Headlines: Joel Rosenberg etc

From Joel Rosenberg:

ON THE BRINK OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC: “ALL OF HUMANITY UNDER THREAT”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ISRAEL: Fascinating inside story of how Truman recognized the new Jewish state in ‘48 despite intense opposition within his own Cabinet


FrontPageMag:

U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the new leaders of their respective democratic nations, are like two horses bound to a carriage, each pulling in a different direction as it relates to Middle East policy. For Netanyahu however, the Middle East is home turf, and any wrong move might have critical if not existential consequences. For Obama on the other hand, half the world away, a peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians based on a Two-State solution, would bring him and his administration prestige, and perhaps Arab triumphalism, but little more...The Obama-Netanyahu Schism

The case of a University of California-Santa Barbara professor who sent his students an email equating Israeli soldiers in Gaza with the Nazis who laid siege to Warsaw has been making headlines in recent days. The University is investigating sociology professor William Robinson who on Martin Luther King Day of this year sent approximately 80 students in a Globalization course which he teaches an extremist anti-Israel email...Academic Freedom: The Same as Free Speech?


CAMERA:

With the steady decline of traditional newspapers, emerging Internet news sites are poised to assume a more prominent role in delivering news to the computer-savvy public. While providing instant accessibility to an array of news reports and diverse commentary, Internet journalism — though still in its infancy — has shown itself to have serious shortcomings with regard to accuracy and overall reliability...Has the Huffington Post Become a Magnet for Israel Haters?


Hal Lindsey:

The Pakistani Taliban, even while continuing their penetration of central Pakistan, have begun mobilizing fresh recruits from all over the country to go help their Afghan Taliban brothers resist the newly arriving Western troops. The Taliban now control the tribal regions of Pakistan, huge sections of the Swat Valley and have just consolidated their control over the district of Buner, just 60 miles from Islamabad. They've set up checkpoints while the government negotiates a Swat Valley-like truce aimed at holding back the insurgency by ceding territory to them....A nuclear Taliban?


Fox News:

Venezuela, Iran Agree to Strengthen Military Ties


Lori's links and comments:

Russia: "Not planning" to increase armed forces presence in Arctic,

Russia-NATO Council to hold official meeting in Brussels,

Russian official says Iran, Russia are regional powers,

Medvedev says NATO exercises in Georgia 'open provocation',

White House rejects Irans deadlines,

Hamas Army Preparing for New War ,

Islamic Scholars Wrestle With Death-For-Apostasy Issue,

Turkey drops probe into Israel's alleged crimes in Gaza,

Did U.K. airline cater to Muslims by wiping Israel off map? ,

The last man who witnessed Israel's declaration of independence,

Older article of old guy,

Good Op piece: The Gathering Storm ,

Israel threatens to end EU diplomatic role,

Bibi in 2002: Why We Must Oppose a Palestinian State,

Israeli PM may accept 'some form' of Arab plan,

Boo and ACORN GPS Marking EVERY Front Door in America?,

Global Warming ruled a religion by British Judge