Copyright 2008 Isi Leibler Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:15:35 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Columns by Isi Leibler. http://www.leibler.com ileibler@netvision.net.il (Isi Leibler) webmaster@pinelist.com en-us http://www.leibler.com/article/379 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 Avraham Burg's book Hitler's Victory, published last year in Hebrew, has now been released in English with a more neutral title - The Holocaust Is Over: We Must Rise from the Ashes. Some of the most offensive remarks appearing in the Israeli edition were also toned down. Paradoxically, the Hebrew version of Burg's book caused barely a ripple, for the simple reason that most Israelis simply wrote him off. http://www.leibler.com/article/378 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 "Dovish" American Jewish groups are frenziedly urging the incoming Obama Administration to prioritize pressuring Israel to make further unilateral concessions. Although it is idle speculation to try to predict the policy that President- http://www.leibler.com/article/377 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 In the wake of the devastating financial tsunami which had already inflicted enormous damage to Jewish and Israeli welfare and educational networks, the subsequent Madoff earthquake will undoubtedly have devastating long term implications for the entire Jewish world. In addition to the closures and major losses inflicted on the entire financial spectrum, the fact that one of the greatest scams of all time was orchestrated by a Jewish criminal and provides fuel for anti-Semitism is bad enough. http://www.leibler.com/article/376 Mon, 8 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 Observing the ugly saga of mob rule unfold in Hebron, I experienced disgust, shame and rage. Let me say at the outset that it was wrong to expel the residents of Bet Shalom before the courts had made a final ruling on its ownership. On the surface, the property seems to have been legitimately purchased, and any suggestion that Jews should be prohibited from owning property in the city of our Patriarchs is unacceptable. http://www.leibler.com/article/372 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 The interfaith conference of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia which took place under the auspices of the United Nations received wide acclamation. President Shimon Peres went to the lengths of telling the Assembly that he wished that "King Abdullah's voice would become the prevailing voice of the whole region, of all people". The World Jewish Congress published a full page advertisement in The New York Times praising the monarch who leads one of the most oppressive and anti- http://www.leibler.com/article/371 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 Observing the response of our dysfunctional leaders since Gilad Schalit was kidnapped in June of 2006, we become increasingly frustrated and infuriated. We cringe as we recollect the repeated empty threats and promises expressed by Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Ministers Peretz and Barak, all of whom vowed never to capitulate to hostage blackmail. Their blunders, lack of resolve and failure to formulate any strategy in this heartbreaking imbroglio amounts to monumental incompetence. http://www.leibler.com/article/370 Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries, Israel and the Jews.Edited by Manfred GerstenfeldJerusalem Center for Public Affairs/Simon Wiesenthal Center256 pages; $29 When Scandinavia is mentioned, we instinctively conjure up images of decent people who are our friends. http://www.leibler.com/article/369 Sun, 9 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +02:00 The Jerusalem elections will have profound long term repercussions on the future of the capital of Israel. As a religious Zionist I find it surrealistic that Meir Porush, a Haredi with a one dimensional outlook, would even seek to become Mayor. I support Nir Barkat because I believe he is the only candidate capable of restoring Jerusalem to its former glory.