About Us

I guess it started when I was working on my dissertation.

Laurie and I had moved back to San Francisco from State College, Pennsylvania, and I was teaching at City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University. A buddy of mine pointed me toward Daily Kos and I joined (under the nom de blog "Karmafish") because I was disgusted with the Bush II administration and opposed to the war in Iraq. At the time I did not know a whole lot about the ongoing Arab-Muslim war against the Jews in the Middle East, but one thing that I learned quickly was that there is an awful lot of hatred, particularly coming from the progressive-left, toward the Jewish state of Israel.

After they banned me for mocking them in the spring of 2010 in a brief satirical piece entitled, “Breaking: Jew Builds Second Bathroom in East Jerusalem,” I started up this joint. Shortly thereafter Doodad, another Daily Kos refugee, showed up, along with Oldschooltwentysix to lend a hand. Later Daniel Bielak also dropped in and recently Geoffff, from Australia, and Jay in Philadelphia, has joined the crew.

And now (May 8, 2013) I want to welcome Empress Trudy and Ziontruth to our front page, as well.

While we don't always agree on the politics, we are pro-Israel, pro-Jewish, and opposed to the rise of political Islam in the Muslim Middle East because of the genocidal nature of that movement. Although Israel Thrives is non-partisan, we tend to be highly critical of the progressive-left due to its acceptance of anti-Semitic anti-Zionism as part of its larger coalition.

Our purpose is simply to think aloud on the Arab-Israel conflict, and American foreign policy in that part of the world, and we hope that you will drop in to say “hello” and maybe share your thoughts.

Mike Lumish, PhD

Editor, Israel Thrives