Monthly Archives: October 2009

Mia Farrow: Newest member of Legion of Morons

Posted on 10/15/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It almost makes you like Ruth Gordon in Rosemary’s Baby. Mia Farrow joined the Legion of Morons by denouncing Israel for the Gaza blockade while whitewashing the reason for it. The direct quote about firing rockets into civilian areas (which, … Continue reading →

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Snarking

Posted on 10/15/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Turk to Israel: No, really, we love you, you baby-killing bastards: Yeah, right. The Turkish producer of a film about Palestinians that depicts IDF soldiers murdering young girls for no apparent reason other than they’re Zionist child-killers says that just … Continue reading →

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Why Abbas is failing

Posted on 10/15/2009 by Soccerdad

The Washington Post describes how Mahmoud Abbas has lost popularity. First there was the failure to achieve a cost free advantage. Obama named Mitchell as his peace envoy just one day after taking office in an effort to demonstrate to … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone media narrative gains steam

Posted on 10/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The AP has published an analysis of the unintended consequences of the Goldstone report on the Israeli peace process. About halfway through, the analysis declares that this is a main reason the report is creating an uproar in Israel: One … Continue reading →

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Snarky, briefly

Posted on 10/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

J-Street Blues: World’s smallest violin concerto for Jeremy Ben-Ami, the anti-Israel pro-Israel guy who can’t get Michael Oren or anyone in the Netanyahu administration to give him the time of day. Hm, let’s think. It’s a supposed pro-Israel lobbying group … Continue reading →

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Breaking UN resolutions only counts if you’re Israel

Posted on 10/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

How many times have we heard the tired old argument that Israel is in violation of dozens of UN resolutions? The fact that the resolutions that most people think of are nonbinding makes no difference; Israeli is in violation of … Continue reading →

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An invitation to decline

Posted on 10/14/2009 by Soccerdad

J-Street in an effort to increase its relevance, has been lining up well known speakers for its upcoming convention. Such efforts to delegitimize the organization appear to have failed, with 160 congressional lawmakers endorsing its conference. The slate of scheduled … Continue reading →

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Turkey turns on Israel

Posted on 10/13/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Another Muslim country has decided that years of good relations with Israel must be sacrificed to the altar of the Palestinians. In the last week, Turkey banned Israel from an annual multinational army drill, causing the U.S. to pull out … Continue reading →

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Another 1701 violation

Posted on 10/13/2009 by Soccerdad

Israel Matzav noted that there was an explosion in southern Lebanon and covered it from a Lebanese news source. (via memeorandum) Ha’aretz reports that Israel is going to the UN. Israel has demanded that the United Nations investigate the explosion … Continue reading →

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The Goldstone Effect

Posted on 10/12/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The Goldstone Commission is having its desired effect. With these few lines in an AP report, it explains exactly why Richard Goldstone was chosen to head the commission. Israeli officials across the board have condemned the report, saying their country … Continue reading →

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Lightly posting

Posted on 10/12/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Hm, let’s see… spend an hour or two posting, or shower and meet up with Sarah and the kids? Tough one. Later, dudes.

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No sympathy for Goldstone – in Sderot

Posted on 10/12/2009 by Soccerdad

In Moshav Yated Journal, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times reports: According to the Israeli military, some 3,300 rockets and mortar shells were launched from Gaza at southern Israel in 2008, compared with fewer than 300 since the end … Continue reading →

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The Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blogosphere

Posted on 10/11/2009 by Jack

The 238th edition of Haveil Havali, the weekly blog carnival of the JBlogosphere is now live. It contains a plethora of posts on politics, Israel, Judaism and much more. You can find it right here.

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Through the news snarkly

Posted on 10/11/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Hypocrisy watch, part 65,341: Jordan is really big on accusing Israel of violating human rights laws every time men under 50 are prevented from worshipping at al Aqsa (because they’re going there with the intent of rioting, but I digress). … Continue reading →

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Barry Rubin responds

Posted on 10/10/2009 by Meryl Yourish

In his post, Portraying Hamas, Soccer Dad referred to one of Barry Rubin’s articles. Here is Prof. Rubin’s response: It’s rather strange that you wrote a piece criticizing a Washington Post piece mainly by pointing out I had praised it. … Continue reading →

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SNN preview

Posted on 10/10/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I’m pretty happy with my contribution this week. So you can all give a listen early if you promise to go to the SNN site and hear the podcast in full later. Remember, you don’t need an iPod to hear … Continue reading →

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The Miss America President wins the Miss America Peace Prize

Posted on 10/09/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I’ve decided that we have the Miss America President. He looks pretty, he speaks nicely on deep subjects (but not too deeply), and he has to pull out a bit of talent for the competition now and then, but ultimately, … Continue reading →

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Portraying Hamas

Posted on 10/09/2009 by Soccerdad

Barry Rubin writes about a recent Washington Post article about Hamas: Here’s a good article on Hamas and how it’s a barrier to peace, with no illusions about the group moderating or being misunderstand. The article also points out how … Continue reading →

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Gaddafi Jewish too now? Oh boy…

Posted on 10/09/2009 by SnoopyTheGoon

The ink on the latest “revelations” about Mahmoud the Mad’s Jewish roots has barely dried and evaporated (after all it was a canard, created, most probably, by his political rivals). And here we are on the brink of another scandal: … Continue reading →

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Kitty palate cleanser

Posted on 10/08/2009 by Meryl Yourish

I have an antique Chinese screen. Gracie respects it, mostly. But Tig does not. Then again, I’m the one who encouraged him to play in the space under the screen. Because I was hoping for a picture like this. Kitty … Continue reading →

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