Category Archives: News Briefs

Columbus Day briefs

Liar Liar Pants on Fire 1: You can start laughing now. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic’s arch-foe … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

That’s funny, I thought young American Jews were disconnecting from Israel: If the Peter Beinarts of the world are right, and young Jews are separating from Israel, how is it that Taglit (Birthright) Israel had to shut down registration in … Continue reading

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Late Thursday briefs

Awesome! Lebanon screws itself by mapping its borders: The Lebanese are trying to steal the gas fields that Israel discovered, so they’re defining the maritime borders between Israel and Lebanon—and giving Israel more territory than previous claimed. Those wily Zionists! … Continue reading

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Saturday quick snarks

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!

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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Wednesday snarks

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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Tuesday snarks

I know you are, but what am I? The Iranians are saying that the U.S. is just as barbaric as Iran, since we execute women as well. The fact that the women we execute are convicted of murder, not adultery, … Continue reading

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Briefly

It’s the Islamism, stupid: But I thought they’re terrorists because they’re poor, unemployed, and oppressed! The head of France’s counterespionage agency said that France foiled a terror attack aimed at an IDF fundraiser (uh… the IDF has fundraisers?) in Paris. … Continue reading

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The I’m still on leave briefs

Nukes for us, but not for you: The Arab states are going to pressure the UN to come down on Israel to sign the NPT. Yeah, good luck with that, suckers. It’s anti-Zionism, not anti-Semitism: On the eve of Rosh … Continue reading

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Erev Rosh Hashana briefs

So cemeteries aren’t such holy ground after all: The Islamists in Israel freaked out over a claim that Israel is building over a Muslim cemetery. (They’ve even put up fake headstones to “prove” it is an active cemetery; it is … Continue reading

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Post-holiday briefs

How to spin a report properly: This Ynet article takes Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report on the state of Israeli education at face value, and gives you depressing statistic after depressing statistic. Israel spent less, teaches fewer hours, … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

You give up the money, idiot: It’s not heroic to fight off armed robbers, it’s stupid. Especially when you’re only carrying $5. It’s stupid. And now a rabbinic student is hospitalized for his stupidity. There’s a Talmudic lesson in here … Continue reading

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Your Sunday morning briefs

Are they different from your weekly briefs? Not really. So, what’s the pool on when Israel’s going to bomb it? The Russians are loading nuclear fuel rods into the Bushehr reactor. Oh, no way anything can go wrong with that, … Continue reading

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Your Monday morning briefs

I really don’t like Mondays, particularly because I usually make the drive to Company in Northern Virginia, and it’s a damned boring drive. Because not all of you read Instapundit: The Atlantic rounds up the many opinions about Jeff Goldberg’s … Continue reading

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Wednesday, briefly

Gee, they really mean it this time: The Libyan “aid” ship has detoured to Egypt instead of trying to run the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Or so they say. The AFP says the Libyans are still talking about going to … Continue reading

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