Monthly Archives: January 2009

Updating the Gaza war

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

We can stop calling it an “operation” now, I think. Hamas has 15,000 fighters, many of them trained in Iran, or by Iranian Revolutionary Guards, waiting for the Israeli ground troops. Who are now inside Gaza. Omri has some awesome … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Division of labor: Omri and me

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Omri and I were talking about a division of labor, but the devil is in the details. So just go visit his blog when there’s nothing new on mine, and vice-versa. Also, when Shabbat ends in Israel, which is, uh, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers | 1 Comment

The battle for Gaza: A history

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Read the entire thing, but here’s an excerpt: The first and most important consquence of Israel’s military victories was the peace agreement with Egypt. It was the Egyptian army more than any other which posed an existential threat to Israel’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel | Tagged , | 3 Comments

The scary intellect of Israel’s foes

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Anti-Israel marchers in London—all 5,000 strong—took to the streets to protest the Gaza war. Of course, CNN isn’t depicting the more hateful, anti-Semitic signs, but you have to love their choice of people to quote. “It’s shocking and it’s terrible,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time, Juvenile Scorn | 5 Comments

15 New Commandments – for gradual human self-destruction or The Enemy Within

Posted on 01/03/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

I am not absolutely sure that Tom Carew is the author of this excellent text, but it comes from him, it doesn’t appear (for now) anywhere else in the e-space as seen by Google, and in any case many thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias | Comments Off

The ground war begins

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s begun. For the first time since the operation in Gaza got underway, IDF artillery cannons started to shell targets in the Strip Saturday, witnesses on both sides of the border said, heralding a possible escalation to a new tactic … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | Tagged , | 5 Comments

On Iranian volunteer suicide bombers

Posted on 01/03/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

From an AP writer: Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. But there seems to be a hitch: … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, World | 3 Comments

Caturday break

Posted on 01/03/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Because we could all use more kitty pictures. First, Tig under the bed. He’s not hiding. He’s playing. This picture has just about the most accurate portrayal of his eye color. They’re a deep gold. Next we have our nightly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cats | 8 Comments

Jack’s Gaza roundup is up

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Number six it is.

Posted in Israel | Comments Off

Tonight at Shabbat

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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 →

Posted in Israel, Jews | 1 Comment

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

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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 →

Posted in Anti-Semitism | Tagged | 6 Comments

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

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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 →

Posted in Juvenile Scorn, Pop Culture | 20 Comments

Time Rayyans out

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Soccerdad

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 →

Posted in Hamas, Israel | Tagged | 6 Comments

The moral Disneyland revisited

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Soccerdad

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 →

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time | Tagged | 4 Comments

Hamas leader: Rayyan the brute

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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 →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Mulling on Hamas, Gaza, Seth, matzav

Posted on 01/02/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

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 →

Posted in Gaza, Israel | 1 Comment

The IDF has a blog

Posted on 01/02/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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

Posted in Bloggers, Israel | Tagged | Comments Off

Someone shut Hamas up already, please

Posted on 01/01/2009 by Meryl Yourish

More “gates of hell” rhetoric from Hamas: Hamas warned on Thursday that the organization’s response to the targeted killing of one of its leaders by Israel would be “strong and painful.” Meanwhile, a member of one of the other armed … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | 2 Comments

Jack’s Gaza update 5.5

Posted on 01/01/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s here. Soccer Dad and I can’t do it all ourselves, you know.

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Signs of the times: Praying from bomb shelters

Posted on 01/01/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Saturday is probably going to be a heavy rocket day. Israel’s Homefront Command realizes this, and is advising Jews to attend only fortified synagogues. Rockets also landed throughout the evening in Ashkelon, Beersheba, and the Gaza vicinity communities, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gaza, Hamas | Tagged , | 4 Comments