The Irony Lady: Israel And The Arabs…On The Balance Sheet
by Gerald A. Honigman
John Campbell’s biography of Great Britain’s former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990), has just hit the big screen. Meryl Streep is already being talked about for another academy award for her portrayal of the Iron Lady.
Like her nation’s overwhelming [...]

Why Myanmar…But Not Judea?
by Gerald A. Honigman
Why Sri Lanka, but not Samaria?
Why not Rhodesia, but the “West Bank?”
It’s admirable (don’t you think?) when a people throws off the legacy of imperial oppression to embrace their new freedom. The very renaming of nations themselves has often been a reflection of this wonderful [...]

Pinochle…Iraqi Style
by Gerald A. Honigman
It’s been decades since I played the game.
I remember watching older college friends mastering the Pinochle deck, and then later becoming pretty good myself.
Four-handed Pinochle, pitting opposing pairs of players against each other, was the most popular version, but I soon learned the far more personal three-handed variety as well. The [...]

Long Live Arabistan!
by Gerald A. Honigman
The latest news coming out of Syria told of at least a hundred protestors being mowed down in the streets by Assad’s military. Conservative estimates claim that over 5,000 such folks have already lost their lives this way since the Arab Spring sprung in that country.
Pouring salt onto [...]

Newt, “Palestine,” and Chanukah Corroborations (Take 2)
by Gerald A. Honigman
By now, Republican presidential hopeful, Newt Gingrich’s, remarks about the non-existence of “Palestinians” and “Palestine” (apart from the greater Arab identity) are well known.
Realizing that Arabs already had almost two dozen states (conquered and carved out of mostly other, non-Arab peoples’ lands– including one on [...]

Leon Vs. Don: A Tale Of Two Secretaries…
by Gerald A. Honigman
Such blatherings out of the Obama Administration have by now become commonplace.
Even before the 2008 election, Senator Obama was on record saying that Israel would be crazy if it did not accept the Saudi Peace Plan.
The two key provisions of this plan require [...]

Prince William, the Falklands, and Those Expansionist Jews…
by Gerald A. Honigman
The AP article on November 14th spoke of Great Britain’s Prince William, second in line to the throne, being deployed to Las Malvinas.
The latter largely became known as the Falkland Islands the same way that Judea and Samaria became renamed the “West Bank”…as [...]

Slick Willy, Bibi, and ($$$) Grateful Arab Petro-Potentates…
by Gerald A. Honigman
Hey, I voted for the guy…twice.
I had high hopes for the Man from Hope. But, then again, I voted for Mr. Peanut–Apartheid Israel–Jimmy Carter too.
Can’t say I haven’t given Democrats a chance…
So, what I have to say next is not coming [...]

Secretary Rice…Whom Are You Kidding?
by Gerald A. Honigman
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice took the Obama Administration to task on November 1st, claiming that his policies have set back peacemaking between Arabs and Jews in the region.
Rice particularly took aim at Obama’s [...]

As Ye Sow…Too Predictable, 2011
by Gerald A. Honigman
A family asleep in their own home gets decimated. Among the five massacred, the 3-month old infant gets decapitated and her two young siblings’ throats are slashed.
A young father, driving with his infant, son are killed, people are murdered on a bus, schools and homes [...]