Category Archives: Israel

Iranian EFP kills Israeli soldier

Terrorists killed an Israeli soldier on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. None of the wire services only the AP felt that this was worth a mention. And as I predicted, it was an EFP (bottom of the post). … Continue reading

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Israel in american eyes

Good news from Gallup about how Israeli is perceived in America. Contentions.Noah Pollak observes There are a couple of interesting things about these numbers. For one, it appears that the recent Walt-Mearsheimer fracas did absolutely nothing to disabuse ordinary Americans … Continue reading

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When is a civilian not a civilian?

The United States will ask Egypt to crack down on the smuggling of weapons into Gaza in order to improve the quality of life for Israeli civilians in southern Israel. Well not really. (Isn’t it remarkable how important Palestinian civilians … Continue reading

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Egypt-brokered cease fire: Guaranteed to fail

Egypt wants to get super-active and try to broker a cease fire between Israel and Hamas. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem revealed Wednesday that Egypt has decided to take an active role in stopping Hamas from gaining more power in Gaza … Continue reading

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Behind the “civilian” casualties: Part 2

Here’s another reason why the “civilian” casualties are higher when Israel fights terrorists: According to reports from Gaza, dozens of Palestinian civilians were also killed in the fighting. The army says the fighting took place in a densely populated area, … Continue reading

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The news, with snark

Gee, that’ll hurt the Israeli/Afghan trade: Afghans are protesting Israel’s attack on Hamas. Who the hell cares what Afghanis think? The country that gave us the Taliban and 9/11 is protesting the deaths of terrorists? My heart bleeds. Stil the … Continue reading

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Israeli spokesman shows some juvenile scorn

At the moment, I want to marry Mark Regev. Look what he told the Washington Post: […] Hamas, the radical Islamic movement that controls Gaza, declared victory and held a celebratory rally in Gaza City. But Israel reported that it … Continue reading

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Reticence for Israel, enthusiasm for Colombia

In “The Gaza Dilemma” the editors of the Washington Post fear for the Middle East peace process, because of the continued control of Gaza by the terrorist organization, Hamas. Israel and its peace process partners have three options for Gaza, … Continue reading

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Why can’t Israel catch a humanitarian break?

Whether it has been other nations Turkey’s cabinet yesterday discussed steps to take against Israel, whose actions were condemned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan Sunday over its excessive use of force against Palestinians in Gaza. “It is not possible … Continue reading

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Behind the “civilian” casualties

There’s quite a telling paragraph in a Jerusalem Post article on the latest Gaza operation. The AP reported widely that the IDF took out a truck carrying about 160 kassam rockets. They also reported widely that several houses were destroyed … Continue reading

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Expert advocates for Hamas

AFP reports UN should talk to Hamas to end Gaza violence: expert The United Nations should talk directly to the Islamist Hamas movement in a bid to end the bloody violence in Gaza, the body’s advisor on human rights in … Continue reading

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Kind of like the Blues Brothers

via memeorandumReuters “reports”: To Israel and its allies, Abu Mohammed and his comrades are Jew-hating terrorists. But Abu Mohammed sees himself on a mission from God to rescue his people from 60 years of misery as refugees since the establishment … Continue reading

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Missing the process for the peace

Daled Amos quotes from Contentions arguing that Secretary Rice would be better off using her clout to try an protect Lebanon instead of trying to save the “peace process.” Lebanon’s fragile democracy is under assault by Syria (and its master, … Continue reading

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Cold-stone killer IDF escorts Egyptians out of danger

Those horrible IDF soldiers and airman. Imagine the nerve of them actually saving an Egyptian chopper crew’s lives. The pilot of an Egyptian helicopter lost in the fog found himself over the Gaza Strip and under fire from Hamas militants … Continue reading

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School’s not out

Elder of Ziyon notes that, today, schools in Gaza are expected to be open and comments. It’s almost as if they don’t expect any indiscriminate and disproportionate rockets of the evil, genocidal, Nazi Zionists to be fired at their schools … Continue reading

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