Israel's Alinskyites

I am sure that many of you are familiar with the word Alinskyite, being a reference to Saul Alinsky, the community organizer and radical activist who inspired the current President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama.Jonathan Spyer argues that while the leaders of the current protests in Israel are Alinskyites, most of the protesters are not, and will not latch onto the radical ideas of

LATMA tribal update: Remembering Gush Katif, Elhanan is interrogated, the raven who would be king

Here's the weekly LATMA update. The three featured skits are a song in memory of Gush Katif, Elhanan is interrogated by Israel's thought police and the raven who would be king.Let's go to the videotape.

How's this for disingenuous?

With all of Israel now knowing that he's one of the people financing the 'tent city' in Tel Aviv, S. Daniel Abraham tells the Jerusalem Post that the protests are 'not political.' Channel 10 led its newscast Tuesday night with an interview with Abraham admitting that he supported the protests financially and speaking about a motive of wanting to support the peace process and oppose settlement

At heart, Israel is a Marxist country

For those of you trying to understand our 'housing protests' (which he cleverly dubs 'Woodstock on the Yarkon), Steven Plaut has some helpful explanations. Yet those very same Israelis, who demonstrate every day their skills in succeeding in markets, hate markets. The word “socialism” carries enormously romantic and positive implications for Israelis. Especially among educated (non-Russian-born)