Category Archives: Israel

Sunday snowstorm briefs

Dude, where’s my bodyguards? The Hamasnik’s assassination is looking more and more awesome. Not only was the ex-terrorist (as in ex-parrot) one of the chief figures smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza, but the intel on this operation was absolutely … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Awesome! The Mossad takes out a major Hamas murderer: Looks like the man who planned the kidnapping and murder of two IDF solders (among other murders) is now receiving his 72 raisins. His brother says he was electrocuted by someone … Continue reading

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Legal lightweight

Judge Richard Goldstone was greeted at Yale University with an article in the Yale Daily News written by Noah Pollak and Adam Yoffie that made short work of his commission’s report: Goldstone accepted a mandate from this council to investigate … Continue reading

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Thursday pre-snow snarks

Will it snow? Won’t it snow? I don’t know. They say so. (Let it snow. I have a Jeep, and I’m here to drive it.) Europeans are big fat liars: So, they say they’re cutting trade with Iran, and yet, … Continue reading

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54 representatives ask Israel to stop defending itself

Ha’aretz reports: Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the siege of the Gaza Strip. The letter was the initiative of Representatives Jim McDermott from Washington … Continue reading

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Violence against women – Lancet style

I was looking through a chart of gender ratios. Worldwide, there are about 102 men for every 100 women, but in the Gulf States, that ratio is much higher. Bahrain – 135; Qatar – 307 ; United Arab Emirates – … Continue reading

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Monday afternoon snarks

From each according to his ability, to each his paycheck: The percentage of collectivist kibbutzim left in Israel is now only 28%. Nearly three-quarters of them have turned capitalist. And that number will rise by the end of the year. … Continue reading

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Profile of an international first responder

Israel’s recent aid to the earthquake ravaged country of Haiti has once again made people focus on Israel’s humanitarian missions. But Israel’s aid to Haiti isn’t an isolated incident it is part of ongoing series of humanitarian missions carried out … Continue reading

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Monday morning snarks

It’s the Chicago Way: Obama’s now trying to bribe the middle class. Hell, it worked to get him 60 votes for the Obamacare crap sandwich, why wouldn’t he think it will work on us? (P.S. to Obama: Who’s going to … Continue reading

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Goldstone and 1701

Today’s NYT reports Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza : Israel, which had refused to cooperate with the investigation, at first dismissed the report as unworthy of attention. But the government quickly found that the world took … Continue reading

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Non-representative ambivalence

Ethan Bronner has a misleading article about Israel’s rescue efforts in Haiti, For Israelis, Mixed Feelings on Aid Effort While the article points to a few op-eds expressing pride at Israel’s efforts (and dismay at the worldn’t cynical criticisms of … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

I’m not even going to bother pointing out the anti-Israel spin. Really. The whole article blames the failure of the peace process entirely on Israel. It’s not worth parsing. Compare and contrast, Obama version: Let’s take a look at why … Continue reading

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Briefly

Ew, Jew Cooties, Part 2: Toldja so. The Iranian is denying touching an Israeli. It’s just a Zionist lie, you see. He never shook hands with a filthy Jew Zionist.Hey, it’s more than just his job at stake. In Mad … Continue reading

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The Landes Report

Prof Richard Landes has a two part article critiquing the Goldstone report at the MERIA Journal. In part one Landes mostly criticizes Goldstone’s assumptions an methodology. As might be expected from this attitude toward the testimony they heard, the report … Continue reading

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A porous blockade

In an article about Israel’s partial closure of Gaza, Jeffrey Goldberg observes that there’s a lack of background provided by Reuters. What else is missing from this description? Israel “left” Gaza in 2005. Then what happened? Did Gaza take the … Continue reading

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