Category Archives: Israel

Terrorist attack in Cairo: It’s Israel’s fault—of course

The AP story tells you who’s really to blame when bombs go off in Cairo: Israel. And they say it in the lead, to make sure everyone knows it’s really Israel’s fault that tourists were killed by Muslim terrorists in … Continue reading

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Obama administration is fine with terrorists

The PA says that the Obama administration says it’s just fine and dandy to include Hamas in the PA government. The Obama administration has given the Palestinian Authority a “green light” to talk to Hamas about forming a Palestinian unity … Continue reading

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Hardline for me, but not for thee

The worldwide festival of hypocrisy over the Israeli election is utterly flabbergasting. The same Arab nations that keep calling on Israel to deal with terrorists like Hamas and Hezbullah are now insisting that a Likud government will lead the Middle … Continue reading

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Freeman: a Saudi investment about to pay off?

Mere Rhetoric has an excellent roundup and analysis of the possible appointment of Chas Freeman to be the chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Ed Lasky provides more background. Now the Obama Mideast Monitor is reporting that the appointment is … Continue reading

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Peace, live long and *kablooie*

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Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival

G’day Mate. I don’t say that as well as Sarah does, but that is because she is authentic and I am an American with a bad Aussie accent. Anyhoo, I’d like to invite you to take a moment to review … Continue reading

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Your weekend AP anti-Israel bias

A headline is worth a thousand words. See if you can find the AP headline without using your mouse. Second prize for anti-Israel media bias goes to CNN. 2 rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel Rocket from Lebanon wounds three … Continue reading

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Daring to do Durban II

Martin Peretz minimizes the effort of the Obama administration is expending on Durban II and attributes the decision to attend the planning session to Dr. Susan Rice, the American ambassador to the UN. The first full-fledged exercise in accommodating our … Continue reading

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It’s Netanyahu as Israel’s next PM

To no one’s surprise, Shimon Peres tasked Benjamin Netanyahu with the job of forming a government. President Shimon Peres announced Friday he has decided to task Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu with forming the next government. “Most of the factions have … Continue reading

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Racism imagined; antisemitism ignored

There’s a joke about a man who goes to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist starts with a Rorschach test. Each image the man is shown is described as a “naked woman.” Finally, in exasperation the psychiatrist says, “Mr. Jones, you have … Continue reading

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Briefs

The IAF is bombing more smuggling tunnels. Good. They should do it on a daily basis. That would stop smuggling for good. The United Nations is an ass. Note the blithe description of “exchange of prisoners,” thus equating terrorist mass-murderes … Continue reading

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Let them be, David

David Taube, aka David T of Harry’s Place, makes another valiant effort to separate the wheat from the chaff in his article Why we must reclaim antiracism from the far left (on CiF, of all places). Of course, it got … Continue reading

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Hamas’ intransigence

Israel refuses to agree to open the Gaza border crossings without the return of Gilad Shalit. Hamas refuses to return Gilad Shalit until the crossings are open. The AP hasn’t mentioned this in the last few days, but I did … Continue reading

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Experience not politics

I think that Bradley Burston – though he puts it a lot differently than I would – is making the same point I have. Or as his interviewee says (via memeorandum): “In other words,” Alkalai concludes, “the majority vote was … Continue reading

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Mohammed elBaradei: Israel more of a threat than NorKorea

Interesting. Mohammed elBaradei writes in the International Herald Tribune (owned by the New York Times) that he has the key to nuclear disarmament, and he manages to ignore completely North Korea, Syria, Pakistan’s contribution to the world’s nuclear black market, … Continue reading

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