Category Archives: Israel

Sticks and stones

The New York Times deals with an important issue, that’s slightly masked by the title: Hamas’s Insults to Jews Complicate Peace Effort. The reporter, Steven Erlanger, is actually reporting about incitement not simple insults. Part of the problem is that … Continue reading

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Terror returns as checkpoints are removed

The first terror attack occurring in an area where checkpoints were removed resulted in the death of the terrorist. A Palestinian who was trying to stab two Israeli hitchhikers was shot dead by one of his intended victims. One of … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim #160: The waffle edition

Haveil Havalim #160 is up at Life In Israel with an excellent sampling of the best of the Jewish/Israel blogosphere of the past week. Of note are posts about the “burqa babes,” the seven samurai and how Judaism is like … Continue reading

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It’s hard to be humble

AP publishes a press release for Hamas: Exiled leader: Hamas might is ‘humble’. Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday at his office in Damascus that Hamas’ military capacity is “humble.””The enemy is exaggerating it in an … Continue reading

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Olmert caves

Gee, no way this can go wrong: Under the plan that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced, Israel will remove about 50 roadblocks and upgrade checkpoints to speed up the movement of Palestinians through the West Bank. The Israelis also … Continue reading

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Showing a bad risk in a few week’s time

Erekat: Barak busy planning incursions – Jerusalem Post – March 13, 2008 Meanwhile, The Jerusalem Post has learned that Fraser will not publicize the report on compliance with the road map obligations he was expected to present at Friday’s trilateral … Continue reading

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March mideast media madness

Contents The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Al Jazeera’s Jewish anchor – quits South African sponsored reconciliation radio The Egyptian Israel media bias watcher Adel Darwish wants to change the way Israel is covered in the British media. (h/t ETBuzz) … Continue reading

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Hamas drops the pretense of peace, again

Hamas is slowly but surely dropping the last of the mask of pretending that they want peace with Israel. Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Friday called on the leaders of Arab nations to drop their proposal for a comprehensive peace deal … Continue reading

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Pro-peace = anti-Israel

James D Besser reports: Almost a year after reports of an “alternative AIPAC” emerged in the middle of the Jewish political world, many of the same players are on the verge of announcing a revised initiative intended to get the … Continue reading

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PIJ terrorist admits the fence is working

Say, you know that “apartheid wall” that people keep telling Israel isn’t working, won’t work, can’t work, and needs to be pulled down? The terrorists say it’s working. PIJ leader Ramadan Abdallah Shalah was interviewed in Damascus by the Qatari … Continue reading

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The pique of McPeak

I’m coming a bit late to the discussion about Sen. Obama and “Tony” McPeak.For a good background check out memeorandum. Of course McPeak’s assertion that the US government couldn’t achieve peace in the Middle East because of the populations of … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time, terror attack version

Say, remember when I wrote about a call for revenge by a rabbi that the world media mostly ignored? “The biggest revenge on the goyim is for them to see how much God loves the people of Israel,” Rabbi Ovadia … Continue reading

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Gaza war continues; MSM does not notice

So let’s see what the Palestinians sent out of Gaza yesterday. Mortars: Palestinians fired five mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into the Eshkol area in the western Negev on Tuesday. The shells fell in agricultural areas in one of … Continue reading

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Smallest, lightest cell phone

An Israeli company has developed a cellphone that’s made it to Guinness book of World records as the smallest and lightest cellphone.Phone magazine describes it like this: The idea of having a single cellular handset that can serve multiple duties … Continue reading

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No-confidence building measure

I had a hard time understanding this: Israel will transfer to the Palestinian Authority 25 armored vehicles from Russia for use in PA controlled areas of Judea and Samaria. Permission for the transfer was granted by the Olmert government during … Continue reading

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