Ms. Bonner, Mr. Powell and Why I’m Now a Democrat

In recent days, my attention was grabbed by former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Yelena Bonner, the widow of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov.

The one I applaud is the former Mrs. Sakharov.  In a speech delivered in Norway, she pointed out that the Palestinians are still being referred to as refugees even though only a tiny percentage of them have ever even set foot in Israel.  According to my dictionary, and I assume Ms. Bonner’s, a refugee is someone who has fled from violence and wars.  How on earth can the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of those who left Israel in order to avoid being killed or injured by the invading Arab forces in 1948, 61 long years ago, be regarded as refugees?

It reminds me of American blacks who, 45 years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, continue to benefit from various programs such as Affirmative Action and Operation Head Start.  Is there no such thing as a statute of limitations, no point at which commonsense kicks in and people are permitted to say, “Enough is enough,” without being branded a villain?

Ms. Bonner pointed out that while every do-gooder group in the world seems to be concerned about the comfort level of Islamic terrorists at Gitmo, armed combatants who aren’t even covered by the Geneva Conventions because they don’t wear uniforms, carry a flag or even fight for a specific nation, nobody outside of Israel seems the least bit concerned about Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier who was abducted three years ago by Hamas.  She’s right, of course.  Our politicians don’t care, the U.N. doesn’t care, and God knows all those left-wing ACLU lawyers who are lined up eager to defend Islamic terrorists, up to and including Osama bin Laden, should he ever be captured, sure don’t give a damn. (more…)

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Tags: Andrei Sakharov, Bo, Colin Powell, Israel, Obama
Posted Jun 5th 2009 at 8:16 am in Politics | 1491385 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/06/05/responding-to-ms-bonner-and-mr-powell/Ms.+Bonner%2C+Mr.+Powell+and+Why+I%27m+Now+a+Democrat2009-06-05+15%3A16%3A45Burt+Prelutsky

Taking Sides In The Middle East

Just for the record, I am a non-observant Jew.  That means that my mother’s father, Max Lashevsky, who kept kosher and attended an orthodox synagogue twice-a-day every day of his life, would probably have considered me a heathen, while Adolf Hitler would have had me exterminated. 

I want that to be perfectly clear so that when I declare my concern for Israel, nobody will simply assume it’s because I’m Jewish.  I am on the side of Israel because it’s a western democracy, an ally of America, and because I regard her enemies to be our enemies, people dedicated to our mutual annihilation. 

Israel’s foes believe in targeting women and children just so long as they’re Jewish or Christian.  They are not only intolerant of the freedoms we take for granted — speech and religion — but they are polygamous, treat their women as chattel and encourage their children to achieve martyrdom as suicide bombers.  Moreover, so-called honor killings are part of what passes for their culture.  (more…)

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Tags: 9/11, Arab textbooks, Arabs, genocide, Hamas
Posted Mar 29th 2009 at 1:25 pm in Featured Story, Politics, Religion | 91006No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky/2009/03/29/taking-sides-in-the-middle-east/Taking+Sides+In+The+Middle+East2009-03-29+20%3A25%3A46Burt+Prelutsky

Can Movies Lose Wars?

This is a tale of two cultures.  Both cultures are faced with the threat of Islamic terrorism.  Both have watched their soldiers fight and die.  Both have watched their citizens burn alive. 

But one culture has rejected a far-left film establishment that seeks to undermine its war on terror – the other has embraced it.    

The first culture – the culture that rejects its morally relativistic artists – is America.  The second culture – the culture that accepts and encourages its morally relativistic artists – is Israel. 

Hollywood may make tons of movies like In the Valley of Elah, Rendition, and Stop-Loss, but those movies tank.  Tel Aviv makes similar movies, and those movies are considered the greatest film achievements of the Jewish State. 

There’s a reason for that: while Hollywood believes American exceptionalism is passé, most Americans disagree.  By contrast, Tel Aviv believes that Zionism is passé – and that post-Zionist attitude has infected much of the Israeli populace. 

It’s no wonder that America is winning its war on terror, while Israel is losing hers. 

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Tags: America, Body of Lies, Crowe, DiCaprio, Islam
Posted Jan 6th 2009 at 4:33 pm in Entertainment, News, Politics | 952155 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bshapiro/2009/01/06/can-movies-lose-wars/Can+Movies+Lose+Wars%3F++2009-01-06+23%3A33%3A41Ben+Shapiro