Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ich bin kein Berliner?

Posted on 09/23/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

The more assuredly President Barak Obama’s administration settles into its routine and stable mode of operation after a few pretty chaotic months, the more questions about the White House foreign policy are being raised, both by the friends and by … Continue reading →

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The shoals of Middle East peacemaking

Posted on 09/23/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post, today, faults the Obama administration for its early forays into Middle East peacemaking. The administration also concluded, wrongly, that obtaining an unconditional Israeli settlement freeze was an essential first step. In fact settlements are no longer a … Continue reading →

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Risks for peace? Only from the Israelis

Posted on 09/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

President Obama is in a hurry again. “Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward,” Obama told reporters before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Snark news briefs, good news edition

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So many wonderful things, so little time. (Actually, there’s plenty of time; work’s done for the day.) Sucks to be you, Part 1: The anti-Israel (some might say “anti-Semitic” Egyptian minister of culture lost his bid to become the director … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama’s Great Adventure

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

President Obama will be spending most of the day today meeting with world leaders in New York. Even the AP is writing that little will come out of these sessions. But of course, the focus will be on the trilateral … Continue reading →

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Shimon Peres to schoolkids: Beware of Mad Mahmoud!

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Meryl Yourish

This is hilarious, and absolutely true: President Shimon Peres told schoolchildren in the north that “the prime minister will be demonstratively absent from a meeting with one of the most evil and horrible people of modern history, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone Standard Part II

Posted on 09/22/2009 by Soccerdad

The Goldstone Commission report discusses the case of the al-Samouni family (.pdf page 202). 712. In the morning of 5 January 2009, around 6.30 – 7 a.m., Wa’el al-Samouni, Saleh al-Samouni, Hamdi Maher al-Samouni, Muhammad Ibrahim al-Samouni and Iyad al-Samouni, … Continue reading →

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Hamas flips Obama the bird

Posted on 09/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Jimmy Carter’s bestest Palestinian buds, the ones who told him that sure, they want peace with Israel, and sure, they’d honor agreements with Israel, are saying there’s no way they will honor any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that … Continue reading →

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Best of the Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere

Posted on 09/21/2009 by Jack

Hi gang, It is Jack. I am here to extend an invitation to read one of the longest running blog carnivails around, Haveil Havalim- The Best of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere. This week we present #235 for your review. It contains … Continue reading →

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Your morning snark

Posted on 09/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I know you are, but what am I? Ahmadinejad exhibits the grown-up attitude we’ve come to expect from the Holocaust Denier-in-Chief: He flips the bird to the world in response to the worldwide denunciations of his Holocaust-denying speech on Quds … Continue reading →

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Obama interfering in NY politics

Posted on 09/20/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Barack Obama’s hubris has no bounds. He has stopped the sea from rising, healed the earth, and now, he wants to tell the New York Democratic party whom they can run in their gubernatorial election. The decision to ask Mr. … Continue reading →

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Arr, Matey

Posted on 09/19/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. I say, bite like a pirate. This was from April 18, 2008.

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L’shana Tovah

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A happy and sweet New Year to all of the Jews who read my blog (and those who don’t).

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Rosh Hashanahs past

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Soccerdad

The New York Times has a couple articles about past celebrations of Rosh Hashanah. In one article the Times tells about how Barbara Ann Paster relives what it was like to observe Rosh Hashanah in 1919 in Portsmouth New Hamphsire. … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone standard

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Soccerdad

In his initial report about the Goldstone Commission report, Colum Lynch of the Washington Post wrote: He cited one incident in which Israeli forces allegedly fired a mortar shell through the door of a mosque in Gaza City during a … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading →

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Obama on Rosh Hashanah

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I read the president’s message to me and my coreligionists, and I tried not to think that it was pompous, lecturing, and inappropriate—even after I watched the video, where Obama didn’t so much as crack a smile. So I decided … Continue reading →

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Muslim ERA Watch, Egypt version

Posted on 09/17/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Ladies of Egypt, rejoice! You can wear pants—BUT—they can’t be tight. Or see-through. Or stretch pants. Egypt’s top Islamic authority defended women’s rights to wear trousers in public following a high profile court case in neighboring Sudan were women were … Continue reading →

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No swimming today

Posted on 09/17/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The view from my balcony: I think we will visit the Wright Brothers exhibit at Kitty Hawk today. And probably swim in the condo’s pool.

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Goldstone report ignores Israelis injured by rockets

Posted on 09/17/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I know my readers will be shocked, shocked to hear stories like this: Some of the Israeli witnesses who testified before the committee were injured by rocket fire before Operation Cast Lead, but their testimonies were left out of the … Continue reading →

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