Monthly Archives: December 2007

Iranian propaganda: Pwned by spoof site

Posted on 12/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

If you haven’t been following this story, it’s pretty funny. Dear Iranian Mullahs! While our satirical website and your Propaganda Directorate deal in the same trade of making up facts and exaggerating reality, we are different in that we can … Continue reading →

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Distorted image

Posted on 12/31/2007 by Soccerdad

Israeli “human rights” organization, B’tzelem issued its report for 2006. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in 2007 has fallen by almost two-thirds compared to the figure for 2006, the human rights group B’Tselem reported Sunday.According to … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 6 Comments

Why don’t Israeli soldiers rape Palestinian women?

Posted on 12/31/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

It appears that I have missed a huge brouhaha lately. A research paper that won a Hebrew University teachers’ committee prize finds that the lack of IDF rapes of Palestinian women is designed to serve a political purpose. The abstract … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Juvenile Scorn | 1 Comment

PA to Israel: We want peace. Just ignore our terror attacks

Posted on 12/31/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is telling Palestinians to put up or shut up regarding the removal of checkpoints: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Israel would not take any security risks in its gestures to the Palestinians until the … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism | 1 Comment

But how do you explain …

Posted on 12/30/2007 by Soccerdad

Boker Tov Boulder notes that Salam Fayyad is hitting some of the right notes in his response to the murder of 2 Israelis on Friday. (BtB also observes that unlike some earlier reports the two murdered Israelis were not “settlers.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 4 Comments

Make a wish

Posted on 12/30/2007 by Gracie

You know what I’d like to see? Some day, when some terrorist crapbag asks Israel for a “mutual cease-fire” because he’s afraid the IDF is going to come into Gaza and go all medieval on his ass, I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Israel’s desire to be raped and editor’s wet dreams

Posted on 12/30/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

According to JP (gleeful of course) report, Ha’aretz editor David Landau is definitely in a wrong line of work. For two reasons at least: he cannot help venting his personal frustrations in public and, secondly, with his deep penetrating analysis … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

Crimes and Palestinians

Posted on 12/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Here’s an interesting statistic that you wouldn’t know unless you read the Israeli press: Ninety-seven percent of all IDF anti-terror attacks in 2007 caused casualties on terrorists, and only terrorists. That’s right. Only three percent of casualties in anti-terror attacks … Continue reading →

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Bin Laden threatens Israel

Posted on 12/30/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Once again, Osama bin Laden is trying to rally support for his terrorist network by threatening Jews. Yawn. Bin Laden also made an unusually sharp threat of attacks against Israel, saying, ”I would like to assure our people in Palestine … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Terrorism | 2 Comments

Saturday night girl talk

Posted on 12/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I just want to say: Stupid hot flashes. Now I think I’m getting cold flashes, too. Can you get cold flashes? I thought I had chillls this afternoon. Then they went away. Stupid pre-menopause. I want my youth back. Fifty … Continue reading →

Posted in Girl Talk | 3 Comments

Palestinian war crimes caught at checkpoint

Posted on 12/29/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The terrorists are trying to smuggle potassium nitrate in bags using the EU imprimatur. In the West Bank. In a joint operation of the Shin Bet and the Israel Defense Forces several weeks ago, a truck was caught at one … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism | 5 Comments

Editorial bog

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Soccerdad

In Middle East Bog the perceptive editors of the Washington Post write: The trouble began within days of the Annapolis meeting, when Israel’s Housing Ministry made the first of a series of gratuitous and provocative announcements about construction in Jewish … Continue reading →

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The peaceful Palestinians murder two more Israeli civilians

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The Palestinians, who want only to live peacefully, side-by-side with Israel, have murdered two men whose crime was hiking in the Hebron hills. Two Israellis were killed Friday in a drive-by shooting in the south Hebron Hills. The two men … Continue reading →

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The last SNN of 2007 is here

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

And it includes another one of our three-way chats, this time between Damain Penny, Brian of London, and me.

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See u.n. the funny papers

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Soccerdad

I seem to remember that sometimes when he left J. Jonah Jameson, Spiderman would say “See you in the funny papers.” Apparently that’s where we’re now going to see the U.N. In the funny papers. With Spiderman. (via memeorandum) He … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media, Pop Culture | 6 Comments

Egypt trying to copyright the Pyramids

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The Egyptians are annoyed that people are making money on replicas of pyramids. So they’re trying to copyright the shapes of their monuments. Yeah, that’ll go over well. Egypt might copyright its pharaonic antiquities, from the pyramids to scarab beetles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

Forward right

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Soccerdad

One of the lead articles in this week’s Forward is Debate Underscores Orthodox Community’s Rightward Drift. Reporting on a recent debate between Michael Medved and David Luchins, Rebecca Spence reports: The charged debate, attended by some 150 Orthodox convention-goers who … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

Kassams vs. the IDF

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is missing a few terrorists today, thanks to the IDF. A series of attacks launched by the IDF in Gaza Thursday has claimed the lives of at least eight militants, including Mohammad Abu Murshud, head of Islamic … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas | 1 Comment

Israel allows a gift to Hamas: Armored vehicles

Posted on 12/28/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The political leadership, against the advice of the IDF, is allowing the Palestinians to receive 50 armored vehicles from Russia for use in the West Bank. The final barrier—mounting machine guns on them—has been dropped by the Palestinians. No doubt … Continue reading →

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Benazir Bhutto: Not quite the angel

Posted on 12/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Before you make up your mind about whether Benazir Bhutto’s assassination is bad for Pakistan, you might want to read this. I was looking around on some blogs and trying to remember why I never thought very much of Ms. … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism, World | 9 Comments