Tag Archives: Lebanon

Wednesday snarks

Posted on 09/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

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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Briefly

Posted on 08/25/2010 by Meryl Yourish

And yet, gays still support Queers for Palestine: Israel, the only country in the Middle East that protects gays’ civil rights, rescued a gay Israeli Arab from his family after they kidnapped and beat him. Oh, and they arrested his … Continue reading →

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Friday morning news, briefly

Posted on 08/20/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Ew, Jew cooties: Greece had to reassure its Arab allies that just because it’s getting friendlier with Israel doesn’t mean that it’s deserting them. Of course not. Greece leftists are among the most anti-Israel in the world. Ew, India cooties: … Continue reading →

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The AP buries the lede on Hezbollah

Posted on 08/18/2010 by Meryl Yourish

You know your “evidence” is bogus when even the AP is laughing at Hezbollah’s attempt to blame Israel for Hariri’s death. However, they buried the lede in this article. It’s titled “UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link,” but four … Continue reading →

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Thursday news roundup

Posted on 08/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The AP notices that Palestinians have more rights in Israel than in Lebanon: It’s a profile of the Lebanese debate about whether to give Palestinians the right to work in the country where they’ve lived (in many cases) all their … Continue reading →

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Wednesday sniefs

Posted on 08/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Please don’t attack the country we’re selling weapons to: The French stopped Israel from launching a large-scale attack to teach Lebanon that there is a price to pay for ambushing and murdering Israeli soldiers. Oh, and the Obama administration sent … Continue reading →

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The AP: Back to its normal anti-Israel bias

Posted on 08/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The AP bias returns: In this article about Lebanon attempting to “reassure” Congress that Hezbullah has nothing at all to do with its army, the AP describes the Lebanese ambush on the IDF as follows: The Congressman Berman said his … Continue reading →

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The trouble beneath the surface

Posted on 08/06/2010 by Soccerdad

Meryl wrote: But the early stories that came out heavily supported Lebanon’s claim that Israeli forces were over the border. Oh, the next graf almost always issued the Israeli denial, but that’s how journalism works: When you want someone to … Continue reading →

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Correcting the Israel-Lebanon media narrative

Posted on 08/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The world media have grudgingly released the news that UNIFIL actually backs Israel’s versions of the ambush of IDF soldiers by Lebanese snipers. But the narrative is still that it’s a volatile border, and Israel’s extremely hostile act of pruning … Continue reading →

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Reporting on yesterday’s Israel-Lebanon clash

Posted on 08/04/2010 by Soccerdad

I was very frustrated yesterday when I read the account of the clash at the Israeli border with Lebanon in the New York Times. Even as more and more information was filtering out showing that the firing had clearly started … Continue reading →

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World media: Reflexively anti-Israel

Posted on 08/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yesterday, only the Israeli press was carrying statements from UNIFIL saying that the IDF soldiers who were fired on by the Lebanese yesterday were definitely on the Israeli side of the border. The mainstream media couldn’t seem to find a … Continue reading →

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Clash on Israel’s border with Lebanon

Posted on 08/03/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Fighting broke out this morning on Israel’s northern border. A day after rockets were fired at Eilat, loud explosions were reported on the northern border as Israeli and Lebanese forces engaged in massive exchanges of fire. Security sources and witnesses … Continue reading →

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Your Sunday morning snark briefs

Posted on 08/01/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Leo doesn’t heart Mel: Word is that Leonardo DiCaprio exited a film he was going to do with mysognist anti-Semite Mel Gibson. The insider quoted doesn’t give a reason, but perhaps the fact that Leo is dating Israeli model Bar … Continue reading →

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Friday snark briefs

Posted on 07/23/2010 by Meryl Yourish

If it’s Friday, this must be Bilin: Oh, wait. It’s also Umm Salamuna, where peaceful “internationals” helped the peaceful Palestinians throw stones at the IDF. Number of wounded: Two soldiers and two “internationals.” I’m sorry—”peace activists.” UNHRC Kangaroo Court Judges … Continue reading →

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Traveling briefs

Posted on 07/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

What? The AP is talking terrorism? Yes, really. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy released a report today saying the Obama Administration’s refusal to acknowledge Islamism as the driving ideology behind Islamic terrorism is a very bad idea. And … Continue reading →

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Naming and shaming the U.N.

Posted on 07/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

This guy is my new hero: Phillip Ruch’s monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II. Seen from afar it … Continue reading →

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The famous Hezbollah stance on freedom of the press

Posted on 07/09/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Hezbollah is really, really mad that CNN fired its Mideast editor for Tweeting praise of their recently dead spiritual leader. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah has denounced CNN’s decision to fire a Middle East editor for posting a note on Twitter … Continue reading →

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The failure of Mideast peacekeepers

Posted on 07/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The insistence on the world of setting third-party peacekeepers between Israel and the Palestinians has been resisted for decades, and with good reason. Every time Israel entrusts its well-being to others, the others fail. When Hamas took over Gaza in … Continue reading →

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Another Flotilla roundup

Posted on 06/24/2010 by Meryl Yourish

From Cyprus with love: Cyprus says it won’t allow the Hezballah Lebanese aid flotilla to dock in their port and then head out to Gaza. Gee, I wonder if Cyprus is on Israel’s side because Turkey has been occupying half … Continue reading →

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Monday morning Israel scorecard

Posted on 06/21/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Hamas wins: The Islamists are gloating. Even Barry Rubin says that Hamas won this round. And Israel’s enemies are encouraged and emboldened by this victory. Watch for worse to come. Lebanon is back in the game: The Lebanese “aid” flotilla … Continue reading →

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