Kerry on regardless…writes Michael Kuttner

Do you remember those old “carry on” films which were so popular many years ago?  Those British produced comedies exemplified everything that was outrageous yet not quite unbelievable in depicting the mad side of life. Read more

Dayenu – Enough Already…writes Michael Kuttner

One of the amazing characteristics inherent in the Israeli approach to life is the refusal to be cowed by threats, implied or overt, and to live life to the full at every opportunity. Read more

In every generation…writes Michael Kuttner

Once again as we have done since the Exodus of our ancestors from Egypt, Jews worldwide will be sitting down together with family and friends to recount the dramas associated with that history making event so long ago. Read more

How Low Can You Go?….asks Michael Kuttner

When it comes to the Palestinian Arab Authority and now it seems the White House and State Department the depths to which they have sunk has created a new record in cynical behavior of a kind not seen for many years. Read more

Love/Hate Relationship

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in conjunction with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, has organised a forum entitled “Europe and Israel – A New Paradigm.” J-Wire’s Michael Kuttner attended… Read more

Chutzpa of the Week…writes Michael Kuttner

Another example of naïve Israelis being treated as idiots by those with whom they keep hoping will become peace partners occurred in Jerusalem this week. Read more

Peace Partner? Judge for Yourselves

The three wise men of our generation, Barak Hussein Obama, John Kerry and Shimon Peres, together with other followers of the illusory holy grail of a vanishing mirage, continue to assert and maintain that Mahmoud Abbas, whose term as President of the Palestinian Authority expired quite a few years ago, is a genuine partner for peace. Read more

With friends like these…writes Michael Kuttner

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy “(Aesop) This quote came to me as soon as I heard the latest pronouncements emanating forth from the US Secretary of State, John Kerry. Read more

A Christian Perspective on the Media…writes Michael Kuttner

Visiting Israel at the moment is Dexter Van Zile who is an American Christian media analyst working for CAMERA – Committee for accuracy in Middle East reporting in America. Read more

What a Sorry Mess…writes Michael Kuttner

Surveying the international landscape at present, one is left with an unmistakable impression of chaos, danger and failed policies. Read more

Achtung! – All Jews Out…writes Michael Kuttner

Once upon a time not so many years ago, German politicians were telling Jews to get out and go to Palestine if they valued their lives. Well we all know how that eventually ended. Read more

Reality Bytes…writes Michael Kuttner

As I have mentioned on more than one occasion, hardly a week passes without some reminder that Israel and Jews continue to be the target of obsessive politicians and individuals. Read more

No worries mate!…declares Michael Kuttner

A short two week visit to Melbourne to attend a family Simcha provided me with the opportunity to meet locals, observe life in part of the “lucky country” and make some observations. Read more

Dummies Guide to Peace…by Michael Kuttner

Another week and we are facing yet more unbelievable statements and pronouncements cascading from those involved in the ongoing farce called the “peace” process. Read more

Health and Safety in the Workplace…writes Michael Kuttner

Australia and New Zealand have extensive legislation in place to make sure that sound practices are enforced as far as protecting workers and others. Read more

Inauspicious omens for 2014…writes Michael Kuttner

As we bid farewell to the old year and look forward to the new year according to the Gregorian calendar, it is timely to take stock of where we are at the moment and prognosticate what the coming twelve months are likely to bring. Read more

Israel Snow Report

Michael Kuttner is J-Wire’s correspondent in Israel. He sends us a weather report from his home in Efrat. Read more

Common Sense is not so Common…writes Michael Kuttner (and Voltaire)

The above quote by Voltaire is manifest on a daily basis especially when it concerns Israel. This week has proved no exception and therefore I would like to share with you a few of the latest examples to demonstrate as if any proof was really needed that the sky is the limit for all those who think they know it all. Read more

Embracing Poisonous Partners…writes Michael Kuttner

The newly elected head of the Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition, Yitzhak Herzog, has just returned from a pilgrimage to Ramallah where he was granted an audience with the President of the Palestinian Authority whose term of office incidentally expired over 5 years ago. Read more

Been There – Done That…writes Michael Kuttner

Like some horror movie from the past but no surprise for anyone attuned to the siren sound of appeasement emanating from the corridors of power in Washington, London, Europe and the UN and the chorus of hallelujahs from the usual useful idiots in the media, academia and politics, the curtain has gone up on the latest production to be concocted by the heirs of Chamberlain and friends. Read more

The Poisonous Plague Continues [Part 2]…from Michael Kuttner

Almost as if in confirmation of my last op-ed, the torrent of poison against the Jewish State continues unabated, not only spread by our supposed “peace partners” but also manufactured and disseminated by others. Read more

Poisonous Peace Partners…writes Michael Kuttner

It is inevitable as day follows night that if you drip feed poisonous information into the impressionable minds of young school children you will produce a generation growing into adulthood who will not only believe the worst of those being demonized but also in many cases galvanize them to take action against those they have been taught to hate. Read more

Painful Anatomical Symptoms

A new book published in the United States this week reveals that President Obama considers the Prime Minister of Israel to be a pain in the tuchus. Read more

Political Insomnia

The South African Minister of International Relations was reported in the Israel media this week as confessing to having sleepless nights over the fact that houses were being built for Jews in what she considers Palestinian Arab “occupied” territory. Read more

Briefings for diplomats and media…writes Michael Kuttner

The Jerusalem Post held its annual diplomatic conference in Herzliya last week attended by representatives of countries accredited to Israel and also the international and local media. Perusing the list of attendees I noted that Australia seemed to be conspicuously absent and New Zealand whose diplomats are based in Turkey also did not put in an appearance…but J-Wire was there. Read more

United Nations: The Farce Continues…writes Michael Kuttner

Just when you thought that this world body couldn’t sink any lower they amaze us all and prove everyone wrong. Read more

UNRWA revealed

The Center for Near East Policy Research based in Jerusalem is launching a major initiative to bring to the attention of legislators in various countries, including Australia, the facts about this UN agency which has failed for 65 years in fulfilling its mandate to solve the Arab refugee problem. Read more

Preserving the memory of Egyptian Jewry

In Israel  this week to attend the establishment in their name at Haifa University of a Chair for the Jews of Egypt Heritage, Sydney-based Joseph and Racheline Barda of Sydney spoke with J-Wire’s Israel correspondent Michael Kuttner. Read more

No Will No Way writes Michael Kuttner

Herzl stated that if you will it, it will not be a dream. The resurrected Jewish State is ample proof of that and therein lies a lesson for all of us today. Read more

An Illegitimate Celebration…writes Michael Kuttner

 On Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) hundreds of thousands of Israelis are celebrating this Biblical Festival in an illegitimate manner. That’s not my description but rather that of the European Union and the rest of the UN whose warped definition of Judea, Samaria, the Golan and half of Jerusalem as illegally “occupied” seems to have become something almost divinely ordained. Read more

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