Monthly Archives: May 2009

9 years later, still covering for Arafat

Posted on 05/31/2009 by Soccerdad

Commenter Sassinfras claims that Yasser Arafat begged Ehud Barak when they met at Barak’s apartment, not to allow Ariel Sharon to visit the Temple Mount in late September 2000. This is a dubious claim. Deborah Sontag initially reported on the … Continue reading →

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AP on mortgage foreclosures: Hurricane victims hardest hit

Posted on 05/31/2009 by Meryl Yourish

You have got to be kidding me. AP IMPACT: Foreclosures add to hurricane hazards Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors – a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards – and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane … Continue reading →

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The horde invades

Posted on 05/31/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The horde (as Sarah calls them) invaded my home yesterday afternoon, and just left. I’m pretty sure this is the first Sunday in my entire life that I started cooking breakfast for four children before seven a.m. That’s because I … Continue reading →

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Stall. Wait for pressure. Get concessions. Add some violence. Repeat.

Posted on 05/31/2009 by Soccerdad

Noah Pollak describes Mahmoud Abbas’s negotiating strategy as described in an interview with Jackson Diehl, as a “Princess Bride strategy.” Diehl seems to get it too as he writes: Abbas and his team fully expect that Netanyahu will never agree … Continue reading →

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Saturday funny

Posted on 05/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” was one of my absolute favorite songs from the eighties. The video is one of the all-time worst. And it’s just been hosed, big-time. H/T: Allah. If you remember the video, this is … Continue reading →

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A partiality test

Posted on 05/30/2009 by Meryl Yourish

See if you can figure out where, and whom, these quotes come from: Palestinians watched with hope this week as President Barack Obama called for an Israeli settlement freeze and spoke about the need to move quickly toward statehood alongside … Continue reading →

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UN launching “independent” probe of Gaza war

Posted on 05/29/2009 by Meryl Yourish

You have to love the AP. They sure do give us many laughs. The United Nations says a team of independent experts mandated to probe alleged war crimes in Israel and Gaza will leave for the Middle East over the … Continue reading →

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Unsettling

Posted on 05/28/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post reported the other day that the United States is pushing Israel to stop all “settlement” activity. And that PM Netanyahu caught flack on the topic from an unexpected source: formerly pro-Israel Congressmen: During meetings with congressional leaders … Continue reading →

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The Obama peace plan: Pressure Israel, pressure Israel, pressure Israel

Posted on 05/28/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It looks like the Chicken Littles may have been right. The Obama camp is calling for Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including building in the suburbs of Jerusalem—which is hardly a “settlement.” Meanwhile Clinton said Obama had “made it … Continue reading →

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The debate about armed struggle

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

This article strikes me as utterly typical of the rejectionist problem. The Palestinians are battling to compromise, but not in the way you and I understand the word: The Palestinian Authority “will do everything in its power” to advance peace … Continue reading →

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Testing Obama’s mettle

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A quote from October: “Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The … Continue reading →

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Bolstering the unelected kleptocrat

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post emphasizes what a slender reed the United States is depending on as a key to peace, Abbas’s credibility problem. Unfortunately the article skims over various reasons why Abbas shouldn’t have any credibility to Israel. Abbas, 74, a … Continue reading →

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Der Spiegel, Zionist tool

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Soccerdad

In case you’re wondering why Nasrallah’s response to the charge in Der Spiegel that Hezbollah was responsible for Rafiq Hariri’s murder, is that Der Spiegel is a Zionist tool, read Michael Totten’s take. “[I]f (the majority) uses the report against … Continue reading →

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Wily Jews outsmart Missouri neo-Nazis

Posted on 05/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A perfect response to a neo-Nazi group sponsoring a highway in order to get their group publicity: Lawmakers renamed a section of highway in Springfield that a neo-Nazi group adopted to keep litter-free after a Jewish civil rights leader. Rep. … Continue reading →

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Palestinian intransigence

Posted on 05/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

There is no peace process. There are only Palestinian demands. Witness the latest interview with Ahmed Qureia: Qureia: “The Right of Return is one of the Palestinians’ rights. The question of how to relate to this right is up for … Continue reading →

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Hugo helps with Iranian nukes?

Posted on 05/26/2009 by Soccerdad

According the AP, Israel has prepared a “secret” report claiming that Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program. The two South American countries are known to have close ties with Iran, but this is the … Continue reading →

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Note to AP: Debate is not dialogue

Posted on 05/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A dialogue is a conversation between two people. A debate is an exercise in rhetoric between opposing viewpoints. But the AP apparently does not have writers or editors knowledgeable enough to tell the difference between the two, nor between a … Continue reading →

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Time for a kitty timeout

Posted on 05/25/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Still not doing much blogging this weekend. So we have cat pictures. Tigger on deck. Gracie napping. Believe me when I tell you that Tig is not nearly as fat as he looks. He has about twice as much fur … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu – the alternative version

Posted on 05/25/2009 by Soccerdad

There’s a really great editorial at the New York Times that I missed the other day: We’d call this week’s White House meeting between President Obama and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a draw. Mr. Netanyahu promised to promote … Continue reading →

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Night at the Museum 2: A fun flick

Posted on 05/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

If you like cute, funny, family-oriented films, you will like Night at the Museum 2. Sarah and the twins and I went this afternoon, while Larry took the older boys to see Star Trek. (She and I will see that … Continue reading →

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