Monthly Archives: June 2010

Start your day with a smile for Finland

Posted on 06/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Two thousand people rallied in support of Israel in Finland yesterday. The Finnish capital’s streets were filled with Israeli and Finnish flags as participants marched towards the port while chanting slogans in support of the IDF and waving banners protesting … Continue reading →

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Judt’s new cliches

Posted on 06/10/2010 by Soccerdad

If Michael Chabon’s reflections on Jewish and Israeli stupidity weren’t offensive enough, now the New York Times gives another Jewish anti-Zionist, Tony Judt a few hundred more words of op-ed space to express his contempt for Israel. In Talking about … Continue reading →

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Chabon: Israel is stupid for trying to survive

Posted on 06/10/2010 by Soccerdad

This past Sunday, novelist Michael Chabon took to the op-ed pages of the New York Times to argue that Jews were Chosen but not special. Toward the end he wrote: This is the ambiguity that cites the dispensation of God … Continue reading →

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News roundup

Posted on 06/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Kill the Jew that exposed Helen Thomas’ Jew-hatred! Yeah, the irony is lost on Thomas’ supporters, but the rabbi is getting death threats. Just rename yourself the Palestinian Propaganda Times: The Times becomes the IHH’s stenographer, carrying interviews with the … Continue reading →

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Mr. Abbas goes to Washington

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Soccerdad

If you recall, when chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was in Israel to celebrate his son’s Bar Mitzvah, he invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington to meet the President. Then the IDF encountered a group of militants on the Mavi … Continue reading →

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Hypocrites of the world, unite

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The hypocrisy on Israel is absolutely mind-boggling. Here’s Vladimir Putin: “Such actions against a civilian ship are unacceptable,” Putin said after the meeting. “These actions in international waters are especially concerning, and undoubtedly require a thorough investigation. A few examples … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Kaufman Live on the WebcastOneLive at 10 am Central

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

I’ll be on live with Mac McKoy on www.webcastonelive.com from 10-11 am Central today talking Israel and American Foreign Policy.

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The Turkey-Syria-Iran axis

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Turkey-Iran quid pro quo has been announced. Imposing fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would hurt the region’s countries and contribute nothing to resolving the Mideast conflict, Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo said Wednesday ahead of a UN … Continue reading →

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And to all a good night

Posted on 06/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

AOL picked up my post about Helen Thomas. My blog was the second link in a search on “what did helen thomas say exactly” in its various forms. So there was an influx of anti-Semitic morons. This was my absolute … Continue reading →

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The last refuge

Posted on 06/08/2010 by Soccerdad

I don’t always agree with Richard Cohen, but when he’s on, he can be excellent. Today, with What Helen Thomas Missed he was excellent. (or at RCP.) Cohen points out that Jews, in the past, have wanted to go back … Continue reading →

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Say, what’s wrong with what Helen Thomas said?

Posted on 06/08/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Soccerdad has the right idea, but too narrow an angle. It’s not just the Palestinians who won’t acknowledge the Jewish history in Israel. Take a look at some of the comments from the Washington Post: It was an idiotic comment, … Continue reading →

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The Helen Thomas media blitz: She got fired for WHAT?!

Posted on 06/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Funny. The major news outlets did not cover Helen Thomas’ anti-Semitic remarks until she got fired for them. The Washington Post barely touched it. The wire services didn’t have anything on it, not even after Ari Fleischer called for her … Continue reading →

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What was so offensive about Helen Thomas’s remarks

Posted on 06/07/2010 by Soccerdad

I was unaware of the story behind Helen Thomas’s outburst against Jews. But I wonder what was wrong about what she said. My co-blogger JudeoPundit writes: Israelis constitute a unique nationality and for the most part they are natives to … Continue reading →

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Other than *that* President Obama, how was the irony?

Posted on 06/07/2010 by Soccerdad

Yesterday, President Obama observed D-Day by going to the theatre. Ford’s Theatre, to be exact. (via memeorandum) The bestowing of the Lincoln medal upon two anti-apartheid activists. To Don Surber it’s a sign of the President’s increasing detachment. I wish … Continue reading →

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Gaza Flotilla: One more news roundup

Posted on 06/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Fool me once: France’s foreign minister is volunteering the EU to inspect all ships heading into Gaza. I have two words for you, Mr. Kouchner: UNSC 1701. In case anyone forgot, the reason Israel left the buffer zone in Lebanon … Continue reading →

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The rabbi who interviewed Helen Thomas

Posted on 06/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Roger Friedman interviewed the rabbi who got Helen Thomas on video telling Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine.” In case Helen tries to wiggle her way out of her current trouble by pretendig she was the victim of … Continue reading →

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The Gaza Flotilla: The Biggest Demagogue

Posted on 06/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Let’s take a look at two of the latest editions of “Who Wants to Be the Biggest Demagogue?” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a trip to Gaza in order to break the siege imposed on the Strip … Continue reading →

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The common sense Flotilla response—downplayed

Posted on 06/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Washington Post issued an editorial that’s vehemently against Turkey’s behavior regarding the terrorists hiding among the Free Gaza flotilla fools. But they published it on Saturday, the least-read day of the week. WESTERN GOVERNMENTS have been right to be … Continue reading →

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Perspective, Daoud, perspective

Posted on 06/06/2010 by Soccerdad

During Israel’s justified response to repeated Hamas attacks against it southern citizens, Daoud Kuttab, a prominent Palestinian “moderate” described the rocket attacks: In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel … Continue reading →

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I like being a Jew

Posted on 06/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I got home late tonight from a former student’s bat mitzvah party. She led services this morning, chanted Torah (wonderfully), haftarah (wonderfully), smiled happily throughout the wonderful kiddush lunch (delicious), and danced with her friends and family pretty much the … Continue reading →

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