Monthly Archives: April 2009

Corruption: it’s a feature not a bug

Posted on 04/24/2009 by Soccerdad

In Gaza power plant surprising profit generator, Dion Nissenbaum notes that a recent report shows that foreign aid indirectly flows to Mahmoud Abbas’s sons. The power plant story follows another investigative piece by Entous that examined lucrative US contracts given … Continue reading →

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Driving the wedge

Posted on 04/24/2009 by Soccerdad

How clear the conflict between the Netanyahu government and the Obama administration are, is unclear at this point. That doesn’t stop Glenn Kessler from emphasizing the differences. Aides to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said this week that the Israeli … Continue reading →

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Heroes? Yes.

Posted on 04/24/2009 by Soccerdad

According to Michael Goldfarb, that’s what we ought to call the interrogators who got timely information that saved lives. (via memeorandum) That’s what we ought to call the men and women who interrogated the worst of the worst. For those … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu to EU: F.U.

Posted on 04/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I am loving stories like this. I foresee many more of them to come. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday dismissed European calls to suspend the upgrade in Israel’s relations with the European Union. “Don’t set conditions for us,” Netanyahu told … Continue reading →

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Gitmo prisoner’s sons killed by grenade—in their home

Posted on 04/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

This is a story that doesn’t make you go “Hmm.” It makes you go, “WTF?” The two young sons of a Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo died when a grenade they were playing with accidentally detonated inside their home, a human … Continue reading →

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Bridging and expanding the gap

Posted on 04/23/2009 by Soccerdad

I observed yesterday that conflicts between the new governments in the United States and Israel are being magnified by those who seem to have a stake in ensuring friction between the two. Shmuel Rosner debunks another effort to magnify differences … Continue reading →

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Religion of tolerance vandalizes Jewish shrine—again

Posted on 04/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The famed Islamic tolerance for other religions reared its ugly face in Nablus last night, when Joseph’s Tomb—a place supposedly sacred to Islam as well as to Judaism—was vandalized. Since Nablus is in the West Bank, and there are no … Continue reading →

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Face value

Posted on 04/23/2009 by Soccerdad

Yesterday, I wrote about Elder of Ziyon’s efforts to count the Arab casualties from Cast Lead accurately. Look at today’s report in the New York Times about the IDF’s investigation of its behavior during Cast Lead. Gaza health officials said … Continue reading →

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Technical glitch stops Hamas/U.K. propaganda hour

Posted on 04/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Well, this was good news: A meeting was meant to take place on Wednesday in the Grimond Room at Portcullis House, adjoining the House of Commons in London. The planned meeting was titled “Talk with Hamas” and was meant to … Continue reading →

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How far apart?

Posted on 04/22/2009 by Soccerdad

Last week Barry Rubin argued that Israel and the United States – despite what’s being reported – are not headed for a major confrontation. Yesterday Israel Matzav looked at a report about President Obama refusing to meet with PM Netanyahu … Continue reading →

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Durban II: Reaffirming Durban I

Posted on 04/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vile anti-Semitic speech did nothing except get a few editorial writers to shake their heads or wag their fingers. Soccer Dad has a roundup of analysis of Mad Mahmoud’s appearance. But aside from the headlines, what did Ahmadinejad’s … Continue reading →

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Help the elder

Posted on 04/22/2009 by Soccerdad

No this isn’t about helping little old ladies across the street. Elder of Ziyon has actually committed some journalism and is interested in publicizing his results. (JudeoPundit did a nice job of it.) Help him get the word out! Crossposted … Continue reading →

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Mahmoud’s mania

Posted on 04/22/2009 by Soccerdad

The New York Times editorial on Ahmadinejad’s speech: After weighing the issue, President Obama decided not to send an American delegation to the conference. Perhaps it would have been better if his administration had been present to fight for an … Continue reading →

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Yom HaShoah: Looking back, and looking forward

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

We remember the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah. Our enemies should remember this: And Iran, especially, should remember this: Am Yisrael chai.

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On hate and new relations

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Soccerdad

At the end of the NY Times article on the fallout of Ahmadinejad’s speech, the paper reports: Those who supported the Obama administration’s attending the conference said their attitude was not altered by Mr. Ahmadinejad’s remarks. “It is unfortunate that … Continue reading →

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Jedi coppers, Wookie soldiers

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Soccerdad

Who would have thunk it? In Britain a growing number of people are declaring themselves to be adherents of the Jedi faith. About 390,000 people listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales. In Scotland … Continue reading →

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Selective outrage

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Soccerdad

Today Bret Stephens makes an interesting observation. Now type the words “Palestine” and “genocide” into Google. When I did so Monday, I got 1,630,000 results. Next, substitute “Chechnya” for “Palestine.” The number is 245,000. Taking the Google results as a … Continue reading →

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AP: Israel causes anti-Semitism

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Take a look at this statement in an AP report about Netanyahu’s remarks on Yom Hashoah (the commemoration of the Holocaust): In its annual report on anti-Semitism, The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at … Continue reading →

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Yom HaShoah- Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on 04/21/2009 by Jack

Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day has begun and I find myself searching for the proper way to express my thoughts about the day. It is of critical importance, this day. It is a time to reflect upon the horrors of … Continue reading →

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What the AP didn’t tell you Ahmadinejad said

Posted on 04/20/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Funny how these words didn’t make it into the AP wire story about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Semitic speech. As he has in the past, Ahmadinejad said Zionist supporters enjoy undue influence over Western governments, imposing “their domination to the extent that … Continue reading →

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