Category Archives: Israel

Dean Barnett, cystic fibrosis, and me

Dean Barnett died today, at the too-young age of 41. He died of complications from cystic fibrosis, a disease he’d been fighting his entire life. The world is a poorer place without him. But the thing about CF is that … Continue reading

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Signs of separation

Israel will be weaning the Palestinians off the Israeli power grid. A Jordanian official said Monday that the Palestinian Authority will join a regional power grid that so far links Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Libya and Turkey. Israel is … Continue reading

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The Obamedia: Don’t sweat it, it’s only a few million

In an article about the Obama money machine and its fraudulent donations, the WaPo has this to say about Obama breaking his pledge to pursue public financing: One immediate result of Obama’s fundraising showing this fall is that it may … Continue reading

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UPDATE: The AP media bias

I wrote my 1 p.m. post earlier today and scheduled it. Here’s the lead from the first version of the AP story about Tzipi Livni calling for new elections: Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni on Sunday abandoned her efforts to form … Continue reading

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AP shocked at Israeli democracy

The AP never fails to disappoint. Now they’re upset that—horrors—an election might give Israelis a chance to elect someone the AP doesn’t agree with. Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni on Sunday abandoned her efforts to form a new coalition government and … Continue reading

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UN Human Rights rep: Steady with the Israel-hatred

The UN is keeping up its tradition of ignoring all human rights offenses of the Arab and Muslim nations (cf: Executing gays in Iran, drug dealers in Saudi Arabia, whippings, cutting off of hands, “honor killings,” the status of women … Continue reading

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Stabbings, firebombings, and yeshiva burnings—in Israel

Jews are being stabbed, firebombed, and their yeshivas burned down—in Israel. Not in Europe, at least, not at this time. A fire broke out Saturday night in a hesder yeshiva (program which combines advanced Talmudic studies with military service) in … Continue reading

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Samir Kuntar, insomniac

The child-killing POS that Israel traded alive for the corpses of her soldiers is swearing he won’t rest until Israel is destroyed. Get used to not sleeping, asshole. Three months after being released from an Israeli jail in a prisoner … Continue reading

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Ship of fools going back to Gaza

The Free Gaza morons, not having had their fill of being stuck in Gaza (cf: Lauren Booth, and try hard not to laugh when you think of her being turned back at every Gaza border crossing, shrieking, “But I’m Lauren … Continue reading

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Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem, again

Another Palestinian murdered another Jew in the City of David. A young Arab man murdered a civilian and injured a police officer in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday morning. The 60-year-old citizen was critically injured and evacuated to the Shaare … Continue reading

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Another kassam rocket breaks the broken “truce”

Yet another kassam rocket fired into Israel from Gaza. Yet another yawn from, well, everyone. A Kassam rocket was launched into Israel from the Gaza Strip Tuesday evening. The rocket fell in an open area north of the Strip. There … Continue reading

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That mythical “moderate” Islam

Jordan is one of the most moderate Islamic nations, we keep hearing. It’s an example of what most Muslim nations should aspire to become, or something. Ignore the honor killings, the fact that Jordan refuses to change the penalties for … Continue reading

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Building the terrorists’ confidence

A possible smuggling tunnel was just discovered under the city of Hebron. Explosives from that tunnel were removed by the PA police who then alerted Israeli officials. That makes it the perfect time to give the PA even more control … Continue reading

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Tunnel watch

Interesting story from the Jerusalem Post, but how should I feel about it? Should I be encouraged by this? The 150-meter-long tunnel was discovered by Palestinian Authority security forces on Monday and was immediately reported to the IDF, which sent … Continue reading

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Abbas the messenger boy?

Both the Hashmonean and Shira Bat Sarah noted this story in comments. The first mention was in Ha’aretz: U.S. President George W. Bush has apparently offered his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, to press Israel to withdraw from the Golan Heights … Continue reading

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