Category Archives: Israel

Jimmy Carter: Stooping to new [moronic] lows

Hamas can be trusted. Really. Just ask Jimmy Carter. Hamas can be trusted, former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday, in an interview on NBC’s ‘Today’ show. Carter spoke with NBC’s Meredith Vieira about his perspective on the Middle East … Continue reading

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Ging-ho

A Reuters headline reads War boosted extremists in Gaza, says U.N. official. Quoted is John Ging head of the UNRWA “The extremists here — there are more now at the end of this conflict than there were at the start, … Continue reading

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Israel’s legitimacy is debatable; Hamas’s is not

I already blogged about Muammar Qaddafi’s op-ed in the NYT, but Yaacov Lozowick emphasizes a point that’s well worth remembering: The editors of the paper will trot out the standard boilerplate about giving a platform to all opinions including the … Continue reading

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BBC impartiality: Sort of like a virgin hooker

The BBC is making a laughable attempt to pretend that they’re impartial when it comes to Israel—by refusing to run ads for a Gaza disaster relief appeal advertisement. At first, none of the British networks would run the ad. Then … Continue reading

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Giving Friedman the Boot

Thomas Friedman’s “This is not a test,” is a fraudulent exercise in moral equivalence. After making fun of the regular calls for peace in the Middle East over the past two decades or more, claiming that it is absolutely urgent, … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim- The Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival

Friends I am pleased to let you know that Haveil Havalim, the weekly blog carnival of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere is now live at SuperRaizy.

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Saudi Arabian Hypocrisy

So that wacky prince thinks that he can lecture President Obama about the peace process. RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN — Relations between Arab nations and the United States hinge on American leaders living up to their rhetoric about commitment to … Continue reading

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About that Hamas “victory”…

The victors seem to be acting a little less like victors these days, in spite of their rhetoric. According to this, Israel is going to get at least some of what it wants. Hamas is prepared to agree to the … Continue reading

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Hamas re-establishes iron rule

Think the UN Human Rights organizations will notice these things happening? Hamas has seized control of all the smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor in southern Gaza and has been moving additional arms into the Strip since Operation Cast Lead … Continue reading

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Will President Obama speak out?

Claudia Rosett on the prevalence of antisemitism at the UN: The other hub is the United Nations, which, despite its own sanctions on Iran and its own 1945 charter which aims to avert such horrors as another holocaust, continues to … Continue reading

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Saudis threaten Obama on Israel

Saudi Arabia is working out the kinks of having a new American president that isn’t yet in their pocket. After sixteen years of Clinton and Bush, this has got to be a tough time for them. Did they manage to … Continue reading

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An inflated toll?

A number of bloggers have pointed to the story of the Gaza doctor who reported that the death toll claimed by Hamas and swallowed by the MSM was significantly inflated. Elder of Ziyon points out how difficult it would be … Continue reading

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Another look from afar

Again from down under: an anti-Israeli* demo in Melbourne, as documented by Nilk. Two of my favorites: I hope that kid didn’t get tired schlepping this one and done her Mom and Dad proud. Nilk says: “I think this guy’s … Continue reading

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New UN and Reuters standard for evidence: Feelings

If you can find a shred of hard evidence in this supposed news report, I will print out this post and eat it. There is evidence that Israel committed war crimes during its 22-day campaign in the Gaza Strip and … Continue reading

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Evenhanded in an uneven situation

George Mitchell has been appointed an envoy to the Middle East. (via memeorandum) Apparently the conflict of interest in his report on steroid use in baseball has been forgotten. Lefties are of course are hyping the fact that pro-Israel advocates … Continue reading

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