Micah Halpern
By Micah Halpern
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Opinion That Time I Hung Out With Carlos The Jackal — Wearing My Yarmulke
A French court recently sentenced the world-famous terrorist Carlos The Jackal to life in prison for the third time. The crime: killing two people and injuring 34 others in 1974 when he hurled a hand grenade into a Paris shopping mall. Before the Islamic State group, before Al Qaeda, there was Carlos The Jackal. In…
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Opinion Explosive Charge: Israel Is Not Part Of A ‘Cycle Of Violence’
The Israeli Air Force attacked Hezbollah targets in Syria on March 17, days before it went after Hamas targets in Gaza. The Israeli strike in Syria, reported in several news outlets, targeted weapons that convoys destined for Hezbollah. The weapons – almost certainly supplied by Iran and Syria – apparently had the potential to alter…
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Opinion Kremlin Confidential: What Did Netanyahu and Putin Really Talk About?
Imagine we are a fly on the wall in an opulent office in the Kremlin, the site of today’s important meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Except that our “fly” is a mini drone replete with a high-resolution remote camera and a hyper-sensitive microphone. Every word is being broadcast…
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Opinion Jeff Sessions Followed Jewish Law By Recusing Himself
Recusal due to conflict of interest has a long history in the annals of Jewish justice. It is a common argument to disprove or to diminish someone’s point of view. The Hebrew expression to describe this argument is Nogeiya B’davar. Literally translated, it means touched by the item, but it actually means involvement in the…
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