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Hornik is also a [[fiction]] writer and has penned a novel and short stories. Some of the latter have been published in American literary journals and in Israeli as well as America Jewish and British Jewish magazines. In 2003 he switched the focus to political commentary. Before then he occasionally wrote opinion articles (sometimes blended with more personal content about his life in Israel) that were published in the [[Jerusalem Post]] and in American Jewish magazines such as [[Moment]], Midstream [http://www.midstreamthf.com/], and others. Hornik also contributed numerous book reviews to the Jerusalem Post including reviews of nonfiction and fiction works as well as poetry collections. |
Hornik is also a [[fiction]] writer and has penned a novel and short stories. Some of the latter have been published in American literary journals and in Israeli as well as America Jewish and British Jewish magazines. In 2003 he switched the focus to political commentary. Before then he occasionally wrote opinion articles (sometimes blended with more personal content about his life in Israel) that were published in the [[Jerusalem Post]] and in American Jewish magazines such as [[Moment]], Midstream [http://www.midstreamthf.com/], and others. Hornik also contributed numerous book reviews to the Jerusalem Post including reviews of nonfiction and fiction works as well as poetry collections. |
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Since 2003 Hornik has been a columnist for [[David Horowitz]]'s [[FrontPageMag.com]], and he also |
Since 2003 Hornik has been a columnist for [[David Horowitz]]'s [[FrontPageMag.com]], and he also contributes to [[Pajamas Media]]. He has also written in recent years for the [[American Spectator]], [[ynetnews.com]], the [[Jerusalem Post]], the [[Jewish Press]], and [[IsraelNationalNews.com]]. Hornik is now one of the main opponents of the mainstream view, prevalent in both the U.S. and Israeli governments and in much of the world, that Israel is engaged in an authentic peace process with the Arab side. Hornik maintains instead that the Arab (and larger Muslim) world has not accepted Israel, and Israel's approach should be based on deterrence and resolve rather than an illusory quest for acceptance. |
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Hornik is now one of the most frequent contributors to FrontPageMag.com with many of his columns receiving top billing. His articles on FrontPageMag and elsewhere have been reposted and discussed on other premier political sites such as [[Power Line]][http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/07/020969.php], [[Sean Hannity]][http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=739951], and [[William Bennett]][http://www.bennettmornings.com/blog?action=viewBlog&blogID=800422831939470921]. |
Hornik is now one of the most frequent contributors to FrontPageMag.com with many of his columns receiving top billing. His articles on FrontPageMag and elsewhere have been reposted and discussed on other premier political sites such as [[Power Line]][http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/07/020969.php], [[Sean Hannity]][http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=739951], and [[William Bennett]][http://www.bennettmornings.com/blog?action=viewBlog&blogID=800422831939470921]. |
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P. David Hornik (born 1954) is a freelance writer and translator living in Tel Aviv and a columnist for FrontPageMag.com.
Life
Hornik was born in New York City and grew up not far from Albany, NY. His parents, while in their teens, had fled Vienna with their respective families in fall 1938 after the German invasion and annexation (Anschluss) of Austria that year. In 1978 Hornik received a master’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Binghamton. In 1984 he moved to Israel, and he lived mainly in the Jerusalem area till 2006 when he moved to Tel Aviv. He served in the Israel Defense Forces, first in the artillery corps and later in Territorial Defense הגנה מרחבית.
Hornik is also a fiction writer and has penned a novel and short stories. Some of the latter have been published in American literary journals and in Israeli as well as America Jewish and British Jewish magazines. In 2003 he switched the focus to political commentary. Before then he occasionally wrote opinion articles (sometimes blended with more personal content about his life in Israel) that were published in the Jerusalem Post and in American Jewish magazines such as Moment, Midstream [1], and others. Hornik also contributed numerous book reviews to the Jerusalem Post including reviews of nonfiction and fiction works as well as poetry collections.
Since 2003 Hornik has been a columnist for David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com, and he also contributes to Pajamas Media. He has also written in recent years for the American Spectator, ynetnews.com, the Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Press, and IsraelNationalNews.com. Hornik is now one of the main opponents of the mainstream view, prevalent in both the U.S. and Israeli governments and in much of the world, that Israel is engaged in an authentic peace process with the Arab side. Hornik maintains instead that the Arab (and larger Muslim) world has not accepted Israel, and Israel's approach should be based on deterrence and resolve rather than an illusory quest for acceptance.
Hornik is now one of the most frequent contributors to FrontPageMag.com with many of his columns receiving top billing. His articles on FrontPageMag and elsewhere have been reposted and discussed on other premier political sites such as Power Line[2], Sean Hannity[3], and William Bennett[4].
The Israeli professor and columnist Steven Plaut has called Hornik "one of the best journalists in Israel and the Jewish world."[5]
Israeli author Shalom Freedman[6] has called Hornik "one of the finest political writers working today."[7]
Hornik is also a self-taught pianist who plays blues, jazz, and songs by ear.
Hornik’s blog[8] offers additional political commentary to his articles as well as links to important articles by other commentators.
Hornik’s work has been cited, reposted, and discussed at Rush Limbaugh's radio show and website, at Sean Hannity's website, at William Bennett's website, and at the important websites Power Line, Townhall[9], WorldNetDaily, AtlasShrugs[10], USAPartisan[11], FreeRepublic, LittleGreenFootballs, IsraPundit[12], and others. He has been interviewed on Crane Durham’s NothingButTruth radio show, the Zionist Organization of America's Middle East Report[13] radio show, the Politics and Religion radio show of Endtime Ministries, and other talk-radio shows.
Outlook
Hornik has been critical of what he considers both the Israeli and U.S. governments’ misreading of Israel’s environment and persistent efforts to achieve peace via Israeli territorial concessions. Hornik regards Israel’s environment as fundamentally hostile for deep-seated cultural reasons and highlights Israel’s smallness, vulnerability, and need to retain its remaining strategic assets. More broadly, Hornik emphasizes the tendency of democracies to deny and evade threats and the high costs of democracies’ delusory appeasement policies. His articles have also dealt with issues of Israeli and recent Jewish history, personal reflections on life in Israel, and other issues.
External links
Hornik's blog[14] offers political commentary mostly on Israel and the Middle East as well as links to important articles by other commentators.
Hornik was interviewed[15] (by Jamie Glazov, "Israel between Peril and Hope") on FrontPageMag on March 18, 2008.
Hornik's online archive[16] at FrontPageMag.
Hornik's online archive[17] at the American Spectator (scroll down to P. David Hornik among columnists).
Hornik's online archive[18] at ynetnews.
Hornik's online archive[19] at the Jewish Press.
Hornik's online archive[20] at IsraelNationalNews.
Hornik's online archive[21] at the Jerusalem Post.
Hornik's online archive [22]at PajamasMedia.