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From Vienna to Queens: Karl Lueger, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Polite Antisemitism

By Paul Gherkin

No, Mamdani isn’t directly inciting genocide. But Lueger didn’t either. History tells us you don’t need to pull the trigger to light the fuse.

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NY Times and Jewish Democratic Leaders Reverse On Mamdani

By Paul Gherkin

It’s a terrifying reality of today’s world where party loyalty is paramount over anything else.

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France Hates “Foreign Interference” in France, Loves “Foreign Interference” for Israel

By Paul Gherkin

Macron’s “France First” policy will attempt to sacrifice Israel to radical Islamism in an effort to buy a few years of peace with the small but growing Muslim Brotherhood in France.

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Double Standards: Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

By Paul Gherkin

This isn’t a defense of censorship but a demand for consistency

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Every Year a Refugee

By Paul Gherkin

How many generations should someone be called a “refugee?” Two? Ten? My parents were refugees and I consider myself the son of refugees. But not a refugee. To do so would be a mockery of millions of people fleeing homes to faraway lands where they have no family, infrastructure or knowledge of the local language. […]

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UN’s Guterres Only Hates Israeli Jews, Not Diplomats

By Paul Gherkin

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is first and foremost a politician, not a human being

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Is “Free Palestine” Immoral Or “Counterproductive”?

By Paul Gherkin

There is a reason the hordes are yelling “we are all Hamas,” “gas the Jews” and “Heil Hitler"--and it isn’t coexistence.

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What The World Sees In Gaza

By Paul Gherkin

Gaza isn’t just a local issue anymore. It’s global. It’s ideological. And for Israelis, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

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All Noisy On The Western Front: Why Anti-Zionism Today Is Different

By Paul Gherkin

In 1975, while the United Nations was led by a former Nazi, Kurt Waldheim, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, equating Zionism with racism—a resolution so grotesque and politically motivated that it was ultimately revoked in 1991

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Should This Be The Final World Zionist Congress?

By Paul Gherkin

The nature of antisemitism has changed dramatically over this time. While Diaspora Jews still suffer from discrimination because they are Jews, Israeli policies have become the leading cause for antisemitism.

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Shai Davidai And Peter Beinart Circus And Views

By Paul Gherkin

The optics of the debate gave Beinart the win even while his content was problematic. Beinart's definition of Zionism is ridiculous and his ambivalence about the safety and rights of Jews in Israel as well as Jews on American campuses being barred from buildings by people calling for their genocide is chilling.

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Does Gaza Fall Outside Humanitarian Laws?

By Paul Gherkin

If civilians and related infrastructure are enmeshed by premeditated design with an active military, then the civilians have become integrated into the war effort and renounced protections of distinction.

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The Shadow Of Trump’s Ukraine On The Middle East

By Paul Gherkin

Trump’s “America First” policy may sometimes run against the wronged party, as in Ukraine.

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Nicholas Kristof Is Vulgar

By Paul Gherkin

Kristof’s latest opinion pieces, “Our Beloved Gaza Is Gone”, showcases why his views are vulgar and promote antisemitic jihadists.

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DSA’s Dehumanization of Bibas Babies Is Coming For You

By Paul Gherkin

The popular Palestinian Arab government of Gaza returned the murdered bodies of two Jewish redhead children and their mother to Israel today. The Bibas Babies were Ariel, aged four years and Kfir, aged 9 months, when Palestinian Arab terrorists kidnapped them on October 7, 2023. Shiri Bibas and her two sons Ariel and Kfir The […]

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Eden Without Snakes

By Paul Gherkin

To watch the Kiwis stand in judgment of the Jewish State is a pathetic display of virtue signaling by naive and entitled actual colonists

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Anchor Democracy

By Paul Gherkin

Anchor Diplomacy, the muscle of entrenching a position and forcing the sides to react, can only be effective by a mediator with tremendous influence on each side.

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President Trump’s Orthodox Jewish Rabbis

By Paul Gherkin

No surprise to see Trump invite an Orthodox rabbi to Washington, D.C., even while they make up a small percentage of Jews in America.

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On Syria’s Assad And The Former ‘Axis Of Resistance’

By Paul Gherkin

Sometimes to understand the big picture, look at a single person

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Kennedy and Trump: The Jihadi War On American Politicians

By Paul Gherkin

Jihadi groups are not just waging a war on Israel but also on America.

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You Disgust Me

By Paul Gherkin

Pitting one group against another will always be bad for society.

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Will Jews Pivot To Law, Order, And Self-Interest?

By Paul Gherkin

The trend of Jews voting more Republican is likely to continue into the future

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Powerful Democrats Tell Leaders To Wait Out The Jews

By Paul Gherkin

The cleft in the Democratic Party between the old and new guards is a tactical decision whether to wait for Jews to hang themselves or to give clearance to rob, rape and murder them immediately.

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Jews Living, Hiding, and Dying in the Dark Shadow Of Obama's 2nd Term

By Paul Gherkin

The rampant antisemitism in the United States and death and destruction in the Middle East today stem from Obama’s failed and deliberate strategies

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Jews Are Still Living, Hiding and Dying In The Dark Shadow Of Obama’s Second Term

By Paul Gherkin

The current war on Jews in the United States and Israel, home to 85% of world Jewry, was fueled by President Obama's push to elevate the Muslim world, and the Islamic Republic of Iran in particular.

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West Bank Arabs Support Sinwar And War

By Paul Gherkin

Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 massacre, was killed by an Israeli military operation in Gaza on October 17 one year later. The mourning among West Bank Arabs was likely much greater than for Gazans. According to the September 2024 Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) poll, Sinwar was much more […]

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Sen. Schumer is No ‘Shomer’

By Paul Gherkin

Non-'Shomer' Schumer: Did NOT stand with Israel; Did NOT call Hamas a terrorist group that must never be allowed to rule Gaza; Did NOT say he supports arming Israel to defend itself; Did NOT mention peace; Did NOT call out the sickening antisemitism everywhere.

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October 7th--and A Year

By Paul Gherkin

The trauma of the brutality continues past the year anniversary. Hostages remain. The Iranian Proxies War continues. The PTSD of raped women does not fade, nor for those who witnessed their family and friends killed.

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UN Still Unwilling to Bring Hamas to Face Justice

By Paul Gherkin

The UN has shown a complete disregard of the lives, rights, dignity and humanity of Jews. It should not only be defunded but expelled from the US

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The Future of 'Evil' Hamas Regime Under Trump vs. Harris

By Paul Gherkin

Harris and Trump agree that Hamas is an evil terrorist organization but it would appear that only a Trump Administration would push to destroy the group,

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Muslim American Community Gameplan For 2024 Presidential Election is BEYOND 2024

By Paul Gherkin

Islamists will work to infiltrate the educational system and overtake the Democratic Party to breed a new generation of socialist-jihadists who will normalize anti-Zionism and antisemitism.

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The “N‑word” And “Free Palestine”

By Paul Gherkin

In short, Meta decided to side with pro-Palestinians over Zionists and Jews who view the phrase as an open call for the genocide of Jews.

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The Distant Fantasy Of Two States Living Side By Side In Today’s Reality

By Paul Gherkin

Israel and its supporters have long desired to see a Jewish State existing peacefully in the broader Arab Middle East since before the modern State of Israel was founded, while Arab states and pro-Palestinians have refused the formulation. The two most notable examples were Zionists’ acceptance of the United Nations General Assembly 1947 Partition Plan […]

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Israel Adheres To Principles Of Proportionality And Distinction

By Paul Gherkin

Why would Norway’s foreign minister attack Israel for the tragic collateral deaths instead of Palestinian leadership for embedding military leadership within a civilian population?

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The UN Helped Set The Stage For The October 7 Massacre

By Paul Gherkin

Why should Palestinians negotiate a compromise with Israel when they believe that they will achieve all of their aims with global support?

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When Enemies Of The Jews Use “Any Means Necessary”

By Paul Gherkin

For thousands of years, Jews have been hunted, caged, expelled and exterminated.

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Hamas, CAIR, DSA, Within Our Lifetime, SJP Are All Gunning For Jews

By Paul Gherkin

Jews have enemies, and they are public and proud about gunning for Jews. Some are deranged individuals but others are members of organized groups like American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) with thousands of supporters and growing power. HAMAS Hamas is the ruling authority of Gaza and a political party which controls 58% of the seats […]

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As The US Reels From Socialist-Jihadi Antisemitism, The NY Times Tells Readers That Republicans Are The Antisemites

By Paul Gherkin

The uptick in antisemitic hate crimes in the United States is at all-time terrifying highs. Since the October 7, 2023 brutal slaughter by Palestinian Arabs from Gaza of roughly 1,200 people in Israel, radical Muslim and far-left socialists have been celebrating the torture of Jews and promising to bring the “intifada” to the streets and […]

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Bewildered

By Paul Gherkin

It never dawned on American Jews that they were facing a threat as they watched a legal and financial system which was based on fairness and hard work in which they participated and excelled, being trashed as inherently racist.

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‘Tis The Season To Vote And Donate Jewish

By Paul Gherkin

And what about for us as Americans today? How do we allow terrorist supporters and antisemites to get elected and issue threats on the streets and college campuses?

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Purim And The 2024 Elections

By Paul Gherkin

We are not powerless to stem the tide of hatred

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Purim 2024: Fighting

By Paul Gherkin

We yell “Happy Purim!” As we munch our gar’inim Handing IDF foods in olive green bags.

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UNRWA Is Hamas’s Iron Dome

By Paul Gherkin

‘Shield’ is an English word which is both a noun and a verb. As a verb, it means to protect something, and as a noun, it means an emblem that represents an organization. UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees, acts and is Hamas’s shield. In attempting to root out the […]

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“Context” For October 7: Palestinians Prioritize Destroying Israel Over Getting Statehood

By Paul Gherkin

Palestinians have shown repeatedly that the desire to eliminate Israel dwarves their goal of self-determination and a state.

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Martin Luther King and Zionism

By Paul Gherkin

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”

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Fire UN Secretary General Guterres

By Paul Gherkin

Rather than demand that the terrorists “be held accountable,” as with Iranians, Guterres urged “maximum restraint” by Israel. Instead of offering condolences to victim families AND the state as he did for Iran, Guterres omitted any mention of feelings towards Israel.

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When Founding Fathers Are Psychopaths And Cowards

By Paul Gherkin

A country founded by psychopaths will in all likelihood be a failed state, prominently featuring cruelty, and a populace blind to empathy and reason.

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The THREE "Two-State Solutions"

By Paul Gherkin

Permanently putting Israel on the defensive with one-sided resolutions makes Israel unwilling to seriously consider the UN on any matter.

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Judaism Is Uniquely Tied To The Land Of Israel

By Paul Gherkin

The Jewish homeland is the land of Israel and its diaspora is the world outside of that land. No other faith has this concept of homeland and diaspora.

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Who Will Protest Or Resign From NY Times For Posting Opinion From Hamas’s Gaza City Mayor?

By Paul Gherkin

The Times figured that it would give its Sunday platform to a member of this U.S.-designated terrorist organization, as a form of support that people assume only comes from TikTok

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Gazan Civilian Death Toll Explained

By Paul Gherkin

Incendiary comments fly in the face of Israel's concerted efforts to minimize civilian casualties as it tries to eliminate Hamas terrorists.

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Jews Are A Minority-Minority

By Paul Gherkin

Jews are a minority-minority in the United States and around the world, persecuted and unprotected by laws and people who are both proud of their antisemitism and those who think they are fighting for minority rights

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The United Nations Fails Own Resolution To Combat Terrorism

By Paul Gherkin

All countries should demand the resignation of the Secretary General and label Hamas a terrorist group immediately.

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An Open Letter To Progressive Diaspora Jews

By Paul Gherkin

As your “allies” celebrate the most vicious cruelty to Jewish men, women and children, you pause to think that despite shedding almost every Jew and Zionist from your life, your intersectional brothers still see you as a Jew unless you can join them in cheering the slaughter of Jews and destruction of the Jewish State.

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The Dangerous ‘Settlers Storming Al Aqsa’ Fiction

By Paul Gherkin

Wafa, the official media of the Palestinian Authority wrote on September 10 that “Dozens of settlers break into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

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Every Picture Tells A Story: No Brutal Slaughter Of Israeli Civilians

By Paul Gherkin

NY Times all the lies and the equivocations that are fit to print

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US: “Morally, Historically, and Politically Wrong” About Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount

By Paul Gherkin

Why is the Biden Administration so determined to spread anger, division and hate?

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For The Sins Of 5783…

By Paul Gherkin

For all these things, please pardon us

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NY Times Mocks NYC Mayor and Israel

By Paul Gherkin

The New York Times belittled Mayor Adams flowery compliments of Israelis.

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Palestinian Authority “Martyrs Fund” May Soon Fund Killing Jews in the US and UK

By Paul Gherkin

Martyrs are a core part of the Palestinian Arab psyche which goes to the heart of the ceaseless violence in the region. It may soon go global.

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Act Against The Antisemitic Slanderers And Definitely Those In Power

By Paul Gherkin

In the United States today, there are many raging antisemites who have been given platforms to air their putrid rantings.

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Palestinians Utterly Fail Two Tests: Oslo Accords And Gaza Disengagement

By Paul Gherkin

Palestinians have violently opposed Jews living in Israel for a century. The occasional massacres of the 1920s gave way to multi-year pogroms in the late 1930s. When the British announced their intention to leave the region and terminate their mandate, the local Arabs rejected the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan and enlisted neighboring Arab countries […]

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Biden’s “Slimmest Possible Majority”

By Paul Gherkin

Let's unpack the statement surrounding "the slimmest possible majority."

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Using Terrorism For Fundraising, and Fundraising For Terrorism

By Paul Gherkin

Israel successfully eliminated several terrorists in the United Nations-administered zone in Jenin and confiscated many weapons. Rather than consider why the UN harbors so many terrorists, the global body used the opportunity to fundraise.

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Will NY Democrats Come After A Pro-Jewish Pro-Israel Congressman?

By Paul Gherkin

Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY17) has been very active supporting his constituents, particularly those interested in combatting antisemitism and promoting peace in the Middle East. It may make him a target of powerful left-wing politicians in New York State. Lawler: Pro Peace and Bi-Partisan On June 12, 2023, Lawler took to the House floor to promote […]

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The Flawed and Inconsistent U.S. Position On Israelis Living In The West Bank

By Paul Gherkin

if Palestine can only be created as a Jew-free state, it should never be admitted to the United Nations or recognized by any country.

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Missing: IHRA Antisemitism Definitions Related To Israel

By Paul Gherkin

People are concerned that the IHRA definition of antisemitism has too many references to the Jewish STATE of Israel when in fact it has too few mentions of the Jewish LAND of Israel

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No Israeli Good Deed Goes Unpunished

By Paul Gherkin

According to Amnesty International and NY Times

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Palestine Islamic Jihad: NY Times vs. State Department

By Paul Gherkin

The Times’ description stands in sharp contrast to that supplied by the US State Department.

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NakbaWashing Crimes Against Jews

By Paul Gherkin

No amount of NakbaWashing will remove the indelible stain of Palestinian Jew-hatred.

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Publicly Anti Anti-Semitism

By Paul Gherkin

Some politicians said that Jews do not deserve protection and have collectively earned the hatred and wrath of society.

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Israel at 75

By Paul Gherkin

Happy Birthday Israel!

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US’s Weak Condemnation Of Palestinian Terror

By Paul Gherkin

Amidst the Jewish holiday of Passover, Palestinian terrorist launched attacks on civilians in Israel, killing three and injuring many others. Italian tourist Alessandro Parini, killed while visiting Israel by Israeli Arab The United States offered tepid comments about the heinous killings. To start, the official statement came from Vendat Patel. Never heard of him? He's […]

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Arabs Want To Kill Jews In Israel

By Paul Gherkin

For The First Time Since The 2nd Intifada, Majority of West Bank Arabs want Jews murdered

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Israel Teaches The World About Democracy

By Paul Gherkin

The streets of Israel are teeming with hundreds of thousands of people protesting the proposed changes to the country’s judicial system. It is a global lesson in democracy. An Education About The Supreme Court The current protests are not about the price of cottage cheese (there actually was such a protest in Israel!), raising the […]

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Neo Nazis’ Day Of Hate; Radical Jihadists’ Day Of Rage

By Paul Gherkin

jihadists sometimes need to rally their anti-Semitic brethren.

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Rudoren Unhinged

By Paul Gherkin

Progressive anti-Zionism has become common in politics, college campuses and mainstream media.

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A Unique Evil: Jenin And Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Paul Gherkin

Palestinian terrorist groups are only coming for the Jews, and the majority of Palestinian society supports them. These terrorists are not a fringe radical group but represent a mainstream sentiment.

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Israelis Targeting Terrorists, Palestinians Targeting Civilians

By Paul Gherkin

There is no moral equivalence between the actions of Palestinians attacking innocent Jews and Israel defending its citizens.

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On Defenses: Provocative and Legal / Unprovocative and Illegal

By Paul Gherkin

It is deeply disturbing that Israeli Jews visiting their sacred site is greeted by condemnation by not only radical Islamists, but by the Western media and governments.

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Menorahs of Defiance

By Paul Gherkin

A story for this, the last day of Hanukah.

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The First Dreamer

By Paul Gherkin

Foreshadowing the Life Of Joseph

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Review Of 2022 New York Congressional Voting And Spending

By Paul Gherkin

Looking at it geographically, Democrats won 10 of 11 New York City Districts, while Republicans won 10 of 15 non-NYC districts.

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Kanye’s And Palestinian Arabs’ Antisemitism

By Paul Gherkin

Palestinians and Kanye are not simply trying to claim a piece of history for themselves and embracing the cultural appropriation of Jews. They are simultaneously trying to rob Jews of their history.

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Explosion Of Liberal Extremists In Congress

By Paul Gherkin

It is not a dream--Far-left extremists have been winning a frightening number of seats in congress-it's a NIGHTMARE

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