Monthly Archives: March 2008

Call for topics and comments

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve noticed a rather deafening silence here lately, a trend that has been going on for quite some time. Do you all just not want to comment, or are you waiting for me to say something different and new? ‘Cause … Continue reading →

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Must-see TV

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Meryl Yourish

A Sky News reporter interviewed Khaled Mashaal, the man voted most likely to meet a Hellfire missile if he shows his face in a place where the IDF can target him. Carl in Jerusalem has the link; he deserves the … Continue reading →

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Terror returns as checkpoints are removed

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The first terror attack occurring in an area where checkpoints were removed resulted in the death of the terrorist. A Palestinian who was trying to stab two Israeli hitchhikers was shot dead by one of his intended victims. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Terrorism | 3 Comments

Haveil Havalim #160: The waffle edition

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Soccerdad

Haveil Havalim #160 is up at Life In Israel with an excellent sampling of the best of the Jewish/Israel blogosphere of the past week. Of note are posts about the “burqa babes,” the seven samurai and how Judaism is like … Continue reading →

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It’s hard to be humble

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Soccerdad

AP publishes a press release for Hamas: Exiled leader: Hamas might is ‘humble’. Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday at his office in Damascus that Hamas’ military capacity is “humble.””The enemy is exaggerating it in an … Continue reading →

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Olmert caves

Posted on 03/31/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Gee, no way this can go wrong: Under the plan that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced, Israel will remove about 50 roadblocks and upgrade checkpoints to speed up the movement of Palestinians through the West Bank. The Israelis also … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics | 1 Comment

Showing a bad risk in a few week’s time

Posted on 03/30/2008 by Soccerdad

Erekat: Barak busy planning incursions – Jerusalem Post – March 13, 2008 Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post has learned that Fraser will not publicize the report on compliance with the road map obligations he was expected to present at Friday’s trilateral … Continue reading →

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Leet Islamic haxxor d00dz take down Zionist websites

Posted on 03/30/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Roee Nahmias is hereby officially pronounced an Apprentice of Juvenile Scorn™ for this story about the PIJ haxxor d00dz incredible hacking skillz. Islamic Jihad operatives have been able to hack into several Israeli websites, the London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat … Continue reading →

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March mideast media madness

Posted on 03/30/2008 by Soccerdad

Contents The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Al Jazeera’s Jewish anchor – quits South African sponsored reconciliation radio The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Adel Darwish wants to change the way Israel is covered in the British media. (h/t ETBuzz) … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time | 1 Comment

Oh, never mind

Posted on 03/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Sorry. I’m in the middle of my Battlestar Galactica marathon. Talk among yourselves.

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Battlestar Galactica Season Three and a new TV: Life is good

Posted on 03/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Just in time for me to catch up before Season Four begins, I treated myself and bought a big-screen TV and got HDTV and the Sci-Fi Channel. Y’know, I didn’t care much for the remake when I saw the miniseries … Continue reading →

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Hamas drops the pretense of peace, again

Posted on 03/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Hamas is slowly but surely dropping the last of the mask of pretending that they want peace with Israel. Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Friday called on the leaders of Arab nations to drop their proposal for a comprehensive peace deal … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Terrorism | 8 Comments

Terrorists just miss murdering babies

Posted on 03/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The worst-case scenario—the deaths of dozens of children—just missed becoming a reality today. Three Qassam rockets were launched from northern Gaza towards Israel on Friday by noon, with one of the rockets narrowly missing a nursery in Kibbutz Nir Am. … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza | 1 Comment

Pro-peace = anti-Israel

Posted on 03/28/2008 by Soccerdad

James D Besser reports: Almost a year after reports of an “alternative AIPAC” emerged in the middle of the Jewish political world, many of the same players are on the verge of announcing a revised initiative intended to get the … Continue reading →

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PIJ terrorist admits the fence is working

Posted on 03/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Say, you know that “apartheid wall” that people keep telling Israel isn’t working, won’t work, can’t work, and needs to be pulled down? The terrorists say it’s working. PIJ leader Ramadan Abdallah Shalah was interviewed in Damascus by the Qatari … Continue reading →

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Saddam’s CAIR package

Posted on 03/27/2008 by Soccerdad

Lately the Investigative Project has put CAIR under the microscope to show that it isn’t simply a civil rights organization, but rather a front group for terrorist organizations. The latest report shows the criminal activity of a number of former … Continue reading →

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The pique of McPeak

Posted on 03/27/2008 by Soccerdad

I’m coming a bit late to the discussion about Sen. Obama and “Tony” McPeak.For a good background check out memeorandum. Of course McPeak’s assertion that the US government couldn’t achieve peace in the Middle East because of the populations of … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Jew Cooties, Politics | 1 Comment

Israeli Double Standard Time, terror attack version

Posted on 03/27/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Say, remember when I wrote about a call for revenge by a rabbi that the world media mostly ignored? “The biggest revenge on the goyim is for them to see how much God loves the people of Israel,” Rabbi Ovadia … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 1 Comment

Gaza war continues; MSM does not notice

Posted on 03/26/2008 by Meryl Yourish

So let’s see what the Palestinians sent out of Gaza yesterday. Mortars: Palestinians fired five mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into the Eshkol area in the western Negev on Tuesday. The shells fell in agricultural areas in one of … Continue reading →

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Smallest, lightest cell phone

Posted on 03/26/2008 by Soccerdad

An Israeli company has developed a cellphone that’s made it to Guinness book of World records as the smallest and lightest cellphone.Phone magazine describes it like this: The idea of having a single cellular handset that can serve multiple duties … Continue reading →

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