T. Belman. Welcome to Israel. Whenever there is a flare up in Arab violence, the US demands that Israel stop provoking them. When Sen Mitchel went to Israel in 2,000 to report of the Arab violence, he recommended that Israel freeze settlement construction which it was legally allowed to do. Amb Nides recently said his job is to “restore calm”. That is the value the US embraces at home and abroad unless the violence suits their purpose as in Ukraine.
By Raymond Ibrahim, AM THINKER
Is the world progressing, as the Progressives claim, or is it in fact regressing?
More and more evidence suggests the latter. In fact, in certain respects, the West is increasingly becoming like the quintessential Third World — namely, the Islamic world.
One can cite several examples — the West’s eagerness to ban any Christian symbol, lest it offend, or its ban on free speech, lest that too offend (or “blasphemes” against Muslim sensibilities) — but an unexpected one recently surfaced.
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