Monthly Archives: December 2007

As Israel deals for Shalit, the rockets fall on Sderot

Posted on 12/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

How do you reconcile negotiating for the release of a kidnapped soldier on the one hand—with the probability that hundreds of convicted terrorists will go free to terrorize more—with the fact that rockets are raining down daily on Sderot. Nine … Continue reading →

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Terrorism | 2 Comments

The Freddy’s Seven

Posted on 12/27/2007 by Soccerdad

via memeorandum Keith Richburg has a front page report Not Relevant? Sharpton Scoffs at the Idea in yesterday’s Washington Post. Clearly the reporter scoffs too. There’s a sub-head line “Activist’s Busy Calendar and Ringing Phone Speak to His Role in … Continue reading →

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Who’re you gonna call?

Posted on 12/27/2007 by Soccerdad

It’s been 3 years since a tsunami devastated large parts of southeast Asia. Since then the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPD) has been involved in the rebuilding effort. “When the stage of the immediate disaster relief … Continue reading →

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Woof

Posted on 12/27/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Harrison’s blogging again. Harrison, I can read your blog without having to crack a rib from trying not to laugh out loud now. I work from home four days a week. Not that I read blogs during the time I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers, Cats | 1 Comment

Egypt on border smuggling: Blame the Israel Lobby

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The IDF has videotape of Egyptian border guards either turning a blind eye to the smuggling between Egypt and Gaza, or actively aiding and abetting it. The tape has been given to members of the Pentagon. It was not supplied … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time | 2 Comments

Dashing through the snow

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Glenn links to an article about police in Wisconsin trying to get kids to wear helmets while sledding. But I don’t think they’re going far enough. I chipped a tooth sledding. I was 13, hit a bump at the bottom … Continue reading →

Posted in Juvenile Scorn | 8 Comments

Freakishly funny post of the day

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Michael Jackson’s kid accidentally punched him in the mouth. And his lip fell off. Michael Jackson reportedly underwent emergency surgery after his young son accidentally punched him in the face. The Thriller hitmaker – who has undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries … Continue reading →

Posted in Evil Meryl | 2 Comments

Purchasing peace

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Soccerdad

In 80 years on, massacre victims’ kin reclaims Hebron house, Nadav Shragai reports: Ten months have passed since the settlers entered the three-story building, which covers an area of over 3,000 square meters. The $700,000 to buy the house came … Continue reading →

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“Peaceful” Palestinians nearly murder Israeli in Ramallah

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Stories like this happen all of the time. An Israeli gets lost and winds up in an Arab city in the West Bank, and the “peaceful” Palestinians—who only want peace and their own state, side-by-side with Israel—nearly murder him. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome | 5 Comments

Iran away

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Soccerdad

The largest group – since the time of Shah – of Jews from Iran just arrived in Israel. Ha’aretz reports: A group of 40 new immigrants from Iran touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, the largest since the … Continue reading →

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Revolving door story

Posted on 12/26/2007 by Soccerdad

A few weeks ago Caroline Glick reported that Israelis had to enter the conference area through separate entrance. Ms. Glick is now retracting that claim. Of course as Daled Amos who noticed the retraction pointed out: There is plenty to … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 1 Comment

Sweeney Todd movie review

Posted on 12/25/2007 by Meryl Yourish

I saw Sweeney Todd this afternoon, in a theater that had a decent-sized crowd. I can see why Steven Sondheim gave the movie his blessings. It’s quite good. It has its flaws, but overall, I enjoyed it immensely. Flaw number … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays, Movies | 2 Comments

Cruisin’ for a bruisin’

Posted on 12/25/2007 by Soccerdad

In his year end assessment of the changes in the Middle East over 2007, “The year of acting dangerously” Barry Rubin observes (among other things) U.S. policy returns to traditional stance. Whatever innovations, for better or worse, President George Bush … Continue reading →

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An alien nationalism?

Posted on 12/25/2007 by Soccerdad

via memeorandum Martin Peretz (or perhaps Josh Patashnik) writes in review of a book “Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948″ What we learn about the three decades after General Allenby conquered Jerusalem from the Ottomans was that the … Continue reading →

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Marcy Winograd – ripping off the muzzle

Posted on 12/25/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

Follow some excerpts from a unique manuscript that was intercepted by our agents. Its state was extremely poor – our lab* reported later that it was thoroughly chewed by a dog of indeterminate breed who destroyed more than half of … Continue reading →

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Season’s greetings

Posted on 12/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

A merry Christmas to all of my Christian readers. And a happy Festivus to all the Seinfeld fans out there. I will be doing, for the first time in my life, a traditional Jewish Christmas dinner: I’m meeting a bunch … Continue reading →

Posted in Holidays | 4 Comments

First let the lawyers kill us all

Posted on 12/24/2007 by Soccerdad

Daled Amos and JudeoPundit did a fine job of expanding on a little discussed topic. Working off a post in InstaPundit, about a Caroline Glick column describing the effect Israel’s out of control legal establishment affected the war against Hezbollah … Continue reading →

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Gaza’s Christians: Living in fear

Posted on 12/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The AP has noticed that the Muslims in the Gaza Strip have been terrorizing Gaza’s Christians. The International Herald Tribune carries the story with this headline: Gaza’s Christians keep low profile during Christmas after slaying of activist “Activist”? What did … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Media Bias, Religion | 2 Comments

Medvedev candidacy and Russian Black Hundreds

Posted on 12/24/2007 by SnoopyTheGoon

The nomination of Dmitry Medvedev, one of Russia’s two first deputy prime ministers, by the United Russia party (read Putin) as its candidate for the presidential election next March, raised quite a few brows. Quite a non-entity, at least as … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, World | 1 Comment

Kidnapping works: Releasing murderers

Posted on 12/24/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Israel is caving on an issue where she has caved before: Olmert is going to allow Palestinian terrorists who were involved in murdering Israelis to be swapped for Gilad Shalit. He is signaling Hamas and Hezbollah that their tactic of … Continue reading →

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