Category Archives: Israel

Aint Nick’s boomerang

Nicholas Kristof – I’ll call him “Ain’t Nick” – on the NYT, The Gaza Boomerang: When Hamas was founded in 1987, Israel was mostly concerned with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement and figured that a religious Palestinian organization would help undermine … Continue reading

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Hamas targets schools, world is blind, deaf, and dumb on topic

First, I researched the grad rocket. It is accurate. It can be targeted. Then, I checked on Google maps to see how easy it is to map out a school in Israel. Satellite view. No problem. Then I checked reports … Continue reading

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Jimma dandy to the rescue

Jimmy Carter, during whose administration, Iran became and Islamist state and started to threaten the world, tells us that if only the parties had listened to him, war could have been avoided, in An Unnecessary War. So much of the … Continue reading

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Iran opens a second front?

Did Iran order Hezbullah to shell northern Israel yesterday? A Katyusha barrage was fired Thursday at the Nahariya area in the Western Galilee. Police reported that two people were lightly wounded and evacuated to the local hospital. Several residents were … Continue reading

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The War In Gaza Update #11.5

My friends another round up of news and information about the war in Gaza is now available here. A few comments about the update and the war. As Meryl noted below there is an enormous amount of antipathy and hate … Continue reading

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Spare the Hamas spoil the war

Meryl observes the diplomatic activity and Israel’s leaders’ apparently considering the proposals for a ceasefire. But Khaled Abu Toameh writes that Hamas is having trouble functioning. Until two weeks ago, Zahar, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and Interior Minister Said Siam … Continue reading

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Israel ceases fire, Hamas bombs cities

But of course. Just 25 minutes after the “humanitarian pause” declared by the IDF came to an end Wednesday afternoon, Hamas fired two Grad rockets towards southern Israel. One landed inside Beersheba; no injuries or damage have been reported. The … Continue reading

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UN sticks up for Hamas

Of course the UN is sure there weren’t any Hamas terrorists shooting mortars from their school. It’s not like UNRWA has been infiltrated by terrorists, ever. Or use UNRWA ambulances as getaway cars, or to transport weapons. And it’s not … Continue reading

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The media’s high dudgeon over Gaza ban

In his post about the world’s lust for Jewish moral failure, Jeffrey Goldberg writes: One story the media isn’t telling, because it’s impossible to get this story in these circumstances (especially because Israel stupidly won’t allow foreign reporters into Gaza) … Continue reading

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Walt’s moral Disneyland and other stupid academic tricks

I recently refered to Charles Krauthammer’s 1988 column “The Mideast as Moral Disneyland” in which he criticized those who passed judgment on Israel speaking of false concern for Israel’s moral well-being. Well there are others who live in similar moral … Continue reading

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AP confirms Hamas terrorists fired from UN school

The AP buried the information after the fifth paragraph, where it would not get picked up by tomorrow’s World News sections in your local newspaper, but they have independent confirmation that Hamas terrorists were firing from the UN school that … Continue reading

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The War in Gaza Update #11

Another update on the War in Gaza is ready for your review. It is issue number 11 and it continues to provide you with news and blog posts from around the world and multiple points of view. It is a … Continue reading

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World trying to push Israel into an early cease fire

Once again, the world wants Israel to stop before the job is done. Egypt said on Tuesday it was proposing an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, to be followed by talks on long-term arrangements including an … Continue reading

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The War in Gaza Update 10.5

The latest round up of news and blog posts about the War in Gaza is now live and ready for your review. Update 10.5 includes a selection of articles from the MSM and blog posts from all sides of the … Continue reading

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Hamas using children as human shield

Take a look at this video. Now take a look at this one, which shows terrorists shooting mortars from a UN school in Gaza. The terrorists were shooting from the school that got hit today. It’s terrible that civilians were … Continue reading

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