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

Hide and Seek…writes Michael Kuttner

At some stage most children have played the game hide and seek where a designated individual closes his/her eyes, counts to 20 or 50 or 100 while the other kids run and hide as quickly as possible. Read more

Moral Bankruptcy Once Again

For the benefit of those who may have forgotten their history lessons and for the majority of those who were born well after World War 2, I would like to take this opportunity of pointing out some salient and sobering facts which will hopefully focus attention on an unfolding scandal confronting all of us at the moment. Read more

On the Threshold…writes Michael Kuttner

Jewish communities worldwide are preparing to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the New Year according to the religious calendar. Read more

Two States for Two Peoples on Two Sides of the Jordan River

A seminar in Jerusalem has covered all aspects of Two States for Two Peoples on Two Sides of the Jordan River…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Fair Dinkum – You Couldn’t Make This Up…writes Michael Kuttner

Many years ago there used to be something published in newspapers called Ripley’s believe it or not where all sorts of weird and wonderful information was presented and one had to guess whether it was fact or fiction. Read more

Welcome to Camp Jihad…writes Michael Kuttner

The hazy, crazy, lazy endless days of summer are upon us and children are enjoying vacation from school, the luxury of going to bed late and then sleeping in the next morning and for many having a great time at summer camps. Read more

We are not amused…writes Michael Kuttner

Israel has received official visits from a large number of heads of state during its 65 years of re-established independence. Read more

Gold Medallist Prepares to Defend Title

One of Australia’s brightest prospects for a gold medal at the 2013 Maccabiah Games is squash player, Irvin Gordon of Sydney, who is preparing to defend the medal he won at the last Maccabiah in 2009. Read more

Labelling Jews Again…writes Michael Kuttner

During the last 2,000 years Jews have at various times been forced to wear distinctive clothing marking us as Jews plus badges or labels usually of the yellow variety. Read more

Advice galore!

What are friends for if not to give solicited or unsolicited advice at any time?…asks Michael Kuttner. Read more

Fantasia – Illusions, Delusions and Confusion…writes Michael Kuttner

I remember as a child in New Zealand many years ago watching the first animated Walt Disney movie called Fantasia. Read more

Campus virus – a worldwide pandemic…writes Michael Kuttner

During the waning years of the Weimar Republic in the early 1930’s, my late father was a student at the university in Karlsruhe, Southern Germany. Read more

A Serious Case of Colour Blindness…writes Michael Kuttner

Individuals suffering from colour blindness are unable to distinguish between red and green. This of course can be a dangerous situation if they drive  and have to know when to stop or go at traffic lights. In serious cases those afflicted may be denied a driving license. Read more

Giving moderation a bad name…writes Michael Kuttner

 When is someone called a moderate not really one at all? Read more

Remembering the Past – Learning Lessons for Today…writes Michael Kuttner

Anyone who has been in Israel during Yom Hashoa and Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha’Atzmaut  will remember the eerie feeling as the haunting sound of the wailing siren reverberates throughout the country and most people stand in silent tribute as they recall those martyred during the Holocaust and those who made the supreme sacrifice in defending the Jewish People’s rebirth as a nation in their homeland. Read more

April Fools

The dust has hardly settled after the Obama big top packed up and left town and we are faced with yet another act. This one is entirely predictable with the performers being second grade material but this neither detracts from their brazen chutzpah nor the reaction of the local and international media…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Roll up, rollup the circus has come to town…writes Michael Kuttner

One week before Passover, the Festival when Jews worldwide commemorate the Exodus of their ancestors from slavery in Egypt and the 40 year journey to the Land of Israel, we are in the midst of media frenzy over the visit of the President of the United States and his entourage to our region. Read more

A Recipe For Peace and Understanding?…writes Michael Kuttner

The Israel Resource News Agency in Jerusalem recently commissioned a documentary on the subject of education in UNRWA schools. In an explosive exposure of what is really happening behind the scene in these places of learning, the full extent of hate education being carried out in these schools is revealed. Read more

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