Daily Archives: 01/02/2009

Jack’s Gaza roundup is up

Number six it is.

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Tonight at Shabbat

Say a special prayer for the soldiers of the IDF. Here’s Chabad’s Shabbat candlelighting times. And remember tonight, at synagogues all over the world, Jews will also sing Oseh Shalom—a prayer that asks for peace for Israel and for the … Continue reading

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But it’s anti-Zionism, not anti-Semitism

A Chicago Jewish day school received a bomb threat. A molotov cocktail was thrown at a Chicago synagogue. Hand-made posters in support of Hamas were placed on two synagogues in Irvine, California. None of these places are Israeli. And yet, … Continue reading

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Well, that’s it for me: Stop the war, Israel

Annie Lennox is calling for an end to the Gaza War. I’m sold. Singer Annie Lennox and other celebrities on Friday called on Israel to stop its air attacks on the Gaza Strip. Speaking at a press conference in London … Continue reading

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Time Rayyans out

In his dispatch Senior Hamas leader killed, Griffe Witte of the Washington Post reported: Already, the air campaign has made this the bloodiest conflict in Gaza since Israel seized the territory in 1967. Precision-guided missile strikes have taken a heavy … Continue reading

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The moral Disneyland revisited

Twenty years ago Charles Krauthammer wrote The Mideast as Moral Disneyland. (Washington Post, February 5, 1988). What set Krauthammer off was a complaint by Woody Allen about how Israel wasn’t so lovable as it once was. In the middle of … Continue reading

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Hamas leader: Rayyan the brute

The estimable Khaled Abu Toameh profiles the Hamas leader who was killed by Israeli bombs yesterday. Looks like the man responsible for throwing Fatah members off Gaza buildings is the one that was killed by dropping a building on him. … Continue reading

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Mulling on Hamas, Gaza, Seth, matzav

It is quite difficult to mull on the developments in Gaza while people are dying. People will continue to die, more if the ground operation we are being warned about will come true. This (people dying) is so far the … Continue reading

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The IDF has a blog

Granted, it’s not a blog like yours and mine, but still: Linked.

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