http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | “A pessimist,” a wise man said, “is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities. An optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.” That neatly sums up the divided opinion about what must happen in Iraq – and subsequently in other countries of the Middle East – now that the first of […]

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of stardust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly be heard of; but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the […]

Shalom. Everyone seems to be standing in line to shake his hand, to give him a hug, wish him luck, and help him on his way to eternal fame and glory. George Bush will invite him to the White House. Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street. And even our Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, in […]

Hamas terrorist: CAIR supports him, opposes Dr. Pipes. The president’s recent selection of Daniel Pipes to serve on the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace is noteworthy because it appears to signal that the Bush White House was sensitive after all to an important distinction: Not all Muslims are Islamists — members of virulently […]

In ironic contrast to its correct stance on Iraq, the Bush Administration now proceeds to create another terror state in the Middle East. Fashioned by a so-called Quartet – the United States; Russia; the European Union and the United Nations – the President’s plan is known formally as “The Road Map for Implementation of a […]

One of the major issues pushed by the Arab propaganda machine is the so-called “refugee problem,” which is utilized to justify the terror and murder unleashed upon Israel and to elicit support from a misled world. Population displacement is a common phenomenon in times of war. What is uncommon is the sinister and purposeful keeping […]

The main motivating force behind the American left has always been anti-Americanism, and this has never been so apparent as during the current war against terrorism. While this is well recognized, what is far less commonly known is that Israel has its own analogue to these people. The Israeli left is as anti-Israel and anti-Jewish […]

A word on anger, of which we have seen plenty in the mob plunder of the palaces and ministries of Iraq these past few days. To call this payback is wild understatement. Saddam Hussein looted Iraq for decades, on a scale that until four weeks ago never got the response it deserved. The wider world […]

There are traditionally four questions asked at the Passover Seder. But this doesn’t mean that those are the only questions we may ask. On the contrary, those questions should be only a beginning. Here are four more questions for the Seder: At the beginning of the Passover Haggadah, the traditional text runs as follows: “This […]

President George W. Bush, the Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful nation on earth, tells Israel to take a chance. Strangely, his proffered advise to a minuscule nation surrounded by 160 million Arabs howling for Jewish blood, is not matched with his plans for Homeland Protection of the United States of America. President Bush is spending […]