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This Web page was created to explain why it is in America's self-interest to support Israel.
Israel and those who attack it are not moral equals. Israel is, like the United States, a "mixed economy," which retains a significant respect for individual rights. Its citizens, whatever their race or religion, enjoy many freedoms, including freedom of thought and speech, and the right to own property. The purpose of Israel's military is only self-defense: to protect its citizens from aggressors. Consequently, Israel has a moral right to exist.
Those attacking Israel, by contrast, are terrorist organizations, dictatorships and theocracies, which deliberately violate the rights of their own subjects. Even if these organizations and regimes had never initiated force against Israel, they still would have no moral right to exist.
ARI's moral support of Israel is obviously not an endorsement of all of its actions or policies. We are critical, for instance, of Israel's failure fully to separate state from both religion and economics, as the principle of individual rights demands. But we recognize that those who attack Israel are not seeking to establish an even freer nation: they are seeking to wipe out the only outpost of freedom in the Middle East.
We support Israel not for its failings but for its virtues, and we understand that those who threaten Israel's freedom also threaten America's. If they succeed in destroying Israel, they will turn their full attention to the United States.
Thus, in the name of justice and self-preservation, we hold that America should openly support Israel against our common enemies.
Ayn Rand on Israel (Ford Hall Forum lecture, 1974)
Q: What should the United Sates do about the [1973] Arab-Israeli War?
AR: Give all the help possible to Israel. Consider what is at stake. It is not the moral duty of any country to send men to die helping another country. The help Israel needs is technology and military weapons—and they need them desperately. Why should we help Israel? Israel is fighting not just the Arabs but Soviet Russia, who is sending the Arabs armaments. Russia is after control of the Mediterranean and oil.
Further, why are the Arabs against Israel? (This is the main reason I support Israel.) The Arabs are one of the least developed cultures. They are typically nomads. Their culture is primitive, and they resent Israel because it's the sole beachhead of modern science and civilization on their continent. When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are. Israel is a mixed economy inclined toward socialism. But when it comes to the power of the mind—the development of industry in that wasted desert continent—versus savages who don't want to use their minds, then if one cares about the future of civilization, don't wait for the government to do something. Give whatever you can. This is the first time I've contributed to a public cause: helping Israel in an emergency.
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Our Self-Crippled War
Thursday, September 10, 2009
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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Is Washington With Us?
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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The Real Disgrace: Washington's Battlefield "Ethics"
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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How to Stop Iran?
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Washington's Make-Believe Policy on Iran
Monday, February 12, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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How to Truly Support our Troops
Monday, January 15, 2007
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What Real War Looks Like
Thursday, December 7, 2006
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The Terrorists' Motivation: Islam
Monday, September 11, 2006
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Why We Are Losing Hearts and Minds
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
By: Keith Lockitch
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The Indispensable Condition of Peace
Friday, July 21, 2006
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The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact
Thursday, July 20, 2006
By: Elan Journo
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Keep Our "Addiction" to Oil, End Our Allergy to Self-Assertion
Monday, July 10, 2006
By: Alex Epstein
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Washington's Pro-Hamas Foreign Policy
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
By: Elan Journo
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Freedom vs. Unlimited Majority Rule
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
By: Peter Schwartz
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Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech
Friday, February 24, 2006
By: Leonard Peikoff
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The Injustice of Saddam's Trial
Friday, January 27, 2006
By: Elan Journo
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Death to "Diplomacy" with Iran
Thursday, October 27, 2005
By: Elan Journo
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The Advent of Freedom?
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
By: Onkar Ghate
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The Foreign Policy of Guilt
Thursday, September 29, 2005
By: Yaron Brook and Onkar Ghate
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"Muslim Opinion" Be Damned
Monday, September 12, 2005
By: Alex Epstein
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The Perversity of U.S. Backing for the Gaza Retreat
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
By: Elan Journo
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Israel's Deadly Appeasement Process Continues
Friday, August 26, 2005
By: Alex Epstein and Edward Cline
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Betraying the Real Freedom Fighters
Friday, May 13, 2005
By: Elan Journo
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Arafat's Undeserved Honor: The West's Shame
Thursday, November 11, 2004
By: Elan Journo
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World Opinion Be Damned
Friday, June 18, 2004
By: Alex Epstein
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The U.S. Must Stop Undermining Israel's War on Terrorism
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
By: Andrew Bernstein
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The Ideological Reconstruction of Iraq
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
By: Elan Journo
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The Nobel Peace Prize Should Go to Those Who Really Support Peace
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
By: Andrew Bernstein
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Thinking It Alone
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
By: Alex Epstein
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The Betrayal of the Bush Doctrine
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
By: Alex Epstein
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Bush's Vision for Peace: Prelude to War
Thursday, June 27, 2002
By: Onkar Ghate
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Israel Has a Moral Right to Its Life
Monday, June 24, 2002
By: Yaron Brook and Peter Schwartz
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Israel's Suicide
Monday, March 4, 2002
By: Elan Journo
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"Peace" Process: Israel's Path to Suicide
Thursday, December 6, 2001
By: Elan Journo
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Allowing Israel to Destroy the PLO Helps Defend the U.S.
Friday, November 9, 2001
By: Andrew Bernstein
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War, Nuclear Weapons and "Innocents"
Friday, September 28, 2001
By: Onkar Ghate
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Press Releases
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Safeguarding Afghanis More Important Than American Lives?
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
By: Elan Journo
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U.S. Appeasement Continues
Monday, August 10, 2009
By: Elan Journo
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U.S. Should Help Crush Hamas
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
By: Elan Journo
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Bush's Pro-Democracy Strategy Is Pro-Terrorism
Monday, December 29, 2008
By: Elan Journo
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Islamic Totalitarianism's Threat to Civilization
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
By: Yaron Brook
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The Afghanistan-Pakistan Nightmare
Monday, September 15, 2008
By: Elan Journo
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ARC Debates Heritage Foundation
Monday, August 25, 2008
By: Ayn Rand Center
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Islamic Censorship by Default
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
By: Yaron Brook
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You Call this "Victory"?
Friday, March 21, 2008
By: Elan Journo
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Do the Palestinians Want Peace?
Friday, November 30, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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"Pressuring" Iran While Ahmedinijad Strolls the Red Carpet
Thursday, October 11, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Iraq's Failing Government
Thursday, October 4, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Iran on Campus
Thursday, September 27, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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Stop Appeasing the Jihadists' War on Free Speech
Friday, September 21, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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How to Truly Defeat OPEC
Thursday, September 13, 2007
By: Alex Epstein
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The Real Lesson of World War II
Monday, August 27, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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The Saudi Arms Deal and Our Addiction to American Sacrifice
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
By: Alex Epstein
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U.S. Negotiates with Iran, Iran Wins
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Liberate American Energy Producers, Neuter OPEC
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
By: Alex Epstein
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U.S. Should Confront, Not Arm, Our Saudi Enemies
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Must Recognize It Is at War with Iran
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Should Shut Down Al Hurra TV
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Study of Troops' Mental Health, Ethics Indicts Bush's Selfless War
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Iran Sponsors Terrorism, U.S. Seeks "Dialogue"
Thursday, May 3, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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Hostages of Iran
Friday, March 30, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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Explaining the Failure of Bush's "Forward Strategy for Freedom" in the Middle East
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
By: Yaron Brook and Elan Journo
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Fight, Don't Negotiate with, Palestinians
Monday, March 12, 2007
By: Elan Journo
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The Iran Evasion
Thursday, February 15, 2007
By: Alex Epstein
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United States and Israel Should Destroy, Not Support, Fatah
Thursday, February 8, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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Bush's Iran Policy Encourages More Attacks on Americans in Iraq
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
By: Yaron Brook
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Why Lebanon Is Poised to Fall into Islamist Hands
Thursday, December 21, 2006
By: Elan Journo
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Israel Should Have Taken Out Hezbollah Leader
Friday, September 22, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Islam's Role in the Terror War on America
Friday, September 15, 2006
By: Elan Journo
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Khatami's Harvard Visit Is a Disgrace
Thursday, September 7, 2006
By: ARI
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Lebanon Cease-Fire Is a Victory for Hezbollah
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Bush Administration Betrays Israel and America
Friday, August 11, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Waiting for the U.N.
Friday, August 11, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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NO Cease-fire Until Hezbollah Is Obliterated
Friday, August 4, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Death to Diplomacy
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Israel Must Abandon "Just War Theory"
Monday, July 24, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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World Leaders Encourage Hezbollah and Hamas
Friday, July 14, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Bush's Pro-Election Strategy Is Pro-Terrorism
Thursday, July 13, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists
Monday, June 26, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Stop Appeasing and Start Attacking Iran
Friday, June 2, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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No Aid to Palestinians
Monday, May 15, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Encouraged Hamas's Success
Monday, April 10, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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UN Security Council Abets Iran's Nuclear Program
Friday, March 31, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Is Russia with Us or with the Terrorists?
Monday, January 6, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Letters to the Editor
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Not Attacking Iran Would Be Catastrophic
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
By: David Holcberg
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NO Restraint Against Islamic Totalitarians
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Escalate War Against Hezbollah
Monday, August 7, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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World Leaders Should Support Israel's Offensive
Monday, July 24, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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Lebanon's Government Has No Legitimacy
Monday, July 24, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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There Is No Need for an Endless Global Conflict
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
By: Debi Ghate
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Israel Should Wage a Real War
Thursday, July 13, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Wage War on Palestinians
Thursday, July 13, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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No Incentives for Iran
Monday, July 3, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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Israel Should Not Apologize for Targeting Terrorists
Sunday, July 2, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Should Urge Israel to Eradicate the Threat from the Palestinians
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Israel Must Commit to Victory Over the Palestinians
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Is Right To Cut Aid To Palestinian Government
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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UN Security Council Abets Iran's Nuclear Program
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Canada is Right to Suspend All Assistance to the Palestinian Authority
Friday, March 31, 2006
By: David Holcberg
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Bush's Pursuit of Democracy Can't Bring Freedom to Anyone
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
By: Debi Ghate
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Spreading Democracy in the Middle East Is Suicidal
Thursday, February 9, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Palestinians' Vote Will Not Bring Them Freedom
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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Eliminate the Iranian Threat
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
By: Yaron Brook
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US Should Not Count On UN To Stop Iran
Saturday, January 21, 2006
By: Glenn Woiceshyn
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Stop the Negotiations with Iran and Start the Military Campaign
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
By: David Holcberg
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Withdraw or Stay the Course in Iraq? Neither.
Friday, November 18, 2005
By: Yaron Brook
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U.S. Must Stop Iran from Developing Nuclear Weapons
Friday, August 19, 2005
By: David Holcberg
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G8 Aids Terrorism
Monday, July 18, 2005
By: David Holcberg
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Moral Courage Needed to Win the War
Thursday, December 23, 2004
By: Yaron Brook
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Good Riddance Arafat!
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Arafat Deserves Execution Not Natural Death
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
By: Yaron Brook
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Our Irrational Enemies and their Sympathizers
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Do Not to Negotiate with Iran's Mullahs--Eliminate Them
Friday, July 30, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Use of Force Against Iran Should Not Be Excluded
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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9/11 Commission Right About Preemption
Friday, July 23, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Iran Now Presents the Greater Danger
Friday, June 25, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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The Apprentice Concretizes the American Dream
Thursday, April 29, 2004
By: Harry Binswanger
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Hamas Leader Justified
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin Justified
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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The Urgent Need for Preemption
Friday, March 26, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies
Thursday, March 25, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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New Iraqi Constitution Must Separate State and Islam
Thursday, March 4, 2004
By: David Holcberg
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Democrats Couldn't Care Less About America's Security
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Powell Recommends Appeasement Towards Terrorism
Monday, September 15, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Kill--Don't Expel--Arafat
Thursday, September 11, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Palestinian Terrorists Are America's Enemies
Thursday, August 28, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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What Israel Should Do About Terrorism
Thursday, August 21, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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What the Terrorist Attacks in Israel and Iraq Prove
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
By: Larry Benson
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U.S. Shouldn't Force Religious Freedom on Iraqis
Thursday, August 14, 2003
By: Paul Blair
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Bush's Misguided Criticism of Israel's Security Fence
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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What Palestinians Deserve
Wednesday, August 6, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Bush Wrong on Release of Palestinian Terrorists
Tuesday, August 5, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Palestinian Culture Is a Culture of Death
Wednesday, July 30, 2003
By: Scott McConnell
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Support General Strike in Iran
Monday, July 7, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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What to Do with Hamas
Friday, June 27, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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If Necessary Use Force Against Iran
Wednesday, June 25, 2003
By: Yaron Brook
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No Moral Equivalency Between Israelis and Palestinians
Thursday, June 12, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Palestinians' Reaction to Road Map
Saturday, June 7, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Road Map Is a Mistake
Tuesday, June 3, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Bombing in Saudi Arabia
Sunday, May 18, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Iraqis Have No Right to a Dictatorship
Monday, May 5, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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U.S. Has No Empire Ambitions
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
By: Michael Berliner
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Let FedEx Do the Job
Monday, April 14, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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What Kind of Government for Iraq?
Friday, April 11, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Iraqi Oil Does Not Belong to the Iraqi People
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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No U.N. in post-war Iraq
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Civilian Casualties Should Not Hinder War Effort
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Palestinian State an Insane Idea
Tuesday, March 25, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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The Fundamental Difference Between the Israeli and the Palestinian Cultures
Monday, January 27, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Common Enemies
Monday, January 20, 2003
By: David Holcberg
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Are Media Networks Aiding and Abetting Terrorism?
Monday, December 30, 2002
By: Yaron Brook
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Is Russia with Us or with the Terrorists?
Friday, December 27, 2002
By: David Holcberg
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Students Should Think for Themselves
Wednesday, December 25, 2002
By: David Holcberg
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Freedom Fighters Against Terrorists
Tuesday, December 10, 2002
By: David Holcberg
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Israel's Enemies Are America's Enemies
Monday, December 9, 2002
By: David Holcberg
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Give Israel the Green Light to Eliminate Arafat
Friday, September 27, 2002
By: Yaron Brook
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