Monthly Archives: September 2010

The UN Anti-Israel Committee

Posted on 09/30/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The UNHCR has endorsed its one-sided report in which it refuses to use video evidence because it was “edited” by Israel, but it relies on eyewitness reports even while noting that those reports are untrue. The U.N. Human Rights Council … Continue reading →

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Open auditions

Posted on 09/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

This has been a really crappy 24 hours for me. If any Israel-haters out there want to tell me what they think of Israel and my blog, now would be a perfect time to do it. Perfect for me, anyway.

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The immodest hopes of J-Street

Posted on 09/29/2010 by Soccerdad

Essential to maintaining the fiction that it is a mainstream Jewish organization, J-Street was careful to pretend that received support from many sources. We see this in a press release news story that appeared last year in the Washington Post. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday snarks

Posted on 09/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Um… what? Baby Assad is asking Mad Mahmoud to tone down his anti-Israel rhetoric? To postpone his visit to Lebanon? This can’t be a true story. I am not getting this at all. Syria is not serious about peace with … Continue reading →

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Fake LinkedIn message attack alert

Posted on 09/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Be careful clicking on any LinkedIn email. Starting on Monday, cyber criminals sent spam email messages targeting the LinkedIn social media community. Victims are emailed an alert link with a fictitious social media contact request. These messages accounted for as … Continue reading →

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Take us to your leaders

Posted on 09/28/2010 by Soccerdad

In the wonderfully titled Third world debating society elects itself world’s envoy in case of alien contact, Q & O speculated: Can you imagine a worse institution to have represent humanity than the UN? And frankly, if intelligent aliens ever … Continue reading →

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Tuesday snark briefs

Posted on 09/28/2010 by Meryl Yourish

And the AP is so disappointed: Israel navy halts Gaza-bound boat without violence. If you read the article in full, you will note that the AP puts objectivity to ridiculous ends by inserting the new boilerplate description of the Mavi … Continue reading →

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Monday morning briefs

Posted on 09/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So long, Turkey[s]! Israelis used to vacation in Turkey in the hundreds of thousands. Not anymore. They’ve shifted their tourist dollars to Greece. The irony meter is off the charts on this one: Turkey invaded, split, and colonized Cyprus, all … Continue reading →

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Ozzie!

Posted on 09/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The Ozzie Osbournes are a decidedly strange couple, but damn, I like their view on performing in Israel. When asked why he hadn’t come to Israel earlier, Osbourne said “no reason really, I mean, I was drunk for too many … Continue reading →

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The Gaza flotillas: Now bringing aid to those who need none

Posted on 09/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

After the world outcry following the Mavi Marmara incident, Israel relaxed the Gaza blockade to the point where even building materials have been sent. The world media finally stopped pretending that there is a humanitarian crisis and redefined Gazans in … Continue reading →

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UN lashes Israel over flotilla hit – and why I love Aussies

Posted on 09/26/2010 by SnoopyTheGoon

ISRAEL has attacked a UN committee that found it engaged in “wilful killing and torture” when its soldiers boarded a flotilla bound for Gaza in May. This is the way the article in The Australian starts – by copying a … Continue reading →

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Things I hate doing

Posted on 09/25/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Being in any way, shape or form handy. Changing a lightbulb is about the extent of what I’m willing to do by myself. Which totally sucks when it comes to having to do things like put in a digital thermostat … Continue reading →

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What is the Status Quo?

Posted on 09/24/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Repeatedly over the past two years, various leaders have said the following in reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, “The status quo is unsustainable.” The obvious implication of this statement is that things need to change. The unasked question is what … Continue reading →

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Why Obama’s Mideast outreach will always fail

Posted on 09/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It doesn’t matter what tack the U.S.S. Obama takes when trying to navigate between the Muslim/Arab world and Israel. The Arab League talks a big game about peace, but they refuse to make any “confidence-building measures” of their own. Not … Continue reading →

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$100 million for schools? Not if it’s for charters!

Posted on 09/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is giving a $100 million grant to improve Newark‘s public schools. Having spent all but the last eight years of my life in New Jersey, I think that’s a wonderful thing. Newark is a … Continue reading →

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The UN: Unnecessary Nuisance

Posted on 09/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I really don’t know which part of the latest UN gathering is the funniest, the saddest, or the sickest. Is it Mad Mahmoud saying that 9/11 was an inside job (or a Zionist plot)? Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked … Continue reading →

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It’s always OK to bash Israel

Posted on 09/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

On the subject of Bill Clinton’s remarks on Russian immigrants in Israel being an obstacle to peace, we find that a generalization is neither sweeping nor wrong when you apply it to Israel (read: Jews). The Telegraph, quoting unnamed “observers”: … Continue reading →

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UNHRC and the Flotilla Hypocrisy

Posted on 09/23/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

It is difficult to say that an organization that seems to have no purpose other than to promote hypocrisy could possibly be embarrassed by a report by one of its committees, but this one actually should. As noted by my … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 09/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I’m shocked, shocked, that the UN is condeming Israel again: I know my readers are going to have a hard time believing this, but the UNHRC report on the Gaza flotilla incident condemned Israel for “incredible violence.” Also for being … Continue reading →

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My co-blogger is an obstacle to peace

Posted on 09/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Snoopy the Goon has been one of my co-bloggers for years, but I just may have to sack him. Former president Bill (“I did not have sex with that woman”) Clinton says that the reason Israel hasn’t reached a peace … Continue reading →

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