Comments on: The legacy of Arafat

By: Israpundit

Israpundit — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:08:17 +0000

The gangs of gaza

Instapundit linked to this excellent article by Martin Peretz, Mayhem in Gaza: You don’t hear much about these bewildering social formations until a long-festering inter-family (or intra-family) feud suddenly erupts and blood is shed, as it has recent…

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 08:07:28 +0000

The gangs of gaza

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:31:36 +0000

The confusing situation in israel

So much of the conventional wisdom about the Middle East generally and Israel specifically is confused. Last week Treppenwitz asked a couple of good questions that highlighted these confusions:My questions are as follows: 1. Why is it considered by man…

By: Israpundit

Israpundit — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:31:20 +0000

The confusing situation in israel

So much of the conventional wisdom about the Middle East generally and Israel specifically is confused….

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:23:20 +0000

Why is it the Jews’ fault, Meryl? It just is, OK? If the Israelis would only accept the legitimate demands of the Palestinians (e.g. going out of existence) Muslims the world over would be reconciled to Western civilization.

By: SnoopyTheGoon

SnoopyTheGoon — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 15:00:13 +0000

“So tell me, what were the root causes of this bombing of the Christian market in Indonesia?”

Why, the mere existence of a single Joo somewhere in the world makes some people angry to an explosion point…

By: cond0010

cond0010 — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:34:58 +0000

Come to think of it, there _is_ an online class on media bias around here somewhere… ;)

By: Condon

Condon — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 13:12:21 +0000

Its a shame that a Political Science professor does not offer a class which studies Media Bias in a Political Enivroment(Palestinian/Israel Conflict, American Military in Iraq, Riots in France, The genocide in Sudan, the UN Oil for food Scandal, Rather-gate, etc…).

It is a target rich enviroment (making it an easy class to set up)vand it would help students sift the bias out of an article and reach more rational conclusions from the data given.

But then, the Universities are part of the problem, aren’t they? :)

By: Sabba Hillel

Sabba Hillel — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:51:26 +0000

Israel, like Jews in the rest of the world, is the miner’s canary. The world is paying the price of ignoring attacks on us, midah k’neged midah.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:14:53 +0000

Arafatism, like Stalinism lives long after the namesake has gone to hell.