Dan Pollak

"Khyber Khyber Ya Yahud" is pretty much the worst argument Palestinians can ever make. It's so bad for the Palestinian cause that I'm amazed that Israelis don't raise it more often.

"First, Do No Harm; Joe Kent's resignation was his right. The manner of it was a gift to U.S. adversaries. Those are not the same conversation." "Serious national security professionals understand that the moment of active conflict is not the moment for public dissent by officials with access to classified programs and ongoing operations. The risks are not theoretical. Mr. Kent himself warned in his interview with Carlson that the longer this conflict continues, the more likely the U.S. is to see attacks inspired from home by lone actors, not organized networks. Mr. Kent is right about that risk. Which makes his chosen course of action more difficult to justify, not less." Read the rest at the Poblete Dispatches --->

Don’t worry, it’s against “international law” for Iran to fire them at you. The same “international law” that says you can’t preempt the threat. So breathe easy Piers.

Over 100 people were injured tonight by Iranian strikes on Dimona and Arad, 11 seriously, including children. While Israel and the U.S. focus on military targets and degrading the regime’s capabilities, Iran deliberately targets civilians. Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs serve one purpose: spreading destruction, terror, and fear. As the regime weakens, it escalates and shows its true nature. If unchecked, this threat will not stop at Israel. It can reach Europe and the United States. Imagine this with nuclear weapons. This is a global threat. Israel is not the whole story. It is the warning.

Put the antisemitism aside for a moment. The Mayor of New York City was asked about an expression of support for mass rapists and murderers by his wife. His response: “She is the love of my life, and I’m not denouncing it.” And we’re just supposed to move on from this?

@christopherrufo I don't really think Israel needs you to believe it is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy. I do think the USA needs Israel as a strong ally.

I don’t think the State of Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophesy, but I also don’t think we should let radical Islamists destroy it

@TheFloridaMike Well, I know him and he will not.

SERIOUS QUESTION: Do you think that John Fetterman should leave the Democratic Party and become a Republican? Yes or no.

In 2015, Mrs. Mamdani praised Shadia Abu Ghazaleh, who participated in bombing an Israeli bus and other terrorist attacks. She died in 1968, when a bomb she was building, accidentally, exploded in her home. Duwaji posted a picture of Ghazaleh on Tumblr for International Women’s Day in 2015. Fatah named two schools in Gaza after this “resistance heroine.” Fatah stated that she is among those who “guide our path,” and honored her for being an “uncompromising and merciful young woman, who sacrificed herself for her great family”: Fatah’s posted “Shadia took part in a bombing operation of an Israeli bus, and also took part in and even led a number of military operations. However, fate desired that when our heroine was at her home preparing a bomb to detonate on the occupation in Tal Al-Rabia (Tel Aviv) Tel Aviv is “occupied.” Blowing up buses and killing civilian is an “honor.” This is who Mrs. Mamdani idolizes.

@MarcStLouis9 @RepJoshG I guess you don't know some of the newly ordained rabbis.

@PollakDan @RepJoshG I don't think you realize just how strange your comment is. Like me saying that the priest in my parish is anti-catholic.

Yesterday, I raised serious concerns about this Administration’s hiring a bunch of extremists to senior roles in the intelligence community who have a history of spewing antisemitic rhetoric and views. Joe Kent is a white supremacist who used Israel as a scapegoat for the Iran and Iraq war. Dan Caldwell, who was recently hired, is an isolationist who was fired from the Pentagon for leaking sensitive information.

Joe Kent has disgraced himself. Joe is lying to advance a personal grievance agenda. Joe is a liar. FACT.

یکی از دوستان ریزشی که در سپاه ولی امر بود به من گفت که تا هفته پیش در بیمارستان لقمان ،سینا و مروستی سه تیم مجزا مستقر شده بودند برای اینکه محل بستری مجتبی خامنه‌ای مشخص نشه،او اما در بیمارستان سینا بوده،دو پایش قطع شده بود و دست و سرش ضربات جدی دیده بودند. اما حالا هر سه تیم پایان ماموریت خوردند . مجتبی هفته گذشته در کما فوت کرده است، جمهوری اسلامی احتمالا هرگز مرگ او را تا سرنگونی‌اش اعلام نخواهد کرد چرا که هیچ جانشینی برای او ندارد و مجلس خبرگان محال است برای انتخاب فرددیگری به اجماع برسد و سپاه پاسداران با همین رهبر مرده تا سرنگونی به پیش خواهد رفت.

@mobbs_mentality Also, they have been wrong about everything since October 7th.

This is how The Economist portrayed Joe Biden. Once a referee of global affairs, The Economist now too often plays for one team.

Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them. In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know. That is the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect. I'd point out it does not operate in other arenas of life. In ordinary life, if somebody consistently exaggerates or lies to you, you soon discount everything they say. In court, there is the legal doctrine of falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus, which means untruthful in one part, untruthful in all. But when it comes to the media, we believe against evidence that it is probably worth our time to read other parts of the paper. When, in fact, it almost certainly isn't. The only possible explanation for our behavior is amnesia. — Michael Crichton

@oughtabefired @jbarro No- Do you seriously maintain this speech of hers was only about the terminology? If that were true, she would be even more vapid than she was in this interview. I am actually giving her more credit than you are.

@PollakDan @jbarro So in other words, you have a different “choice” of the terminology you prefer? Do you understand what the word “choice” means? Or maybe the term “first lady” is somehow codified (spoiler alert: it’s not). Have a beer or something man, this stuff isn’t that serious!

"First Partner" is such an annoying title choice from Gavin Newsom's wife. Pretentious and clinical at the same time.

@michaeldweiss This guy is a wimpy, peacetime marine. Of course they can be losses, including an accident with an M-1 Abrahms tank or significant casualties. That is what Marines plan for- successfully achieving the mission anyway. No warfare is 'simple.' If that is all your marine said, OK.

I asked a retired U.S. Marine familiar with amphibious operations about a MEU on Kharg Island. Granted, this person doesn't have "OSINT" in his Twitter bio, so what the hell would he know? But this is what he told me, contra Trump's claim this is a "simple military maneuver": "Amphibious landings are by nature high risk and a lot can go wrong even in the best conditions. The Marine Corps has lost equipment during exercises, for example when an Abrams tank was sunk during an exercise on the coast of Spain in the 2010s. "An amphibious landing on Kharg is within the capability of the United States to accomplish, but at what cost and to what end? Once the Marines fight their way ashore and take their objective, they will be on an island with limited cover, very close to hostile Iran. How long could the Marines hold this island, under bombardment, before they would need to be withdrawn? "As for the danger, I think of amphibious assault as being akin to airborne assault. A lot of this depends on the tactical advantage of speed and surprise. "What the Marines are working against here is that everyone knows they're coming. And there are only so many places that are suitable for a landing. Need a suitable approach, favorable tides, etc. the Iranians understand this and will plan for it. "It is reasonable to expect that they will try to attack the transports en route, that they will attack while the ships unload, that they will attack the landing craft while they move from the ships to the beach, and that the troops will be attacked as they assault from the beach to their objectives. "Once the Marines are at their objective, they'll be attacked there too because Iran, and any other interested party to the conflict, will know exactly where the Marines are. "We're also 13 years removed from major combat operations in GWOT. There are still combat veterans at middle and upper echelons, but the majority of troops are not combat veterans. They're new guys."

@youalreadyknw7 @AugustCohen4 @jonfavs You are the mentally challenged one. I served our country in uniform and won't be called a 'retard' by the likes of you. I am entitled to whatever political views I have. You don't get a say in that.

@AugustCohen4 @jonfavs Either your loyalty is with America or Israel. Not both. Pick a side, retard.

AIPAC says it's "fundamentally undemocratic" to...criticize AIPAC

@g_clark_sporto @AugustCohen4 @jonfavs It is un-American to summarize this debate as you have, actually. I served our country in uniform, and you have some nerve telling me my loyalties are not with America. You are WRONG.

@AugustCohen4 @jonfavs It’s unAmerican to call out those whose loyalties are not with America, but instead with another country?

Netanyahu’s only mistake in speaking of Jesus yesterday is that he didn’t factor in the profound decline in literacy, critical thinking, and frontal lobe development amongst Americans.

@AkyolinEnglish @nytimes So tell me- Does a Muslim in the USA support the death of an apostate from Islam?

Good @nytimes editorial on the ugly rise of anti-Muslim hatred in the United States, with a quote from me: nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opi…

@BlaireWhite Yeah- That didn't happen- this is a classic example of taking part of a quote out of context. He was neither praising Genghis Khan nor denigrating Jesus- He was using Jesus as an example of a righteous person.

Denigrating the Christian God while relying on military support from a Christian country is fucking crazy.