Category Archives: Lebanon

Thursday (right day) briefs

I have been a day off all week. ALL WEEK. And it’s very frustrating, because I’m a day ahead of myself and that means there’s one more day to deal with before the weekend. Yeah, that’s because it’s not our … Continue reading

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Hezbollah’s war against Israel and the West

It’s not just Israel that Hezbollah is targeting, and the EU has yet to designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The arrest of Hossam Yaakoub, a Lebanese-born Swedish citizen, on July 7 was all but forgotten 11 days later when a … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

One can only hope: Hassan Nasrallah is reportedly being treated for cancer. A fast-acting one, it seems. The “nonviolent” intifada, now with Grad rockets! A rocket landed on the outskirts of Ashkelon. Good to know that Mahmoud Abbas is heeding … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Watch for the demonization of the Rethuglican(c): Marco Rubio told the world that of course Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Because Israel has declared it so. And he also said that Iran, not Israel, is the greatest threat to Middle East … Continue reading

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Got a big one in Syria

There was a HUGE hit in Syria on the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. A general was assassinated in Syria. If I were a betting person, I’d say that Israel has agents inside the country that are helping the rebels. None of … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

How the Mossad killed Mughniyeh: The blow-by-blow on how the Mossad got the world’s most dangerous terrorist. And may I say, it couldn’t have happened to a more despicable man. He’s not going by the narrative: Well, this is going … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Let’s you and him fight: Turkey’s Islamist prime minister is yelling at Syria for not attacking Israel in response to Israel flattening a biological weapons lab and taking out advanced anti-aircraft missiles headed to Lebanon. Some reports are also saying … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

How’m I doing? Ed Koch, a New York Jewish icon, died this morning. The liberal world cast him out because he endorsed George W. Bush in 2004, but it’s one of the things that made me respect him even more–the … Continue reading

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Briefs that make you go hmmm

Probably rhymes with WMD: Israel bombed something inside Syria–a weapons convoy heading to Lebanon. Good for Israel! Now do it again, and again, until Syria stops arming Lebanon. And since Israel is still technically at war with both nations, what … 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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Iron Dome mythbusters.

We keep hearing how it onlys costs terrorists about $1,000 to fire a kassam rocket into Israel, and it costs tens of thousands for each interceptor. This op-ed by Akiva Hamilton of Shurat HaDin, the people that are fighting terrorism … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

U.S. forces told to “stand down” during Benghazi attack: This is a screw-up from the very first moment, and if it were a Republican administration, this would be front-page news in every newspaper across America. Instead, only Fox News and … 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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Tuesday, briefly

Can you say “projection”? I knew you could: The Mad Mullah-in-chief of Iran is accusing the EU of being stuck in the 19th century. Of course, the proper response to that is, “Nyah-nyah, that’s 12 centuries ahead of you!” And … Continue reading

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10/11/12 briefs

Hypocrisy, thy name is Erdogan: So, Turkey gets shelled by Syria, and then Turkey shells Syria–not unlike what Israel does to Gaza. Now, Turkey has forced down a Syrian airliner that it suspected was carrying weapons–not unlike Israel refusing to … Continue reading

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