By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 30/11/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/happy-posthumous-birthday-mr-churchill/ Yesterday we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Partition of Palestine, contained in General Assembly resolution 181, of 1947. Today, November 30th, we would do well to remember the birth of one of the most extraordinary men and influencing leaders of the Twentieth Century: Winston Leonard … Seguir leyendo Happy Posthumous Birthday, Mr. Churchill – 30/11/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 06/11/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/centennial-of-the-balfour-declaration-nothing-to-apologize-for-2/The Palestinians have been demanding a British official apology for the Balfour Declaration, issued a hundred years ago this month. Instead they received these public pronouncements from the highest authorities of His Majesty’s Government. “We are proud of our pioneering role in the creation of the State … Seguir leyendo Centennial of the Balfour Declaration: Nothing to apologize for – 06/11/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 11/9/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/pm-netanyahu-in-argentina/ Today, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lands in Argentina. Official Israeli trips to this country can be traced back to 1951, when Golda Meir came here, inaugurating a succession of future visits that included those of Abba Eban, Levy Eshkol, David Ben-Gurion, Isaac Rabin and Shimon Peres.Netanyahu’s … Seguir leyendo PM Netanyahu in Argentina – 11/09/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 18/7/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/too-many-718s/ Two weeks ago, the Argentine newspaper La Nación announced: “AMIA Bombing: unidentified DNA found amid human remains and is suspected that it could be the attacker´s.” Readers should be pardoned for believing that we are in 1994, the year in which the AMIA Jewish community center … Seguir leyendo Too many 7/18s – 18/07/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 6/6/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/zionist-jazz/ Granted, the title is exaggerated. But how else could one properly describe Nina Simone’s 1962 performance of the classic Jewish and Zionist standard Eretz zavat halav udebash? A black and white video of the beautiful and sober execution in quintet formation (piano, bass, percussion, drums and … Seguir leyendo Zionist Jazz – 06/06/17 →

As the dramatic and painful 20th century was drawing to a close, one of the most important books of our times appeared in France: The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Published in 1997, the same year marking the 80th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it still is one of the most potent and … Seguir leyendo The book that settled scores with history – 10/05/17 →

The way The New York Times dealt with two maritime tragedies during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine might be an enlightening introduction to its editorial position on Zionism, the Jewish National Home, and the plight of European Jewish refugees during WWII. In November 1940, the Patria ship was moored in the port … Seguir leyendo The New York Times and Zionism – 04/05/17 →

These couple of weeks has been really good for Palestinian propaganda. First, The New York Times promoted Marwan Barghouti -a famous terrorist sentenced to five life terms for murdering Israelis- in its opinion pages. Then, the Municipality of Barcelona invited legendary Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled to lecture in the city. The New York Times‘s decision to give … Seguir leyendo First Barghouti, then Khaled – 27/04/17 →