Category Archives: United Nations

NPT for thee, but not for me

Posted on 12/04/2012 by Meryl Yourish

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 faux mini-statelet of East Palestine

Posted on 11/30/2012 by Meryl Yourish

The UN General Assembly cheered and roared as the faux mini-statelet of East Palestine–which is, let’s face it, what they really voted for yesterday–was voted a “Non-member observer state”. Like the Vatican. Can “Palestine” vote on UNGA resolutions? Nope. But … Continue reading →

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The Arafat Blood Libel: Now, with extra media bias!

Posted on 11/28/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Who killed Arafat? Barry Rubin has the answer. Suddenly, I received all of these phone calls from journalists asking me to talk about who murdered the late Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. The news peg is that he’s being dug up … Continue reading →

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Tuesday briefs

Posted on 11/20/2012 by Meryl Yourish

That’s because they’re terrorists, stupid: Israel halted fire on Gaza when the prime minister of Egypt visited. Ban Ki-Moon is in Israel? No problem. Hamas lobbed missiles at Jerusalem minutes before Ban was due to arrive. Okay, Jeffrey, I admit … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs

Posted on 11/02/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Damn, I was hoping it would have been completely destroyed: No such luck. The UN building survived. Go move it somewhere else, like to some other country, please. Funny, how this doesn’t get worldwide headlines: The Palestinian hunger strikers were … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs

Posted on 10/26/2012 by Meryl Yourish

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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Sunday news roundup

Posted on 10/21/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Mittmentum! The NBC/WSJ poll shows that the presidential race is now a tie. Can it be? Will we truly be ridding ourselves of the worst. president. ever? Hey, he’s directly responsible for my being put from full-time with benefits to … Continue reading →

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Friday briefs

Posted on 10/19/2012 by Meryl Yourish

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

Posted on 10/18/2012 by Meryl Yourish

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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Tuesday, briefly

Posted on 10/16/2012 by Meryl Yourish

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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