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For Israel’s progressive elites, the real war is against the enemy withinThe Oct. 7 massacre brought Israelis together. Most of us understood full well that we need to hurry up and heal the wounds created by the bitter struggle over judicial reform so that we can pool our resources together for the momentous task we now face. But the far left, and certainly the hardcore of the permanent protest, does not share the sentiment. After a short lull at the beginning of the war, in which they too felt obliged to offer lip service to unity, their strategists, cheerleaders in...

In all my years, covering nearly half a century, of studying, practicing, and teaching Judaic and secular law, I have never seen such gutless cowardice and irresponsible “adjudication” as what just has transpired in Israel with the Israeli “Supreme” Court voting 8-7 to ban a Constitutional Amendment regulating them. On top of that, they rule two days later on the Incapacitation Law. All amid an existential war that, if not prosecuted as a nation united, could result kiv’yakhol (as though possible, G-d forbid) in a situation where there would be no country left to implement those corrupt rulings, reached as...

Who said this: “And in the face of Obama’s deplorable agenda we have “progressive” organizations like MoveOn, which should be declared the Sociopathic Slime-Balls of the Century.”  Rush Limbaugh? Nope. A prominent Left-wing blog, OpEdNews.com.   And who said this: “This is not a simple matter of an organizational oligarchy manipulating its membership, although the avoidance by MoveOn's leadership is a troubling sign.”   George Will? Nope. An excerpt from a column in the Left’s flagship, The Nation, by anti-Vietnam War activist Tom Hayden.    How about this headline? “Violent Crackdowns and Sweetheart Deals. Andy Stern's Rackets.”   Michelle Malkin? Nope. Ralph...

Within three days of the official broadcast of the fax new Clinton Wallace confrontation, media reports citing such “experts” as Yale associate dean, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, were widely distributed (e.g. AP via Yahoo News,"Expert: Public Anger Can Be Refreshing") pushing the slant that Clinton’s assaultive conduct during the interview was a “good thing” “Is a little tantrum now and then just what's called for?Under the right circumstances, yes, say some analysts of social behavior."It's more important than ever to cut through the clutter," says Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean at Yale's School of Management. ‘All of us are so over-managed these...