Tag Archives: Egypt

When is a Democracy not a Democracy?

Posted on 02/02/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

Democracy is generally a good thing. It is generally better than the tyranny of a despotic ruler. Generally, not always. Sometimes, democracy can bring about a worse tyranny. The majority can install a government that is oppressive of minorities. Without … Continue reading →

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The when will this virus end? briefs

Posted on 02/02/2011 by Meryl Yourish

When you say “Mubarak supporters,” you really mean “police and army”: The AP does its usual job bringing you less than the news. Funny how suddenly 3,000 supporters of Hosni Mubarak just decided to go after the protesters in Tahrir … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Live in a Pure Democracy

Posted on 02/01/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

Protesters in Egypt are hoping for democracy. They wonder how Americans could not support democracy taking root in Egypt. While there are a number of reasons why the United States would prefer just about any option other than a Muslim … Continue reading →

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The OMG I’m still sick briefs

Posted on 02/01/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Anyone but El-baradai: Yes, we should totally push an Iranian/Muslim Brotherhood stooge to be the new head of Egypt. No way that would go wrong for the world. More shelling of Israel, more silence from the press: The Palestinians are … Continue reading →

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Whitewashing the Muslim Brotherhood

Posted on 01/31/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The Muslim Brotherhood, which is being whitewashed by the world media as having given up on using violence to establish an Islamic state (pure bullshit, by the way; the Brotherhood has never given up on violence), has an interesting AP … Continue reading →

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The linkage issue, proven

Posted on 01/29/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Now that the Middle East is engulfed in chaos in three nations—Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, with Jordan possibly right behind—it has utterly proven the theory that if only Israel and the Palestinians were at peace, the problems of the Middle … Continue reading →

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Friday revolutionary briefs

Posted on 01/28/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Oh, come on—you’re going against the narrative! The WaPo ends an article about Israel’s view of the Egyptian protests with this: To Israeli officials, the unrest across the region, with Israel on the sidelines, proves an assertion that has been … Continue reading →

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Post-SOTU briefs

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I didn’t bother watching the speech, ’cause it was over 9k words long: Plus, I can’t stand watching Obama. He’s so arrogant. (I listened to a bit of it on the radio. He’s much better heard than seen.) Anyone who … Continue reading →

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Israel sharks are eating Egyptian tourists

Posted on 12/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It’s unbelievable, what those wily Zionists can do: Now, we can command sharks to eat up foreign tourists in the Red Sea (but only off the Egyptian coast, not Israel), just so we can ruin Egypt’s tourism industry. Speaking on … Continue reading →

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The It’s Tuesday briefs

Posted on 11/16/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Another year gone already? I don’t know what it is, but this task seems more onerous now that I’m a year older. Or maybe I’m just all tuckered out from driving back and forth to NJ twice in the last … Continue reading →

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Your Tuesday Israel snark briefs

Posted on 10/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye: Israel deported the viciously anti-Israel “Nobel laureate” (as the AP continually reminds us) Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Of course, the IRA is still blowing stuff up, but hey, she won … Continue reading →

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The subtle anti-Israel bias of the mainstream media

Posted on 08/27/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Check out this description in an AP article about a 3,500-year-old Egyptian trading post. See if you can detect the incredibly subtle anti-Israel bias: The settlement sheds light on ancient Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period (1600-1569 B.C.), when the Egyptian pharaohs … Continue reading →

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Sunday news briefs (I must be bored)

Posted on 06/13/2010 by Meryl Yourish

AP’s Awesomest Headline of the Week: Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality. Since there were no Jews or Israelis involved, there will be no protests from anyone. If it’s Sunday, it must be time for another “poor, poor, pitiful Palestinians” … Continue reading →

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Hypocrites of the world, unite

Posted on 06/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The hypocrisy on Israel is absolutely mind-boggling. Here’s Vladimir Putin: “Such actions against a civilian ship are unacceptable,” Putin said after the meeting. “These actions in international waters are especially concerning, and undoubtedly require a thorough investigation. A few examples … Continue reading →

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What’s another word for ‘briefly’?

Posted on 05/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

In any other country, he’d be tried for treason: So, when a Member of the Knesset calls for an Islamic caliphate to be established in Israel and says that Jews can “manage their own matters themselves,” this is not racist, … Continue reading →

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Your Thursday morning snark

Posted on 04/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Stop making sense, you racist! One of the drafters of the Arizona immigration law has an op-ed in the Times that points out the lies in the propaganda of the law’s opponents—including, of course, our Constitutional scholar of a president. … Continue reading →

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The benefits of Israel concessions

Posted on 04/26/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The AP seems to think that Netanyahu has caved to Obama on a settlement freeze, but I can’t find anything in the Israeli press that confirms this (and the JPost can’t confirm it, either). (Update: Here’s the closest thing I … Continue reading →

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Sunday morning briefs

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, it’s just like anti-Semitism: Some fool priest compared criticism of the Catholic Church’s reaction to priests’ sexual abuse of the children in their parishes to “collective violence” against Jews over the centuries. Yeah, because being angry about covering up … Continue reading →

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Hell freezes over: UN notices Egypt is shooting Sudanese refugees

Posted on 03/03/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights actually came down on Egypt for shooting unarmed migrants by the dozens over the past few years. And the release didn’t mention Israel once! Hell, even the AFP article doesn’t mention Israel. High … Continue reading →

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The double standard on Sudanese refugees

Posted on 01/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So that item in the AP that kept changing its text on the Egyptian border police murdering African migrants trying to sneak into Israel? Well, they changed it again in the latest iteration. But of course, there was the implicit … Continue reading →

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