Category Archives: Israel

Don’t trust anyone over 30

Peace Now turns 30 this year, and the AP uses the occasion to (of course) blame Israel for the failure to achieve peace. In the square where Yitzhak Rabin was slain, Peace Now marked a bittersweet milestone Tuesday: Over the … Continue reading

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Better, but not quite there

I’m doing better, but I’m heading back to bed. In the meantime, this week’s Shire Network News can keep you entertained. Here’s an article about Jews with guns saving themselves from terrorist attacks. Hamas is threatening to break through the … Continue reading

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The very model of a middle east correspondent

Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post is one of those Jerusalem bureau chiefs who have parlayed their time in the Middle East into a book and further fame and fortune. Now the Deputy Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Post, … Continue reading

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The wages of moderation

via memeorandum Boker Tov Boulder lists many of the ways that the American government is supporting the terrorist activities of the PA. It’s worth adding that though the administration publicly favors isolating Hamas, in fact even the moderate Fatah has … Continue reading

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Not right and left

In his first outing as the NY Times correspondent in Israel, Ethan Bronner turns in a reasonably good effort with A Town Under Fire Becomes a Symbol for Israel about life in Sderot.My only real quibble with the article is … Continue reading

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Falling out between swine

This short article caused me a bizarre feeling – like finding yourself in a parallel world, where most of the familiar details are faithfully copied from the world you know, but people talk and behave differently. To start with the … Continue reading

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Proof of Syrian nukes

Israel and the U.S. are going to release details of what was struck in the Syrian desert. You know, that innocent little country that said it was, hm, a warehouse. Israel and the United States are coordinating the release of … Continue reading

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PA Prime Minister: We can’t do squat about Gaza

On the heels of receiving $150 million from U.S. taxpayers, for the purpose of strengthening the PA to prevent terrorism, the Palestinian Prime Minister tells a Kuwaiti newspaper that the PA can’t do anything to stop rockets, terrorisim, or Hamas. … Continue reading

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Religious Jews: Giving ammunition to the enemy

Way to go, guys. Give Israel’s enemies ammunition to prove that Israel is racist, by being racist assholes. Four months after harrowing accounts of discrimination against Ethiopian students, Ynet has reported that the parents’ associations of the three largest state … Continue reading

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Time to target Tehran

I think there’s a better way to stop Hamas from firing missiles into Israel. Israel should start firing missiles into Tehran. There is ample proof that Iran is at war with Israel. Hamas and Hezbullah openly admit they sends their … Continue reading

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Adrift on the editorial page

In Adrift in the Middle East the editors of the NY Times argue: Israel marked Ms. Rice’s visit by agreeing to remove 50 of its roadblocks restricting travel in the West Bank. That leaves 530, roughly the same number as … Continue reading

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Collabarative dissonance

With the recent report that the U.S. monitors concluded that the PA has not been doing what it should to prevent terror, the PA has been making an effort to show that it indeed has been doing all it can … Continue reading

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No. 2 live on CNN!

Er… that headline may look ambiguous. So – it is not that no.2 you mean, it is this one: Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri pledged Wednesday night that the group would attack Jews in Israel and throughout the world. And … Continue reading

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Silence of the NJDC lambs

In the weeks since revelations about Sen. Obama’s relationship with Rev. Wright became known, I was wondering when we’d hear from the National Jewish Democratic Council. Well we’ve finally heard from them on the controversy. That’s right. Silence. (Note: I’m … Continue reading

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Meanwhile, in more truce news

Let’s take a look at how the “truce” is going, shall we? Mortars: Check. Two residents of the western Negev neighborhood of Netiv Ha’asara were lightly wounded Tuesday morning by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip. The two were taken … Continue reading

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