Category Archives: Israel

Bridging and expanding the gap

I observed yesterday that conflicts between the new governments in the United States and Israel are being magnified by those who seem to have a stake in ensuring friction between the two. Shmuel Rosner debunks another effort to magnify differences … Continue reading

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Face value

Yesterday, I wrote about Elder of Ziyon’s efforts to count the Arab casualties from Cast Lead accurately. Look at today’s report in the New York Times about the IDF’s investigation of its behavior during Cast Lead. Gaza health officials said … Continue reading

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Technical glitch stops Hamas/U.K. propaganda hour

Well, this was good news: A meeting was meant to take place on Wednesday in the Grimond Room at Portcullis House, adjoining the House of Commons in London. The planned meeting was titled “Talk with Hamas” and was meant to … Continue reading

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How far apart?

Last week Barry Rubin argued that Israel and the United States – despite what’s being reported – are not headed for a major confrontation. Yesterday Israel Matzav looked at a report about President Obama refusing to meet with PM Netanyahu … Continue reading

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Durban II: Reaffirming Durban I

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vile anti-Semitic speech did nothing except get a few editorial writers to shake their heads or wag their fingers. Soccer Dad has a roundup of analysis of Mad Mahmoud’s appearance. But aside from the headlines, what did Ahmadinejad’s … Continue reading

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Yom HaShoah: Looking back, and looking forward

We remember the Holocaust on Yom HaShoah. Our enemies should remember this: And Iran, especially, should remember this: Am Yisrael chai.

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Selective outrage

Today Bret Stephens makes an interesting observation. Now type the words “Palestine” and “genocide” into Google. When I did so Monday, I got 1,630,000 results. Next, substitute “Chechnya” for “Palestine.” The number is 245,000. Taking the Google results as a … Continue reading

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AP: Israel causes anti-Semitism

Take a look at this statement in an AP report about Netanyahu’s remarks on Yom Hashoah (the commemoration of the Holocaust): In its annual report on anti-Semitism, The Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism at … Continue reading

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Yom HaShoah- Holocaust Memorial Day

Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day has begun and I find myself searching for the proper way to express my thoughts about the day. It is of critical importance, this day. It is a time to reflect upon the horrors of … Continue reading

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Ahmadinejad: Holocaust is a “pretext”

Just as predicted, on Hitler’s birthday, Hitler’s modern heir used the UN anti-racism conference, nicknamed Durban II, to slam Israel. The good news is there were some awesome protesters, who did exactly the right thing: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused … Continue reading

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When self-defense is a holocaust or the continued rantings of Roger Cohen

Roger Cohen is at it again. He writes in Israel, Iran and Fear: In the German mirror stands Israel, another vibrant democracy birthed from the crime, albeit one, unlike Germany, that has not found peaceful coexistence. Israel, too, craves closure … Continue reading

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Gideon Levy – wrong again

I’ve decided to make a snapshot of this one – for posterity: I am not sure I know (or want to) what does Mr. Levy mean by “just Palestinian case”, since there are quite a few variations on the theme. … Continue reading

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Buffaloed by “wings”

Last week a number of bloggers noted an article about Hezbollah, in which one of the terror group’s leaders acknowledged that there’s no difference between its “political” and “military” wings. On one point, the United States agrees with Hezbollah’s No. … Continue reading

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Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival Time

The 213th edition of Haveil Havalim, the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere’s weekly blog carnival is up at The Real Shaliach.

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Preoccupied with occupation

Back in 2002, Efraim Karsh wrote an article “What Occupation?,” which gave a history of how Israel came to control Yehuda, Shomron and Gaza as well as the overall beneficial effects it had on the Palestinians. I recommend the whole … Continue reading

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