Author Archives: Soccerdad

via memeorandum Richard Landes (Augean Stables) has an excellent essay on at Pajama’s Media Al Dura and the “public secret” Middle East Journalism. This week the judge handing the appeal of the Karsenty-France 2/Enderlin case will see the raw footage … Continue reading →

James Besser reports that a new Zogby poll shows increasing support for a military strike on Iran. Last week’s poll by Zogby International came as the Bush administration ratchets up both its warlike rhetoric and its sanctions against Teheran and … Continue reading →

Melanie Phillips’ disturbing Britian’s Anti-Semitic turn notes that: And now, in Britain and elsewhere, anti-Semitism has mutated again, its target shifting from culture to creed to race to nation. What anti-Semitism once did to Jews as people, it now does … Continue reading →

Jackson Diehl rings the alarm bells in If this peace process fails. For the next several days, Israel’s talk radio and op-ed pages converged on a single subject — but it was not Olmert’s groundbreaking speech. Instead, the buzz was … Continue reading →

via memeorandum Thousands of Palestinians apply for Israeli citizenship In the months leading up to the upcoming Annapolis peace conference talk of a future division of the city has prompted a staggering increase in nationalization requests by Palestinians seeking to … Continue reading →

Wizbang’s Jay Tea asks a simple question Can anyone — ANYONE — ever cite a single example where the Palestinians were called upon to make any sort of concession or “good faith gesture” and actually kept it? Just once? It’s … Continue reading →

Given the unlikelihood of any substantial result emerging from the upcoming Annapolis summit David Brooks, in Present at Creation, asks why Secretary Rice would expend such energy in putting the darn thing together. It’s slightly unfortunate that the peace process … Continue reading →

According the AP (and other news sources) Secretary Rice is appealing to history in her quest for Mideast peace “We view the situation as qualitatively different than it has been, the history moves on, people change roles, situations,” McCormack said. … Continue reading →

Using bacteria, an Israeli company has built a detection system to catch contaminants in the water supply. Tiny phosphorescent bacteria that glow a warning signal when fed polluted water… a protection fence decked out with cameras and alarms to stop … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Jewish Current Issues reviewed the new book by Ambassador John Bolton, “Surrender is not an option.” Among other things, he summarizes last years negotiations over Resolution 1701 ending the Israel-Hezbollah war He makes it clear it was — to … Continue reading →

To read Rice’s Bridge To Peace by David Ignatius one must conclude that to Dr. Rice (and Ignatius by the approving tone of his column) that Israeli security is negotiable. Well it’s worse than that, it’s not a factor. The … Continue reading →

When it comes to spreading democracy Natan Sharansky has famously called President Bush a “dissident.” There are two distinct marks of a dissident. First, dissidents are fired by ideas and stay true to them no matter the consequences. Second, they … Continue reading →

Haveil Havalim #139 is up at the award winning (OK award nominated) Mother in Israel. Read about Australia invades Be’er Sheva! Where does fair use end and stealing begin (on buses and with CD’s)? Egypt refuses Jewish help! 90 years … Continue reading →

It’s not just that Hezbollah has re-armed, it’s influence is being seen in Israel’s south too. Hamas is apparently beefing up its border defense (and probably offensive capabilities too) in a manner reminiscent of its allies in the north of … Continue reading →