In the just-released movie about Golda Meir and her role as Israeli Prime Minister prior to, and during, the surprise attack launched by Egypt and Syria on the Jewish state in 1973, President Richard Nixon appears only in one brief scene. But Nixon was critical to Israel’s victory in the Yom Kippur war, by sending […]
Anti-Israel Attacks on Movie ‘Golda’
The just-released movie “Golda,” starring Helen Mirren, has led to an upsurge in anti-Israel and antisemitic comments about both the former Prime Minister and the state of Israel. More on this dismaying phenomenon can be found here: “How The ‘Golda’ Movie Became a Vehicle to Spread Hate,” by Rachel O’Donoghue, HonestReporting, August 30, 2023: Even […]
Golda Meir, Helen Mirren, and Frank Sinatra
Golda Meir has always been my favorite among Israeli leaders. Not for being one of Israel’s founders, though she was that — Present At the Creation on May 14, 1948, Certainly not for her role as Prime Minister. presiding over the Jewish state at the time of its greatest peril, during the Yom Kippur War, […]
Mohamed Hadid: Golda Meir Was A ‘Proud Palestinian’
Palestinian-Jordanian-American real estate tycoon Mohamed Hadid — best known as the father of models Gigi and Bella Hadid — claimed on May 7 that former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was a “proud Palestinian” and that her comments about Palestinian identity proved that there was “religious coexistence and tolerance” in “Palestine” until Zionism came along […]
Biden Lies Again, Claims He Was Golda Meir’s Liaison During the Six-Day War
Mendacious? In the grip of dementia? Or both? My latest in FrontPage: Old Joe Biden is a serial liar as well as an elderly man in the grip of dementia, and it was initially hard to tell which one was kicking in on Thursday when he claimed that he served as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir’s […]
The Lessons of the Yom Kippur War, Pre-Emptive Strikes, and Iran
The Yom Kippur War was a war Israel almost lost. The accepted story is that Israel was taken by surprise; that Egypt and Syria managed to launch simultaneous attacks against an unprepared IDF. It turns out that the true story was more disturbing than that: Israel knew in advance, thanks to American intelligence, of […]
The New York Times’ Latest Act of Journalistic Malpractice Against Israel
It is well-known that the New York Times slants its coverage of Israel – in its reports from the Middle East, in its editorials, and in the Op/Ed submissions it chooses to publish. Israel is so often the villain, the Palestinians so often the victim, In the Times’ presentation of the Arab-Israeli conflict. A […]