Benjamin Netanyahu: More radical than ever

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:55:00 +0000

If you haven't seen Moshe Feiglin's satisfied smile or Ze'ev Elkin's scowl in news coverage of Israel over the past week, you have evidence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be grateful for the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood: It has diverted attention from his Likud Party's choice of far-right candidates for parliament.

Ahmadinejad wants to undo most of history

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Addressing the United Nations Wednesday (or at least the delegates who did not leave in protest) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized pretty much the entirety of history -- going back as far as Adam in the Garden of Eden, with a few gaps for brevity's sake.

He decried U.S. geopolitical hegemony, "uncivilized Zionism," environmental destruction (ironic given Iran's role as a major oil exporter) and capitalism. He pondered what the world would be like had the First World War, Second World War, Vietnam War and his nation's war with Iraq not happened. He delivered aphorisms on divine peace. And, in line with what he told the media earlier, he invoked the idea of a "new world order."

It was Ahmadinejad's eighth U.N. appearance and, as in previous years, it drew high-profile protests and walkouts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, alongside Newt Gingrich, Patrick Kennedy and others, joined protests outside the U.N. Wednesday. The U.S. United Nations delegation decided not to attend Ahmadinejad's speech.

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Benjamin Netanyahu: More radical than ever

Ahmadinejad wants to undo most of history