Monthly Archives: December 2008

The media assault against Israel

Posted on 12/30/2008 by Soccerdad

The American media is doing all it can to undermine Israel’s case for war. I’m not just talking about those anti-Israel bloviators whom Noah Pollak amusingly call the “juicebox mafia,” but the opinion pages of major American newspapers have been … Continue reading →

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Abu-Zayd lies about Israel, AP passes it along

Posted on 12/30/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Omri catches the head of the UNRWA in a blatant lie about a supposed lull that nobody seems to have known about but her. And the AP is passing along her lies without so much as fact-checking them. Palestinians in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, United Nations | Tagged , | 2 Comments

A massacre the world overlooks

Posted on 12/30/2008 by Meryl Yourish

There’s a real massacre going on right now in the Congo that the world is ignoring: A Ugandan rebel group known for its horrific cruelties has massacred 189 people and kidnapped at least 20 children over three days in northeastern … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time | 1 Comment

Hatemail of the day

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

And the hates just keep on coming. I got an email from some idiot who wrote the following comment, which I did not approve, as it violates the No Israel-Bashing rule. Wow. They used international humanitarian aid as bait before … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Juvenile Scorn | Tagged | 7 Comments

More on the ground war

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

First, the Muqata, with this analysis: 7:32 PM Interesting. Apparently, IDF Intellignce believes (based on the sources I’ve gleaned) that the largest Hamas Grad Missile bunker in Gaza is located…directly beneath the Gaza Shifa Hospital. Israel’s Channel 1 TV reports … Continue reading →

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Brace yourselves for the next step

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Benjamin Netanyahu has joined the PR effort, which is a very good thing. He’s handsome, eloquent, and persuasive. And he’ll be needed for the next phase, because it’s going to get pretty ugly, pretty soon. Despite the Israeli Air Force’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | Tagged , | 3 Comments

Best headline of the week

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Charles got a great one in: Hamas Rejects Truce Israel Isn’t Offering Made me laugh.

Posted in Gaza, Israel | 1 Comment

Hamas and its boosters

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Soccerdad

Ethan Bronner of the NYT reports opines at the end of his recent report (via memeorandum): There is palpable satisfaction at the moment in the Israeli government and the military because the operation so far is seen as a success. … Continue reading →

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias | Tagged , | 11 Comments

Morning war round-up

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The war has expanded to the West Bank, which was utterly predictable: Six wounded in W. Bank stabbing attack The terrorist was shot by an MDA medic. An armed society is a prepared society. IAF destroying ammo dumps: IAF hits … Continue reading →

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From the comments: The world’s hypocrisy

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

This deserves to be elevated from the comments so everyone can see it. Thanks, Charles. Just did a quick Google and came up with this recent article (from a Russian paper): Over 670 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey this year … Continue reading →

Posted in Media Bias, Terrorism | Tagged | 1 Comment

Terrorist, policeman, …

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Soccerdad

Aside from the NYT shamelessly rewriting this story, this paragraph really bothers me. Israeli officials said that anyone linked to the Hamas security structure or government was fair game because Hamas was a terrorist group that sought Israel’s destruction. But … Continue reading →

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Covering for Iran

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Soccerdad

There is no kind way to describe today’s Washington Post editorial Israel Strikes with a subtitle: Hamas suffers a serious blow — but the real winner may be Iran. ISRAEL’S AIR offensive against the Gaza Strip yesterday should not have … Continue reading →

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Evil Zionists send blood, fuel, medical supplies to Gaza

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

What other nation has ever supplied the other side with medical supplies and fuel during wartime? Meanwhile, Barak authorized the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza in an unprecedented scope. Some 100 trucks carrying blood units, provisions, medicines and 10 … Continue reading →

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Hamas arms and weapons severely degraded

Posted on 12/29/2008 by Meryl Yourish

The IDF says that Hamas’ response is light for two reasons: Either they’re holding back, or their response capability has been severely degraded by the attacks. It’s possible they’re waiting for the ground attack to begin, but—well, see for yourself. … Continue reading →

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Eighth light

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Tonight, I had a lovely time with the R. family, whom I met the first year I moved to Richmond. Daughter Mara was one of my two teaching assistants, and her mother and I hit it off from the get-go. … Continue reading →

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Haveil Havalim

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Haveil Havilim is here. And Jack rounded up posts about Gaza here.

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J Street: Too gutless to allow comments?

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Why no comments on the J Street blog? What are they afraid of? Will they discover that the pro-Israel bloggers outnumber the anti-Israel bloggers, and that J Street speaks not for the “silent majority,” but for a tiny minority of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers, Israel | 13 Comments

Hamas is fighting the last war, redux

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

I have written more than once that Hamas took the lessons of the Lebanon war to mean that if they did everything that Hezbullah did, they could achieve a “victory” over the IDF the way Hezbullah did. (Realize that our … Continue reading →

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Gaza war intensifies; IDF targets tunnels

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Israel is casting that dreidel very, very carefully. IAF jets struck tunnels connecting the Palestinian and Egyptian sides of Rafah, a Gaza Strip border town which has become a main entry point into Gaza of weapons, dynamite and other smuggled … Continue reading →

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War snark

Posted on 12/28/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Because I know you want it. Stop the presses! I agree with Muammar Gaddafi: Gaddafi: Revoke Arab peace initiative My future husband (sigh) is back in the game: Dan Gillerman appointed head of Israel’s PR campaign for Gaza op Yes, … Continue reading →

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