ISRANET DAILY BRIEFING ARCHIVES
January 2002 to Present
A Service of CIJR
Canadian Institute for Jewish Research
Prof. Frederick Krantz, Director

2004

December
1,024 December 31, 2004.
Hanson, Victor Davis. “Cracked Icons: Why the Left has Lost Credibility.” National Review, December 17, 2004.
Sonnenfeld, Helmut and Ron Nessen. “You Go to War with the Press You Have.” Washington Times, December 30, 2004.
Editorial, “The End of the Affair.” Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2004.

1,023 December 30, 2004.
Juffa, Stephane. “The Mythical Martyr.” Wall Street Journal Europe, November 26, 2004.
“The Dishonest Reporting ‘Awards’ 2004.” HonestReporting.com, December 16, 2004.
Frenkiel, Andre. “Israel’s Efforts to Help are Overlooked.” Letter to the Editor, Montreal Gazette, December 30, 2004.

1,022 December 29, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.     

1,021 December 28, 2004.
Cain, Kenneth. “The Real Reason Kofi Annan Must Go.” Wall Street Journal, December 20, 2004.
Jacoby, Jeff. “Annan is a Symptom of UN’s Sickness.” Boston Globe, December 5, 2004.
“Kofi Annan’s ‘Annus Horribilis’ and Proposals for UN Reform.” UN Watch, Issue 26, December  22, 2004.
Editorial, “Condemning Hatred.”Washington Times, December 16, 2004.

1,020 December 24, 2004.
Zipperstein, Steven. “To Zion.” Forward, November 12, 2004.

1,019 December 23, 2004.
Brooks, David. “Make No Mistake.” New York Times, December 21, 2004.
Safire, William. “Wave of the Future.” New York Times, December 22, 2004.

1,018 December 22, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

1,017 December 21, 2004.
Waller, Harold and Howard Gerson. “Don’t Count on Saudi Arabia.” Globe and Mail, December 17, 2004.
Schwartz, Stephen. “Reforming Riyadh.” New York Post, December 11, 2004. 

1,016 December 20, 2004.
Ivison, John. “Meeting Gaddafi is Foul.” National Post, December 17, 2004.
Kinsella, Warren. “Questions for Muammar Gaddafi.” National Post, December 16, 2004.
LeBlanc, Daniel and Patrick Brethour. “Canada Rules Out Making an Apology to Libya.” Globe and Mail, December 11, 2004.

1,015 December 17, 2004.
Pryce-Jones, David. “The Islamization of Europe.” Commentary, December 2004.

1,014 December 16, 2004.
Gerecht, Reuel Marc. “Will Iran Win the Iraq War?” Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2004.
Ziad, Howar. “Iraq: A New Diplomacy for a New Democracy.” Globe and Mail, December 9, 2004.
Rubin, Michael. “Tapping the Hornet’s Nest.” Ha’aretz, December 10, 2004.

1,013 December 15, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.         

1,012 December 14, 2004.
Kristol, William. “Getting Serious About Syria.” Weekly Standard, December 20, 2004.
Carlson, Richard, Barbara Newman and William Cowan. “Syria’s Murderous Role.”, Washington Times, December 6, 2004.

1,011 December 13, 2004.
Stalinsky, Steven. “The False Dawn of Peace.” National Review, December 7, 2004.
Glick, Caroline. “The Wisdom of the Fathers.” Jerusalem Post, December 10, 2004.
Editorial, “Where’s the New Peres.” Jerusalem Post, December 7, 2004.

1,010 December 10, 2004.
Schoenfeld, Gabriel. “Iraq: Prophets of Defeat.” Commentary, December 2004.
Hanson, Victor Davis. “How Far We’ve Come.” National Review, December 3, 2004.

1,009 December 9, 2004.               
Troy, Gil. “Who’ll Save Our Campuses from Mob Rule.” Globe and Mail, December 6, 2004.
Matas, David. “Bullies Can’t be Allowed to Rule.” Montreal Gazette, December 6, 2004.
Lowy, Frederick. “Concordia President Frederick Lowy Responds.” December 9, 2004.

1,008 December 8, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.       

1,007 December 7, 2004.
Cohen, Baruch. “The Festival of Lights.” Hanukkah 5765.” Original Publication.
Krauthammer, Charles. “A Fight for Shiites.” Washington Post, November 26, 2004. 
Glick, Caroline. “Iraq’s Lost Lessons.” Jerusalem Post, November 25, 2004.  

1,006 December 6, 2004.
Krieger, Hilary Leila. “Boston Suburb May Become First US City to Divest From Israel." Jerusalem Post, November 26, 2004.
Sharansky, Natan. “Measure Palestinian Freedom, not Summits.” Jerusalem Post, November 25, 2004.
Bauer, Julien. “A New Kind of Anti-Israel Propaganda.” Canadian Jewish News, November 18, 2004.

1,005 December 3, 2004.
Rosenberg, Joel. “Two Great Dissidents.” National Review, November 19, 2004.
Robinson, Ira. “The Classic Excuse of Anti-Semites.” Montreal Gazette, December 2, 2004.                

1,004 December 2, 2004.
Coleman, Norm.  “Kofi Annan Must Go.”  Wall Street Journal, December 1, 2004. 
Bayefksy, Anne.  “Fatal Failure.”  National Review, November 30, 2004. 

1,003 December 1, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.        

November
1,002 November 30, 2004.
Ledeen, Michael.  “Europe’s Ritual Dance.”  National Review Online, November 29, 2004.
Glick, Caroline.  “H-Hour Has Arrived.”  Jerusalem Post, November 18, 2004.        

1,001 November 29, 2004.
Stelzer, Irwin.  “An Alliance of Two.”  Weekly Standard, November 22, 2004.
Ye’or Bat.  “Arafat’s Legacy for Europe.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, November 16, 2004.
Gerstenfeld, Manfred, “Experiencing European Anti-Americanism and Anti-Israelism: An Interview with Jeffrey Gedmin.”  Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, December 1, 2004.

1,000 November 26, 2004.
Jacoby, Jeff.  “When Hatred is Necessary.”  Boston Globe, November 21, 2004.
Soloveichik, Meir.  “The Virtue of Hate.”  First Things, February 2003.

999 November 25, 2004.
Gerstenfeld, Manfred.  “Something’s Rotten in the State of Europe: Anti-Semitism as a Civilizational Pathology.”  Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 1, 2004. 
Cohen, Baruch.  “Romania’s Holocaust 1940-1944.”  Original Publication.   

998 November 24, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

997 November 23, 2004
Hanson, Victor Davis.  “The Real Humanists.”  National Review, November 19, 2004.
Frederick Chiaventone.  “Nest of Evil.”  New York Post, November 23, 2004.        

996 November 22, 2004.
Gerstenfeld, Manfred and Ben Green.  “Watching the Pro-Israeli Media Watchers.”  Jewish Political Studies Review, Fall 2004.
Mandel, Daniel.  “Giving Terror a Boost.”  Baltimore Sun, November 5, 2004.

995 November 19, 2004.
Gilbert, Martin.  “From Guillotines to Suicide Bombs.”  National Post, November 13, 2004.
Cooper, Abraham, and Leo Adler.  “We Can Help End Suicide Terror.”  National Post, November 19, 2004.

994 November 18, 2004.
Rosett, Claudia.  “Come Clean, Kofi.”  Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2004.
“UN Scandal Ensnares French Bank.”  Agence France-Presse/ National Post, November 18, 2004.
Bayefsky, Anne.  “Your Tax Dollars at Work.”  Wall Street Journal, November 18, 2004. 

993 November 17, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

992 November 16, 2004.
Editorial, “The Dutch Dilemma.”  Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2004. 
Murphy, Brian.  “Islam’s Fault Lines.”  Associated Press, November 15, 2004. 
Gunter, Lorne.  “A Dutch Lesson for Canada.”  National Post, November 15, 2004. 

991 November 15, 2004.
Oren, Michael.  “Arafat Without Tears.”  Washington Post,  November 14, 2004.
Dershowitz, Alan.  “Bin Laden’s Inspiration.”  Jerusalem Post, November 12, 2004.
“CCD Condemns Paul Martin’s Decision to Honour Arafat.”  Press release from Canadian Coalition for Democracies, November 11, 2004.

990 November 12, 2004.
Morris, Benny.  “A Difficult Visionary. A Stubborn Vision.”  New York Times, November 12,2004.
Jacoby, Jeff.  “Arafat the Monster.”  Boston Globe, November 11, 2004. 
Abdullah II, “The Road from Here.”  New York Times, November 12, 2004.

989 November 11, 2004
Ajami, Fouad.  “A Juggler Par Excellence.”  USNEWS.COM, November 15, 2004.
Rubin, Judith Colp.  “What Comes After Arafat?”  National Post, November 11, 2004.
Gove, Michael.  “Fresh Start. Road Map. Political Engagement. Choose Your Own Cliché.” Times-UK, November 9, 2004.
Erlanger, Steven.  “Mystery Lingers: Whereabouts of his Hidden Fortune.”  New York Times, November 11, 2004.

988 November 10, 2004. 
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

987 November 9, 2004.
Gershman, Jacob.  “Bollinger to Probe Bias on Campus.”  New York Sun, October 28, 2004.
Horowitz, David.  “One Man’s Terrorist is Another Man’s Freedom Fighter.” FrontPageMagazine.com, November 8, 2004.
Khaldi, Ismail.  “A Proud Israeli.”  Israel 21c.com, October 3, 2004.
Gabriel, Brigitte.  “A Survivor of Palestinian Tyranny Defends Israel.” FrontPageMagazine.com. October 15, 2004.  

986 November 8, 2004.
Cohen, Baruch.  “Kristallnacht: November 9, 1938.”  Original Publication. 
Cohen, Roger.  “Israel, the U.S. and the Age of Terror.”  New York Times, November 7, 2004.
Krauthammer, Charles.  “Using all of a Mandate…”  Washington Post, November 5, 2004.

985 November 5, 2004.
Stephens, Bret.  “A Gangster with Politics.”  Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2004.
Halevi, Yossi Klein.  “Rigor Mortis.”  New Republic, November 15, 2004.

984 November 4, 2004.
Frum, David.  “A Terrorist at Twilight.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, November 4, 2004.
Rubin, Barry.  “A Legacy of Lost Chances.”  National Post, October 29, 2004. 
Burmon, Andrew and Victoria Degtyareva.  “Wisse: Palestine not Israel’s Fault.”  Stanford Daily, November 1, 2004. 

983 November 3, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

982 November 2, 2004.
Hanson, Victor Davis.  “This Memorable Day.”  Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2004.
Kissinger, Henry.  “America’s Assignment.”  Newsweek, November 8, 2004.
Pipes, Daniel.  “9/10 VS. 9/12 on 11/2.”  New York Sun, October 26, 2004.  

981 November 1, 2004.
Taheri, Amir.  “Osama the Impotent.”  New York Post, October 31, 2004.
Podhoretz, John.  “A ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ Fan.”  New York Post, October 30, 2004. 
Ajami, Fouad.  “Bin Laden on TV: Arabia’s Latest Addiction.”  Wall Street Journal, November 1, 2004. 
Peretz, Martin.  “Us and Them.”  The New Republic, November 1, 2004.  

October
980 October 29. 2004.
Koch, Ed.  “Whither the American Jewish Vote? I.”  Jerusalem Post, October 18, 2004.
Spiegel, Steven.  “Whither the American Jewish Vote? II.”  Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2004.
Frum, David.  “The Wrong Man at the Wrong Time.”  National Post October 26, 2004.
Feder, Don.  “Jews Commit Political Hari-Kerry.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, October 28, 2004.  

979 October 28, 2004.
Horovitz, David.  “He Failed His People and Ours.”  Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2004. 
Bar’el, Zvi.  “Jordan Braces for Stormy Demonstrations.”  Ha’aretz, October 28, 2004. 
Oren, Michael.  “Lessons from Israel’s War.”  National Post, October 27, 2004.  

978 October 27, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

977 October 26, 2004.
“The Vote on the Disengagement Plan: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Address to the Knesset.”,  October 25, 2004.
Gordon, Evelyn.  “Worse than Disengagement.”  Jerusalem Post, October 19, 2004. 
Glick, Caroline.  “Sharon Shows his Cards.”  Jerusalem Post, October 14, 2004.   

976 October 25, 2004.
Muravchik, Joshua.  “Terrorism’s Silent Partner at the U.N.”  Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2004. 
Gingrich, Newt.  “Shameful Games at the U.N.”  Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2004. 
Fulford, Robert.  “Entrenching Human Misery.”  National Post, October 9, 2004.

975 October 22, 2004.
Plaut, Steven.  “Jewish Anti-Semitism.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, September 15, 2004.               

974 October 21, 2004.
Peretz, Martin.  “A President Kerry Would be a Disaster for Israel.”  Jewish World Review, October 18,2004.
Franks, Tommy.  “War of Words.”  New York Times, October 19, 2004.
Melloan, George.  “Saddam’s Specialty was Terror Weapons.”  Wall Street Journal.  October 19, 2004. 

973 October 20, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

972 October 19, 2004.
Stephens, Bret.  “The Way We Live Now.”  Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2004. 
Shavit, Ari.  “He Took Terror to Task.”  Ha’aretz, September 15, 2004. 

971 October 18, 2004.
Kaplan, Lee.  “Duke’s University’s Weekend Hate Fest.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, October 15, 2004.
Kaplan, Lee.  “Daniel Pipes Speaks at Duke.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, October 15, 2004.
Weinstein, Jamie.  “A Cornell Student’s Plea.”  Cornell Daily Sun, October 15, 2004. 

970 October 15, 2004.
“The National Post and Islam.”  National Post, October 12, 2004.
Frum, David.  “Blowing Up Their Own Civilization.”  National Post, October 12, 2004. 

969 October 14, 2004.
Safire, William.  “Duelfer to France: J’accuse!”  New York Times, October 13, 2004.
Gertz, Bill.  “Saddam Paid Off French Leaders.”  Washington Times, October 7, 2004.
Coughlin, Con.  “The Sordid Truth About the Oil-for-Food Scandal.”  Daily Telegraph, October 10, 2004. 

968 October 13, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

967 October 12, 2004. 
Dershowitz, Alan.  “End the Occupation.”  Jerusalem Post, September 20, 2004.   
Blanford, Nicholas.  “Lebanese Voices Rise Against Syria’s Dominance.”  Christian Science, October 5, 2004. 
Zisser, Eyal.  “Syria and the Question of WMD.”  MERIA, September 2004.   

966 October 6, 2004. 
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.

965 October 5, 2004.
Portnoy, Jason.  “Giving in to Mob Censorship.”  National Post, October 5, 2004.
“Letter from  Michael Di Grappa, Concordia’s Vice President, to Jason Portnoy, Co-President of Concordia Hillel.” September 29, 2004.  
Federation CJA/Hillel Montreal.  “Jewish Community Deplores Concordia Decision.”  Release, October4, 2004.
La Croix, Jeston.  “Politics in the Classroom.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, September 22, 2004. 

964 October 4, 2004.
Bedein, David.  “Mortar Attacks on Israelis from UN Safe Haven.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, October 4, 2004.
Gordon, Sean.  “Members of Hamas ‘on UN Payroll.’”  National Post, October 4, 2004.
Bayefsky, Anne.  “U.N.Derwhelming Response.”  National Review, September 24, 2004. 

September
963 September 29, 2004.
Cohen, Baruch.  “The Festival of Sukkot 5765: A Midrash.” Original Publication.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

962 September 28, 2004.
Taheri, Amir,  “The Right Man.”  New York Post, September 28, 2004.
Allawi, Iyad.  “Standing Firm.”  National Review Online, September 24, 2004. 

961 September 27, 2004.
Stephens, Bret.  “Goodbye, Farewell, Amen.”  Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2004.
Levin, Andrea.  “Terrorist: There is No Other Name.”  National Post, September 23, 2004.
Hollander, Ricki.  “Reuters: News Agency or PR Firm for Terrorists.”  www.camera.org,  September 24, 2004.
“CAMERA Update: Reuters Acknowledges Lapse.”  www.camera.org, September 27, 2004. 

960 September 24, 2004.
Laqueur, Walter.  “The Terrorism to Come.”  Policy Review, Ausust/September 2004.

959 September 23, 2004.
Brooks, David.  “Finally Kerry Takes a Stand.”  New York Times, September 21, 2004.
Hanson, Victor Davis.  “The U.N.?  Who Cares?”  Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2004. 

958 September 22, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff.  

957 September 21, 2004.
Olmert, Ehud.  “Life and Death.”  Wall Street Journal,  September 15, 2004.
Ajami, Fouad.  “Facing up to Unholy Terror.”  USNews.com, September 20, 2004.

956 September 20, 2004.
Halevi, Yossi Klein and Michael Oren. “Israel’s Unexpected Victory Over Terrorism.”  New Republic, September 27, 2004.             

955 September 15, 2004.
“Message from the Prime Minister of Israel.”
Cohen, Baruch.  “Rosh Hashanah 5765: The Shofar Call of My Teens.”  Original publication.
Cohen, Baruch.  “The Shofar Call of Today.”  Original publication.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

954 September 14, 2004.
Cohen, Baruch.  “Romania’s President Comes to Montreal.”  Canadian Jewish News, September 2, 2004.
Pacepa, Ion Mihai.  “Romania’s Rise.”  National Review, July 20, 2004. 

953 September 13, 2004.
Asa-El, Amotz, Herb Keinon and Gil Hoffman.  “My Algeria is Here: Interview with Ariel Sharon.”  Jerusalem Post, September 9, 2004.
Al-Rashed, Abdel Rahman.  “Monopoly on Terrorism.”  Montreal Gazette, September 10, 2004.

952 September 10, 2004.
Troy, Gil.  “Lest we Forget: Three Years After Sept. 11.”  Montreal Gazette, September 10, 2004.
Loftus, John.  “Yom Hashoah Speech.”  Jewish Community News, August 2004. 

951 September 9, 2004.
Ajami, Fouad.  “Tariq Ramadan.”  Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2004.
Romirowsky, Asaf.  “Anti-Israel Academia.”  FrontPageMagazine.com, August 3, 2004. 

950 September 8, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

949 September 7, 2004.
Warren, David.  “Jihadis are Now Leading ‘Chechen’ Revolution.”  National Post, September 4, 2004.
Brooks, David.  “Cult of Death.”  New York Times, September 7, 2004. 

948 September 3, 2004
Editorial, “A Poisonous Tune is Playing Again.”  Ha’aretz, August 31, 2004.
Shavit, Ari.  “The Jewish Problem, According to Theodorakis.”  Ha’aretz, August 27, 2004.  [Interview with  Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.
Rudge, David.  “Victims Laid to Rest After Beersheba Bombing.”  Jerusalem Post, September 2, 2004. 

947 September 2, 2004.
Podhoretz, Norman.  “Enter the Bush Doctrine.”  Wall Street Journal, September 2, 2004. 

946 September 1, 2004.
Wednesday’s “News in Review” Round-Up.  Compiled by CIJR Staff. 

August
945 August 31, 2004.
Weingarten, Gene.  “Fear Itself.”  Washington Post, August 22, 2004. 

944 August 30, 2004.