Revisionism is not about Jews or the Jewish religion. It just happens to deal with an aspect of history in which Jews play a major role. Hence it is inevitable that Jewish topics are raised on occasion, and we aren’t going to avoid them here either.
By Philip Roth ∙ January 1, 1996
Introduction Following are a number of quotations taken from Philip Roth's “Operation Shylock: A Confession,” Simon and Schuster, New York, 1993. The page numbers refer to the hardcover edition. Mr. Roth's frequent use of italics have not been reproduced. These quotations are the words or thoughts of characters in a novel by Philip Roth, and…
By Larry Derfner ∙ April 8, 1994
Tel Aviv — A plan to teach Israeli high school students that the Holocaust was not history's only genocide — that it also happened to other peoples like the Armenians and Gypsies — has touched some sensitive nerves here. Last fall, the people in charge of curriculum in Israeli schools enthusiastically gave the go-ahead to…
By Joseph Sobran ∙ June 13, 1996
One isn't supposed to say this, but many people believe that Israel now holds the White House, the Senate, and much of the American media in its hands. This is what is known as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory. The odd thing is that it is held by many Israelis. In an essay reprinted in the…
By Guy Erlich ∙ June 3, 1996
The following article (3160 words!) was published in the Hebrew daily Ha'ir on 6 May 1992. It contains new revelations about war crimes committed by the Zionist forces in 1948 against Palestinian Arabs. There are a number of reasons why the publication of this information is important: It shows once more and through the pen…
By Pierre Groués, Roger Parmentier, Gaston Parnot ∙ May 25, 1996
Annexes Letter of Abbé Pierre to Roger Garaudy April 15, 1996 Very Dear Roger, You know the limits of my strength. I weaken every day, even though many think that my strength is great because my voice is still resounding and because, as soon as I have the conviction that an action or an issue…
By Joseph Sobran ∙ September 1, 1995
In the early 1930s, Walter Duranty of the New York Times was in Moscow, covering Joe Stalin the way Joe Stalin wanted to be covered. To maintain favor and access, he expressly denied that there was famine in the Ukraine even while millions of Ukrainian Christians were being starved into submission. For his work Duranty…
By Lewis Brandon ∙ August 1, 1980
Assault on the Liberty: The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship, by James M. Ennes Jr.: Random House, 1979. 300 pages, hardback, available from IHR at $14.95 . ISBN: 0394-50512-3. Subtitled “The True Story of the Israeli Attack on an American Intelligence Ship,” this book must certainly carry much more…
By Gore Vidal ∙ January 1, 1994
Sometime in the late 1950s, that world-class gossip and occasional historian, John F. Kennedy, told me how, in 1948, Harry S. Truman had been pretty much abandoned by everyone when he came to run for president. Then an American Zionist brought him two million dollars in cash, in a suitcase, aboard his whistle-stop campaign train….
By Joseph Sobran ∙ January 1, 1989
Iraq's attempted theft of krytrons, useful as nuclear triggering devices, is not unique. Four years ago Israel was reported to be obtaining krytrons illegally through a California company. Unlike the Iraqi operation, it wasn't front-page news in most of the country and was barely mentioned by network newscasts. Israel has long since become a nuclear…
By Joseph Sobran ∙ January 1, 1988
“Much as we want to coordinate our activities with the United States, the interests (of the United States and Israel) are not identical. We have to, from time to time, worry about our own interests.” That was Yitzhak Shamir speaking in 1981, before he became Israel's prime minister. He spoke as an Israeli official should…
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