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About SnoopyTheGoon

Daily job - software development. Hobbies - books, books, friends, simgle malt Scotch, lately this blogging plague. Amateur photographer, owned by 1. spouse, 2 - two grown-up (?) children and 3. two elderly cats - not necessarily in that order, it is rather fluid. Israeli.

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This, rather mundane these days headline, is repeated every week or so: UN Mideast envoy warns of Gaza collapse The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Wednesday of impending economic collapse in the Gaza Strip unless Israel reopens the Hamas-led territory’s main … Continue reading

Posted in AP Media Bias, Hamas, Israel, Terrorism | 2 Comments

The Allah according to Dagmoush

The so called Army Of Islam, which in reality is just an elite group of Gazan businessmen (According to The Times, the Army of Islam is an offshoot of the powerful Dagmoush clan, which is renowned for extortion, smuggling, arms … Continue reading

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What a punch line!

Reuters, in a reckless streak of openness tells the story: The Palestinian journalists’ union criticised militants on Sunday for using a vehicle marked with a “TV” sign to approach Gaza’s border with Israel and attack an Israeli military position across … Continue reading

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Believe it or not

I don’t know what to say. The whole Elders’ HQ is buzzing like a hornets’ nest that senses an approaching bear and just waits for the command “go”. The problem is, there is nowhere to go at the moment. The … Continue reading

Posted in Life, World | 8 Comments

The real face of boycott movement

The dust of the UCU boycott brouhaha is still in the air, but the first glimpses of the practical effect the resolutions might have could be already seen. When the leading UK universities such as the ones belonging to the … Continue reading

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Springboks? You bet!

The boycott fever consuming the fair island of Albion has erupted again yesterday. Delegates at the first conference of the new University and College Union in Bournemouth voted by more than three to two to recommend boycotts in protest at … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome | 3 Comments

Gullibility of fools?

A person’s power of self-persuasion is nothing short of miraculous. Watching the comedy unfolding in the Hay festival with the new darling of the British press, one Ghazi Hamad, I really do not know whether to laugh or to cry. … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

Pushing the envelope or doo nothing

This latest news on the new dimension of freedom of speech has made a serious impact on my understanding of Politically Correct evolution of our species. Up till now I have always imagined the political correctness mechanism as a kind … Continue reading

Posted in Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

On logic and drones

In the heated debates between pro- and anti-Israeli folks there is a lot of illogical and plainly ridiculous arguments, each of the parties bringing in his/her own load of prejudices, knowledge (or the lack of it), sectarian fervor, etc. Quite … Continue reading

Posted in Bugs, Juvenile Scorn | 2 Comments

The true face of the boycott campaigners

The following post by Ami Isseroff is copied in its entirety. The message it carries should be spread as widely as possible to show the real motives behind the boycott movement. This matter should be of urgent concern to anyone … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics | 1 Comment

My humble apologies all around

My dear readers, all five or six of you: I must apologize for a post that was published an hour or so ago, while the ink is still drying. In this unfortunate and unforgivable post, titled “Hamas – redefining chutzpa”, … Continue reading

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Hamas – redefining chutzpa

Noun: chutzpa (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity This word is used quite widely in United States, and usually quite correctly. These days Hamas is giving this word a dimension of its own, pushing the envelope in a way hitherto undreamed … Continue reading

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Follow the smell…

In a few days, when various human rights groups and assorted Israel-bashers start the outcry against Israeli military escalation in the Gaza strip and the inevitable innocent bystanders falling prey to our attacks on the Hamas, Jihad, Popular Resistance Committee … Continue reading

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Another one doing a Gibson?

There is no such thing as bad publicity, they say. Whoever they may be, they are unquestionably right. Mel Gibson has proved it exceedingly well, making an outlandish and, as most viewers agree, boring opus into a center of a … Continue reading

Posted in Media Bias, Satire | 5 Comments

My brother, my enemy

My brother he unquestionably is. Ronald Kasrils‘ surname, if my skimpy knowledge of Yiddish does not lead me astray, has a lot to do with the unforgettable Kasrlilevke by unforgettable Sholom Aleichem. (To make the reference to Kasrilevke clearer to … Continue reading

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