Category Archives: Anti-Semitism

Tuesday morning snark news

Psych! Iranian Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai, the man who said that Iran was a friend to all people, says it was all just a sneaky form of psychological warfare. Those wily Persians. They want us to think that Iran … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan’s buddy charged with Nazi war crimes

Expect more outraged columns by the modern-day Lindbergh on how innocent this poor old man is. And yet, he’s being charged. German prosecutors on Monday charged suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk with helping to kill about 28,000 Jews … Continue reading

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Hiding the French antisemitism

The main defendent in the Ilan Halimi murder was sentenced to life in prison. Youssouf Fofana, leader of the gang that mastermind Halimi’s kidnap, torture and murder, which was described by a leading police officer as the most brutal and … Continue reading

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Should Seymour Hersh have been prosecuted?

One element of the “AIPAC spy case” that’s disturbing is the selective nature of the prosecution. The editors of the Washington Post were against the prosecution on the grounds that passing on classified information to reporters is often how news … Continue reading

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Where antisemitism is accepted

While I don’t agree with his whole essay, Richard Cohen makes an important point: To far more people than we would like to admit, the mystery of James W. von Brunn, the alleged shooter at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, is … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter: Not even hiding his hate for Israel any more

Sorry, but when someone says the Palestinians have been suffering ever since 1948, they’re as good as saying Israel has no right to exist. And Carter went far beyond that in a speech to the Palestinians today: “I have been … Continue reading

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CAIR doesn’t really care

The AP laps up everything that CAIR gives them, even when CAIR lies about caring about anti-Semitism. Added to the lead of the AP news article on the Holocaust Museum shooting are these words: The assailant was hospitalized in critical … Continue reading

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Wily Jews outsmart Missouri neo-Nazis

A perfect response to a neo-Nazi group sponsoring a highway in order to get their group publicity: Lawmakers renamed a section of highway in Springfield that a neo-Nazi group adopted to keep litter-free after a Jewish civil rights leader. Rep. … Continue reading

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Synagogue bomb plot foiled

A number of media outlets are reporting that a cell of Islamic converts were foiled in an attempt to blow up New York area synagogues. The New York Times reports: Four men were arrested Wednesday night in what the authorities … Continue reading

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Scottish film festival boycotts Israel

Loathesome Ken Loach managed to bully a Scottish film festival into giving back £300 that Israel donated for travel expenses of an Israeli film director. And here’s the worst of it: The Scots stayed strong when the local Palestinian group … Continue reading

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Argentina’s pogroms

Argentinian Jews celebrating Israel were attacked and beaten by anti-Semitic creeps holding anti-Semitic signs. Not anti-Israel—anti-Semitic. Police in Buenos Aires, Argentina arrested at least five people after anti-Semitic demonstrators clashed Sunday with Jews marking the 61st anniversary of the creation … Continue reading

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National brotherhood week

Back in March 2000, Pope John Paul visited Israel and held an interfaith meeting. After then Chief Rabbi Lau spoke and caused a bit of an uproar by claiming that the Pope had recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Then Sheikh … Continue reading

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Hugo the horrible

On May 1, Melanie Kirkpatrick wrote about the deteriorating condition of the Jews in Venezuela. In 1998, the year Hugo Chavez was elected president, there were 22,000 Jews in Venezuela. Today the Jewish population is estimated at between 10,000 and … Continue reading

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But it’s anti-Zionism—well, no, it’s anti-Semitism

The Israeli ambassador to Spain was treated like any other Jew at a European soccer match, apparently: Ambassador to Spain Rafi Shotz came under an anti-Semitic verbal barrage when he and his wife walked home from Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu … Continue reading

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France gets it wrong again

A French court closed the Ilan Halimi murder/torture trial to the public. This is a case in which every disgusting detail of Ilan Halimi’s 24 days of torture should be plastered all over the media. Because this is the subhuman … Continue reading

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