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The surprise of it all
Originally published 10 Feb 2010 in The Jerusalem Post

The world’s astonishment at Israel’s response to the Haiti disaster is insulting. What we saw there was Israel’s true face.

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Mideast peace can start with economic growth
Originally published 12 Mar 2009 in The Wall Street Journal

Billions of dollars in foreign aid to the Palestinians has resulted in war not peace. There’s a better way.

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Precipitating the next collapse
Originally published 3 Dec 2008 in The Jerusalem Post

Focusing on a putative pension crisis distracts our attention from the real serious crisis that a worldwide recession is bound to create here.

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A year without Milton Friedman
Originally published 21 Nov 2007 in The Jerusalem Post

This man did more good for humanity than any other.

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False justice
Originally published 28 Jul 2004 in The Jerusalem Post

	International Court of Justice

Two recent documents – the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice in The Hague and a report of the International Development Committee of the British Parliament – both purporting to base their conclusions on legal grounds, actually show how abysmally ignorant of the most rudimentary facts of law and history these bodies are.

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