Category Archives: The Exception Clause

Happy 10th

Posted on 04/22/2011 by Soccerdad

I have written before about my evolution as a blogger. But that was mostly a history of the media I used. Not the activism I practiced. I guess it started in 1987, when I got my first letter to the … Continue reading →

Posted in AP Media Bias, Blasts from the past, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, The Exception Clause | Comments Off

Racism for me, but not for thee

Posted on 07/24/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So, you know that theory that says you can’t blame an entire people for the actions of some of them? It’s also part of The Exception Clause, because it goes for every people on earth, except, of course, the Jews. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, The Exception Clause | Tagged Anti-Semitism | 4 Comments

The Exception Clause and Hillary’s speech

Posted on 07/16/2009 by Meryl Yourish

There’s a principle that I call The Exception Clause. Essentially, you add the words “except for Jews” or “except for Israel” to the end of every rule, statement, etc. that the world lives by, or something that is expected of everyone. It was in full bloom in Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy speech yesterday, where, we were told, she would be asking the Palestinians and Arabs to work as hard at fulfilling their obligations toward peace as the Obama administration is demanding from Israel. Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, The Exception Clause, The One | Tagged Hillary Clinton, Israel, Obama | 3 Comments

Canadian Human Rights Commission missed one

Posted on 11/07/2008 by Meryl Yourish

So the Canadian Human Rights Commission, after expending much effort and taxpayer money, did not find Mark Steyn or Ezra Levant guilty of human rights crimes. But I wonder what happened to the CHRC in this case of genuine hate … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Terrorism, The Exception Clause | 10 Comments

Ban Ki-Moon can’t read, can’t remember his own words

Posted on 07/16/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Ban Ki-Moon is hailing the exchange of live prisoners for dead Israeli soldiers as the “completion” of part of UNSC 1701. The secretary general conveyed his heartfelt condolences and said he is deeply satisfied that the humanitarian aspects of Security … Continue reading →

Posted in Lebanon, The Exception Clause, World | Tagged World | 2 Comments

The Exception Clause, again

Posted on 03/17/2008 by Meryl Yourish

Imagine that two molotov cocktails were thrown at the home of a representative of a Muslim organization. Imagine the outrage, the news articles, the media notice. Now imagine that two molotov cocktails were thrown at the home of a representative … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel Derangement Syndrome, The Exception Clause | 2 Comments

The changing Road Map narrative

Posted on 11/08/2007 by Meryl Yourish

The Road Map has been awakened from its moribund state and bandied about a lot lately, particularly in the wire service reports about the upcoming mideast peace conference in Annapolis. For instance, the AP writes: Israel continues to expand many … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, The Exception Clause | 7 Comments

Fifth Columns

Posted on 04/09/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Let’s say you are a member of parliament of a nation with many enemies. Let’s say you regularly make trips to those enemy nations. Let’s also say that you call on the enemies of the nation whose parliament you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, The Exception Clause | 11 Comments

Zapatero the Hypocrite

Posted on 07/20/2006 by Laurence Simon

Zapatero is not only a coward when it comes to knuckling under to Islamist demands, but he’s also a hypocrite. Israel’s envoy to Spain said on Thursday the two countries’ relations had been damaged after the Spanish prime minister accused … Continue reading →

Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, The Exception Clause | 9 Comments