July 28, 2012 The Muslim Brotherhood's American Defenders On Wednesday, John Brennan, US President Barack Obama's assistant for homeland security an

       
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July 28, 2012

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The Muslim Brotherhood's American Defenders

On Wednesday, John Brennan, US President Barack Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism, made a quick trip to Israel to discuss Hezbollah's massacre of Israeli tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria last week.

Hopefully it was an instructive meeting for the senior US official, although his Israeli interlocutors were undoubtedly dumbstruck by how difficult it was to communicate with him. Unlike previous US counterterror officials, Brennan does not share Israel's understanding of Middle Eastern terrorism.

Brennan's outlook on this subject was revealed in a speech he gave two years ago in Washington. In that talk, Brennan spoke dreamily about Hezbollah. As he put it, "Hezbollah is a very interesting organization."

He claimed it had evolved from a "purely terrorist organization" to a militia and then into an organization with members in Lebanon's parliament and serving in Lebanon's cabinet.

Brennan continued, "There are certainly elements of Hezbollah that are truly a concern for us what they're doing. And what we need to do is find ways to diminish their influence within the organization and to try to build up the more moderate elements."

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Latma updates and some happy house cleaning

As regular visitors to this site know, Latma, the donor-funded Hebrew language media satire website has taken a break from our regular weekly satirical television on internet newscast The Tribal Update to explore new ideas. We'll be coming back next week. In the meantime, here are a bunch of sketches we've worked on in recent weeks.

I hope you enjoy them all.

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BSN News Network's amazing plan for peace

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Shaul Mofaz's Rolodex

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The Peace Movement Leader's amazing confession

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Israel's Treasury betrays the cause of social justice

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David Horowitz Freedom Center and LA lecture

In the meantime, this month, after eight years of being honored to work with the Center for Security Policy in Washington, I have transferred my hat to the amazing David Horowitz Freedom Center in Los Angeles.

I'll remain at the CSP as the adjunct fellow for Middle Eastern affairs. At the Freedom Center I will serve as the Director of the Israel Security Project. And I couldn't be more excited. Here's the link to the flattering write-up on my move from Frontpage Magazine, the Freedom Center's amazing online news source.

Next week I'll post the link to donate to Latma through the Freedom Center. Also on Monday, I'll be speaking in LA for the Children of Holocaust Survivors. Here's the information on the talk. If you're around, I hope you'll join us.

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Register by email to RSVP@cjhsla.org. Please include your name and the number of people in your party. For more information please call (818)704-0523

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