Daily Archives: 12/18/2007

On reporting, awarding, exploding

Abby Wisse Schachter delivers a devastating critique of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz But Haaretz’s ideological crusade is not limited to the editorial or opinion pages. Its editors are only too happy to publish defamatory feature stories as well. On November … Continue reading

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Losing while winning

Israel just released its own version of a national intelligence estimate, it is a post-mortem of last year’s war with Hezbollah. First the good news: It is clear that Hizbollah’s balance statement at the end of the fighting was mixed. … Continue reading

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Fish tales at the PA aid conference

“It was a small fish, actually, rather like a guppy.” “No, no, Habibi Blair, it was more like a bluegill.” “Ha, Monsieur Fayyad, it must have been a bass.” “Herr Kouchner, I must disagree it was more like a salmon.” … Continue reading

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Palestinians get a free pass to more billions

Once again, the world has shown that the Palestinians need not uphold a single portion of their end of the Road Map, or any other agreement, for the world to fawn at their feet. The sum total of Palestinian Pledge … Continue reading

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