A new (political) danger for delicatessens
November 3, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
‘Regional stability’: The Mirage of the Middle East
October 6, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
To “pursue regional stability” is probably the most worrisome phrase uttered to date by any political leader, namely New York’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in spite of Israel’s astonishing rout of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Weighing Trump’s and Harris’ policies toward Israel
September 27, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
We can envision Donald J. Trump wagging his forefinger as did Pakistani restauranter Babu from Seinfeld when the former president proclaimed, “The Democrats are very bad to Israel, very bad.” Read more
Trump and Carville fan antisemitic sentiment
August 23, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
It does not surprise me that pro-Arab advocates compare the Gaza war to Vietnam and downplay Hamas’ outrages. Read more
Two-State Solution is unworkable but there are other solutions
May 31, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
Spain likely recognizes a chance to revive the Inquisition when the opportunity drops in its lap. Read more
The confused world and murderous rhetoric of Khyami James
May 2, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
It looks like I need to take out a restraining order against Khymani James, who, at the age of 20, went down in modern history this weekend, clamouring that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” Read more
Hamas broke the ceasefire on Oct. 7; Now its supporters want another one
March 3, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
They demand a cease-fire in Manhattan, in South Holland, in London. What they do not guarantee is whether Hamas will honour a cease-fire – a cease-fire with no conditions.
Letter from America: Now they are getting in my face
January 26, 2024 by Bruce S. Ticker
In my neighbourhood in Philadelphia, in my haven away from obnoxious, law-breaking pro-Hamas activists, a billboard sponsored by an Arab/Muslim group emerges ahead for motorists travelling south on Bustleton Avenue that posted the words, in black print, “Don’t stop talking about…” followed below in blood-red larger print: “PALESTINE.” Read more
Flouting the law should not free ‘Palestine’ defenders of consequences
December 14, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Even harsh critics of U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik were stunned when she trumped “legal scholar” and University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill over university policies that can translate into routine criminal laws. Read more
Worse than Nazism: It is Babi Yar all over again
October 12, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Hitler taught the Arabs how to slaughter Jews, yet it can surprise us that the Einsatzaruppen’s chapter in Gaza City could not find a 50-foot deep ravine to gun down the 1200 or more Jews who were massacred on Saturday morning. Read more
What is not fit to print is printed. What is fit to print is not printed.
September 29, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
A New York Times reporter got away with posting a strangely worded, one-sided feature that sends a message that the Palestinians are long-established inhabitants of the land that is now governed by the state of Israel. The Palestinians are even described as “indigenous.” Read more
Food for thought – a letter from America
July 20, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
In The Philadelphia Inquirer’s food section, a Palestinian chef opened up a whole new front…quite an unappetising one…in the propaganda wars over Israel. Read more
Those irritating antisemitic thugs: how low can they go?
May 18, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Two antisemitic thugs in London and Boca Raton, Florida, picked on Jewish targets their own size to badger, as disgusting as these attacks are. Read more
No antisemitism here
April 19, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
It happened in Berlin, of all places. On behalf of those poor Palestinians, they chanted, “Death to the Jews,” “Death to Israel”, and “Tel Aviv, the answer will come.” Read more
Israel is our business
March 3, 2023 by Bruce S. Ticker
Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighbourhood where I grew up. Read more
Palestinians dread what they have wrought
December 27, 2022 by Bruce S. Ticker
As I scanned the menu at a Japanese restaurant in Philadelphia on Sunday, I overheard the word “Palestinians.” Read more
