue reading →