Category Archives: United Nations

Thursday, briefly

Posted on 01/26/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather … Continue reading →

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Briefs and then some

Posted on 01/16/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Intifada III, or testing the waters? Another Palestinian caught with another lot of pipe bombs. I think it’s the latter. Sigh. Cyberwar. Hackers striking Israeli sites again, and a retaliation promised. No good is going to come of this, and … Continue reading →

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Monday New Year briefs

Posted on 01/02/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Give us everything we want or we won’t negotiate with you: Saab Erekat repeats the Palestinian preconditions for peace talks (thanks, Obama!), which are for Israel to accede to all Palestinian demands, and then they’ll sit down at the negotiating … Continue reading →

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Thursday, briefly

Posted on 12/29/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, sure you will: Apparently, the Iranians think that they can close the Strait of Hormuz if the UN enacts any more sanctions against them. I’m thinking not, and so does the Fifth Fleet. And the Iranians think this is … Continue reading →

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Thursday AYFKM?! briefs

Posted on 12/22/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The U.N. General Assembly confirms that it is a nest of despicable human beings: The United Nations General Assembly approved the request for a moment of silence in honor of the passing of Kim Jong-il, a mass murderer who may … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefly briefs

Posted on 12/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Awesome. Talk about grist for the ZOG mills: Israel’s Home Front Defense Minister says that the U.S. and Israel are on the same page regarding Iran. Well, when American Jews like Tom Friedman are using the Walt/Mearsheimer Israel Lobby tropes, … Continue reading →

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Tuesday afternoon briefs

Posted on 12/13/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Keep it up, you’ll alienate the rest of America’s Jews: The IDF asked parents to “dress modestly” for a medics graduation ceremony. I have a lot of tolerance for the religious. I have no tolerance for those that would relegate … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefs

Posted on 11/30/2011 by Meryl Yourish

But Karl Vick said Hamas is moderating! Yeah, not so much. Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is not serious about reconciling with political rival Hamas despite public statements to the contrary, a senior Hamas official said in an interview published … Continue reading →

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Some animals are more equal than others

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Interesting. When Egyptians attacked the Israeli embassy, the world tsk-tsked. The act was condemned by several nations, including the U.K. The Iranian attack on the British embassy has brought out a UN Security Council (non-binding) resolution condemning the attack. Unanimously. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning briefs

Posted on 11/29/2011 by Meryl Yourish

We don’t need no steenking international law: Iran is once again violating the code of nations (but I repeat myself). “Protestors” stormed the British embassy grounds in Tehran. The Brits are probably smart enough to have evacuated the embassy, what … Continue reading →

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Post T-day briefs

Posted on 11/25/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Faster on that Leviathan field, please: Jihadis blew up the Sinai gas line again. (By the way, morons, you also deprive Jordan of gas and Egypt of desperately-needed money.) And they’re apparently massing to fight their fellows for a change, … Continue reading →

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Your pre-Thanksgiving briefs

Posted on 11/23/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Wounded Iraq War vet wins Dancing With the Stars: J.R. Martinez, whom I know from All My Children, won the big prize on the show that I don’t watch (but Mom does, and I told her he would win). Next … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning briefs

Posted on 11/22/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, how many of them are married to Arabs? Israel’s domestic violence is on the rise, and there’s a dirty little secret about intermarriage: Once a Jewish Israeli woman marries a Muslim, many of them are abused by their husbands, … Continue reading →

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11-11-11 briefs

Posted on 11/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Today is Veterans Day, and nephew Nate’s birthday, which he is celebrating by leading services today and tomorrow in honor of his becoming a bar mitzvah. Woots all around! The Obama doctrine strikes again: Dividends of Libyan chaos? SAMs in … Continue reading →

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Tuesday briefs

Posted on 11/08/2011 by Meryl Yourish

You know, it isn’t a biased story if it’s true: The AP is covering Israel’s Haredi problems with women. It’s shameful. Women have been beaten, spit on, forced to the back of buses, and insulted. And the men doing it … Continue reading →

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Monday I got up an hour early briefs

Posted on 11/07/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Doesn’t matter that the clocks changed, my body clock got me up an hour early. So off to the gym I went. More Palestinian attacks on Israel, now, with less media bias! The AP is on a roll, presenting the … Continue reading →

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Friday morning at the auto shop briefs

Posted on 11/04/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Nobody told me it’s still dark after 7 a.m. Okay, it’s a cold, wet, rainy day (shout-out to the NYC #OWSers!), but still…. Well, this is different: An Iranian soldier whose parents converted to Islam to save their lives wants … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Briefs

Posted on 11/02/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Muslims appropriating Jewish symbols, Holocaust version: They’re using yellow Stars of David to protest “Islamophobia” in Switzerland. Disgusting? Of course. Will that stop them from doing it again? No. Not until someone starts calling them Zionists or something. Well, that’s … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning briefs

Posted on 10/25/2011 by Meryl Yourish

They’re selling out, man: Some enterprising entrepreneur is looking to trademark Occupy Wall Street. Ah, the delicious irony—he isn’t even really a part of the movement. Smart man. Think Facebook will delete this page? A Saudi cleric is offering $100,000 … Continue reading →

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The long weekend make-up briefs

Posted on 10/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Name one other religion that has to do things like this: 1,000-year-old Torah scrolls from Syria had to be smuggled out, one by one, in order to preserve our Jewish heritage from those who would deny and destroy it—like the … Continue reading →

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