Monthly Archives: October 2010

Absolving Arafat; ten years later

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Soccerdad

In her thoroughly dishonest valedictory as New York Times correspondent from Israel, And yet so far, Deborah Sontag wrote: In the tumble of the all-consuming violence, much has not been revealed or examined. Rather, a potent, simplistic narrative has taken … Continue reading →

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Your Tuesday Israel snark briefs

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye: Israel deported the viciously anti-Israel “Nobel laureate” (as the AP continually reminds us) Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Of course, the IRA is still blowing stuff up, but hey, she won … Continue reading →

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Your daily dose of anti-Israel bias

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Get a load of this one from the AP. They’re not even trying to hide the anti-Israel editorializing anymore. Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling “revenge” on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of … Continue reading →

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Israel denial in the Washington Post

Posted on 10/04/2010 by Soccerdad

I love the opening paragraphs of Glenn Kessler’s Defining ‘Jewish state’: For many, term has different meanings Nine years ago, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell delivered a speech on the Middle East in which he briefly called on Palestinians … Continue reading →

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Freezing the Peace Process

Posted on 10/04/2010 by Rabbi Kaufman

Having spent most of the past year dealing with intransigence from the Palestinian side caused by a demand made in his Cairo speech that Israel halt construction in “settlements” and then suffering from damage from the fallout from the Ides … Continue reading →

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The “disappeared” Gaza story

Posted on 10/04/2010 by Soccerdad

*** Important Update Below *** The Daily Alert Blog recently linked to an article Under the Gun: How the People of Gaza Feel About Hamas. Tried the link to the original article in the National, a paper published in the … Continue reading →

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Monday briefly

Posted on 10/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I’m not an analyst, nor do I play one on TV, BUT: It seems to me that if the Taliban hits NATO convoys four times after Pakistan shut down a key border crossing, the Taliban is doing this with the … Continue reading →

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At Raceway Snarks!

Posted on 10/03/2010 by Meryl Yourish

We want the fox to guard the henhouse, too: Syria wants Turkey to mediate any new indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel. Said an Israeli spokesman: My, Grandma—what big teeth you have! The anti-Israel media bias in bloom: When … Continue reading →

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Saturday quick snarks

Posted on 10/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, but are they going to allow human sacrifice? The Brits are officially recognizing Druidry (apparently, that’s what you call it) as a religion. Pardon me while I snicker. The Obama Effect:The Palestinians are done with direct negotiatons. This would … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs, now with more snark!

Posted on 10/01/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Oooh, I hope it’s true: Hezbollah is accusing Egypt and Jordan of arming its rivals. Hey, build up those opponents! If they’re busy fighting each other, they won’t have time to murder Israeli soldiers supervising the pruning of trees. Norway … Continue reading →

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