Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

How Israel avoids civilian deaths (and the world ignores their efforts)

60 civilians were killed in one missile strike in Syria, and there are not worldwide protests or banner headlines. Nor are there outrageously outraged statements from the UNHRC or the Secretary General. Israel, on the other hand, works very hard … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

We don’t need no stinking transparency: The EU told NGO monitor that sure, member countries weren’t following the laws regarding transparency in regards to who is paying for all those EU anti-Israel organizations. And then it threw the lawsuit out, … Continue reading

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If only more Israelis were killed, there would be peace

Pretty disgusting idea, that headline, right? Not according to the Washington Post. For a nation that longs for normalcy and acceptance, one question being debated here is whether Iron Dome will motivate Israel’s leaders to pursue peace with the Palestinians … Continue reading

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If Jews didn’t do it, it didn’t happen

The AP released a long article on the end of the fighting in the Damascus Palestinian refugee camp. It starts with an innocuous headline. Note the difference between the headline and the lead, and realize that the editors are the … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

The timeline of evil: Read this story to see how a Palestinian became a terrorist in a matter of hours. What the UN recognition of the faux mini-statelet of East Palestine has wrought: The PA forces have stopped cooperating with … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time, redux

Syrian armed forces are now attacking Palestinian refugee camps. Even Ban Ki-Moon has come out frowning about it. The UN itself? Well, the General Assembly passed nine resolutions today–concerning Israel. The U.N. General Assembly today adopted nine resolutions on Palestinian … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Denmark does not like the Jews: Jews are being warned not to wear yarmulkes or religious symbols in public for fear of being attacked. Because the anti-Zionists aren’t anti-Semitic, they’re just anti-Zionists who beat up Jewish people who are wearing … Continue reading

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Regarding the above-mentioned double standard

Bibi was wrong about the EU not condemning Hamas. They did. In statement released following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, the bloc reiterated its “fundamental commitment to the security of Israel, including with regard to vital threats … Continue reading

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Bibi and the world’s double standard on Israel

Oh, Bibi. Do you really think the world gives two figs about the double standard they apply to Israel? The AP couldn’t even get the headline right. No mention of Israel, which is the subject of Netanyahu’s quote. Israeli’s Netanyahu: … Continue reading

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NPT for thee, but not for me

The UN General Assembly has voted to demand that Israel open its nuclear plants up to UN inspection and join the NPT, and then presumably disarm itself. The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to … Continue reading

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The media focus: What Syrian civilian deaths?

Couldn’t find this on my Middle East Yahoo news feed: DAMASCUS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — A flare-up of violence hit the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday, as the ongoing conflict has engulfed most parts of the country and given … Continue reading

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The Israeli double standard

Israel got the head of Hamas’ rocket program. Civilians were killed in the strike. The world will be protesting loudly. For the sake of comparison, number of worldwide protests against 30,000 Syrian civilians killed over the past year: Zero. Don’t … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

When you’ve lost the MSM: McClatchy covers the changing Benghazi story. The AP says that the CIA told the White House within 24 hours that the Benghazi attack was not a mob, but “militants“. Oh, next week’s foreign policy debate … Continue reading

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The I thought you said no more briefs briefs

So, what, all of them have been middle-class now? The myth that terrorists all do it because they’re poor and oppressed continues to be busted, as an upper-middle class Bangladeshi boy (a Muslim, of course) was arrested for trying to … Continue reading

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The un-Christian churches attack Israel, yet again

The Middle East is going to hell in a handbasket. Turkey and Syria are shelling each other, which might bring NATO into the clash. There is now a team of American military planners in Jordan in case Syria implodes and … Continue reading

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