Category Archives: Israel

One shoe – one vote

The news item that didn’t get a lot of publicity: A human rights protester was in police custody Monday after throwing a shoe at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a speech at Cambridge University. First of all, the recently developed … Continue reading

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Nothing doing

On the 7th anniversary of his son’s murder, Judea Pearl writes: But the clearest endorsement of terror as a legitimate instrument of political bargaining came from former President Jimmy Carter. In his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” Mr. Carter appeals … Continue reading

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Keep it simple Tom

In Don’t try this at home, Thomas Friedman unnecessarily complicates the Middle East. For one thing he makes a fundamental mistake. In recent days, some have questioned whether Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was making a big mistake in appointing … Continue reading

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Amnesty International: We have to prove our war crimes charges against Israel? Really?

There’s a telling quote from an Amnesty International representative regarding exactly what they think constitutes a war crime. Apparently, if they think it’s a crime, well then, it is. Human rights groups are seeking to build a case that Israel … Continue reading

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The AP anti-Israel bias: Effect, then cause

Let’s play a game of “Spot the bias in the AP headline.” First, the headline. Israel strikes tunnels, Gaza militants fire rocket Next, the first paragraph of the story. Israeli warplanes bombed the Gaza-Egypt border Tuesday, aiming for tunnels used … Continue reading

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Be-yon-d Kristof

Ain’t Nick’s at it again. Kristof recently wrote: President Bush’s problem was that he loved Israel too much. He embraced Israeli leaders even when they responded to provocations by killing more than 1,300 people in Gaza, according to Gaza health … Continue reading

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Witte-icism: Israeli electorate wants to see more dead civilians

There’s a rather disturbing subtext to Griff Witte’s report on the Israeli election campaign, Israel’s key election issue: did the war end too soon?: Just over a week before Israel holds elections to choose a new government, the outcome of … Continue reading

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The Inner Workings of Hamas

It is a relatively short time since the hostilities ended and a mutually agreed ceasefire led to relative quiet, relative being the operative term. Since then we have borne witness to the typical mumblings from useful idiots about war crimes … Continue reading

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Palestinian conspiracy theories: Starting them young

A shoddily built floor in an UNRWA school collapsed. Instead of blaming the crappy construction, the Palestinians have found the real reason the floor collapsed: Discrimination by Jews, as well as “settlers” digging under the Western Wall. Several students were … Continue reading

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J-Street’s credibility on thin ice

Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. Splash! Related here. At least J-Street is pretty open about being anti-Israel (though it calls it pro-Israel), the NJDC pretends that being a Democrat means one is pro-Israel by definition. So instead of being dishonest … Continue reading

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A dialog with an anti-Zionist

I would like to draw your attention to an interesting dialog that developed between Ami Isseroff and one Menachem Korn, it could be followed in the article Generic reply to Generic anti-Zionist. Ami starts his post with an interesting remark … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim- The Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival

The latest edition of Haveil Havalim, the Jewish/Israeli blog carnival is now live and available for your review. Go check it out. You’ll be glad that you did.

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Shimon Peres at Davos

Charles posted about this video of the Davos panel where Shimon Peres confronted the Turkish Prime Minister on why Israel went into Gaza. Peres comes in at about 39:30, but it’s well worth starting around the half hour mark or … Continue reading

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Why should I CAIR?

In happier times – like two months ago – the FBI considered CAIR a partner in fighting hate crimes. Still, CAIR’s commitment to fighting all manner of hate crime was a little suspect: In Chicago, four synagogues were vandalized on … Continue reading

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Gaza “genocide”: By the numbers

There are some interesting facts in this excellent column in the Jerusalem Post, which calls for the end of the West’s proxy war against Israel. The author calls UNRWA’s support of the Palestinians the problem: THE CURRENT situation can only … Continue reading

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