Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Friday briefs

That’s funny, I thought young American Jews were disconnecting from Israel: If the Peter Beinarts of the world are right, and young Jews are separating from Israel, how is it that Taglit (Birthright) Israel had to shut down registration in … Continue reading

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Killing terrorists is an obstacle to peace

The AP doesn’t use quite the langue of this post title, but it’s close enough: Israeli troops killed two senior Hamas militants in an early-morning raid in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, the Israeli military and Hamas … Continue reading

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Late Thursday briefs

Awesome! Lebanon screws itself by mapping its borders: The Lebanese are trying to steal the gas fields that Israel discovered, so they’re defining the maritime borders between Israel and Lebanon—and giving Israel more territory than previous claimed. Those wily Zionists! … Continue reading

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Really bad marketing term of the week

Seriously? Pubit? Seriously? What was wrong with Publit, you dumbasses? It’s more than one letter off something that immediately springs to most adult minds when they see “Pubit”. Marketing geniuses. They’ll never stop giving me post fodder.

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AP anti-Israel bias: Today, WITHOUT the editorializing

The AP updated its mosque arson story—without editorializing. Amazingly, there are reporters at the AP (who are not named Mohammed Daraghmeh) that can report the Israeli condemnations of the mosque arson without adding an anti-Israel spin to the reasons behind … Continue reading

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Your Tuesday Israel snark briefs

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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Your daily dose of anti-Israel bias

Get a load of this one from the AP. They’re not even trying to hide the anti-Israel editorializing anymore. Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling “revenge” on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of … Continue reading

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Monday briefly

I’m not an analyst, nor do I play one on TV, BUT: It seems to me that if the Taliban hits NATO convoys four times after Pakistan shut down a key border crossing, the Taliban is doing this with the … Continue reading

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At Raceway Snarks!

We want the fox to guard the henhouse, too: Syria wants Turkey to mediate any new indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel. Said an Israeli spokesman: My, Grandma—what big teeth you have! The anti-Israel media bias in bloom: When … Continue reading

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Saturday quick snarks

Yeah, but are they going to allow human sacrifice? The Brits are officially recognizing Druidry (apparently, that’s what you call it) as a religion. Pardon me while I snicker. The Obama Effect:The Palestinians are done with direct negotiatons. This would … Continue reading

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Friday briefs, now with more snark!

Oooh, I hope it’s true: Hezbollah is accusing Egypt and Jordan of arming its rivals. Hey, build up those opponents! If they’re busy fighting each other, they won’t have time to murder Israeli soldiers supervising the pruning of trees. Norway … Continue reading

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The UN Anti-Israel Committee

The UNHCR has endorsed its one-sided report in which it refuses to use video evidence because it was “edited” by Israel, but it relies on eyewitness reports even while noting that those reports are untrue. The U.N. Human Rights Council … Continue reading

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Open auditions

This has been a really crappy 24 hours for me. If any Israel-haters out there want to tell me what they think of Israel and my blog, now would be a perfect time to do it. Perfect for me, anyway.

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Wednesday snarks

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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Fake LinkedIn message attack alert

Be careful clicking on any LinkedIn email. Starting on Monday, cyber criminals sent spam email messages targeting the LinkedIn social media community. Victims are emailed an alert link with a fictitious social media contact request. These messages accounted for as … Continue reading

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