Category Archives: Israel

Reuters rooters

Given that a number of journalists have been killed or injured in the fighting between Russia and Georgia, Reporters without Borders (RSF) issued the following condemnation: Only an impartial analysis of what happened would be able to prevent these kind … Continue reading

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UNIFIL: In Hezbullah’s pocket

Get a load of this Bizarro World UNIFIL general: Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maj.-Gen. Claudio Graziano on Thursday accused Israel of violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that brought an end to the Second … Continue reading

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Piercing the darkness

A sliver of ‘ringshine’ pierces the darkness in this view that looks toward the unilluminated side of Saturn’s rings. The ring shadows fall into darkness beyond the terminator in the north. South of the equator, a dim glow brightens the … Continue reading

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Iranian hatred: It’s not just the Zionism

An Iranian minister made the mistake of declaring that he didn’t hate Israel. He’s about to lose his job because of it. More than 200 Iranian parliament members slammed Vice President Esfandiar Rahim Mashai for stating that Iranians are ‘friends … Continue reading

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Worse than occupation

An Associated Press story about how Hamas and Fatah are both clamping down on dissent in the territories that each controls observes: The U.S. and Europe have said little about violations in the West Bank, even as they’re spending millions … Continue reading

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C-i-l-l the Zionist occupiers

In the early 80’s Saturday Night Live had a recurring character, Tyrone Green, played by Eddie Murphy who was a “poet” whose most famous work was “Cill my landlord.” In one sketch, Tyrone shows his versatility, he’s not just a … Continue reading

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Congress did something right

I’ll be damned. Congress actually passed a law that is going to benefit me. After all these years of being unable to take advantage of, well, almost every tax credit, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act is actually going to … Continue reading

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Such good friends

Without a trace of irony the NYT reports: An Iranian vice president said in rare comments that Iran was a friend of Israeli people, newspapers reported on Monday. “I say for a thousandth time that we are a friend of … Continue reading

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Howard Rotberg’s affair

The story of Howard Rotberg’s unfortunate encounter with two or three pro-Palestinian provocateurs, followed by boycott of his book The Second Catastrophe by the biggest Canadian bookstore chain Chapters Indigo, was eerily reminiscent of an episode in life of a … Continue reading

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“Punishing” al Jazeera

Dion Nissenbaum’s in high dudgeon because Israel is “punishing” Al Jazeera. How’s that? The Israeli government stopped helping Al Jazeera after the station aired a birthday celebration for Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese killer freed last month in a prisoner exchange … Continue reading

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Starting early with start-ups

I recently wrote about the destructive exercises that are part of Palestinian “summer camps” and how they’ve been like that for a while. (Elder of Ziyon illustrates the case.) So what kind of summer camps do Israelis have? Ha’aretz recently … Continue reading

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Skunked

Palestinian and “international” “leftist” protesters are being skunked. The police developed this new method for scattering violent demonstrations and tested its effectivity in the last demonstration which took place in the West Bank village of Naalin. Use of the “Skunk” … Continue reading

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What a fine Hamas

Back when the news of Israeli negotiations with Hamas were starting to make the news, Col. Jonathan D. Halevi wrote what Hamas was looking for: The tahdiya agreement for a lull is an important achievement for Hamas. Hamas will gain … Continue reading

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The dwindling continues

Back in January 2007, Media Backspin observed that the number of news organizations with Israel (or Middle East) desks was decreasing, a trend that was likely to accelerate (and did). He quoted an analyst who wrote: Many news organizations rushed … Continue reading

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Hamas Islamists: Same as the old boss, but meaner

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss, only this time, he uses religion as an excuse for his tyranny: Order also means torture, even if this isn’t exactly something Abu Ras is willing to admit. Palestinians who have … Continue reading

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