Category Archives: Israel

Is it bad to be pro-Likud?

The other day the Jerusalem Post reported on some comments Sen. Obama made (via memeorandum): “I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel, then you’re anti-Israel, and … Continue reading

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Radical preachers

In When Jihad came to America, Andrew McCarthy sketches a brief history of the blind Sheikh and his followers, especially El Sayyid Nosair, who killed Rabbi Meir Kahane, and the failure of authorities to tie them to the larger evil … Continue reading

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African refugees in Israel: Two viewpoints

The first viewpoint: A Ynet article on the number of African refugees in Israel, and their effect on the country. The lede: More than 7,400 refugees from African countries have infiltrated Israel through Egypt over the past year, Internal Security … Continue reading

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The news the mainstream media won’t give you

A ten-year-old boy nearly lost his arm in a kassam rocket attack yesterday. A mother and one-year-old infant were also hurt. Bet you didn’t know either of these facts. Because the wire services choose not to highlight Israeli casualties of … Continue reading

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Find the adjectives

We all know that in journalism it is the job of the reporter to answer 5 W’s – Who, what, where, when, and why. Usually some combination of nouns and verbs – with perhaps some articles, adverbs and prepositions – … Continue reading

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Into the breach again?

Before the Hajj started, Elder of Ziyon noted: Now, Palestine Press Agency reports that Hamas is planning to embarrass Egypt into opening Rafah by demolishing the wall near the crossing and forcing Egypt to directly stop the pilgrims from going … Continue reading

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Protecting Sderot and the murky waters of politics

Dr. Reuven Pedatzur, a person whose opinion one should certainly respect in all matters military, writes in Haaretz on the amazing discovery: the much touted Iron Dome anti-rocket system will not be able to protect Sderot from the Qassams. He … Continue reading

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Hamas threatens to kidnap more soldiers

Hamas isn’t getting the results they wanted after they kidnapped Gilad Shalit. So they’re going to kidnap more soldiers until Israel gives them what they want. Hamas will abduct more IDF soldiers if Israel does not answer its demands for … Continue reading

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Non-violence in gaza

In Gaza’s Culture of Self-Destruction Yael Kaynan writes (via memeorandum): The people in Gaza need to stop and take a good look at the culture and society that they are creating and begin to think hard about how they might … Continue reading

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About that two-state solution

Judeopundit, observed an under-noticed story in the New York Times the other day, Arab Leaders Say the Two-State Proposal Is in Peril. In the Perils to Two-State Pauline, by way of introduction he provides some background, in fine factious fashion: … Continue reading

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Israelis to terrorists: We’re not going anywhere

Thousands of Israelis gathered in Sderot earlier today to do their Shabbat shopping. A motorcade of several hundred cars arrived in Sderot on Friday morning carrying thousands of people from across Israel who came to do their Shabbat shopping in … Continue reading

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Cognitive dissonance

Three headlines: Peres: Muslims not our enemies Ahmadinejad: If we remain quiet, Zionists will act against us Nasrallah: Israel’s disappearance an established fact One conclusion: Muslims are not Israel’s enemies, but most of Israel’s enemies are Muslim. And speaking of … Continue reading

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Encouraging Hamas: EU cause and effect

The European Union is encouraging rocket attacks on Israel. How? By emphasizing Israel’s actions taken in self-defense, and minimizing the acts that cause them. The EU passed a a resolution that effectively blames Israel for closing Gaza without really attaching … Continue reading

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Craving apartheid

LGF links to an exchange between the Israel and Saudi ambassadors in columns in Canada’s National Post.Without seeing the response, I would think that Israeli ambassador Alan Baker won with this paragraph: Complete freedom of religion for all is strictly … Continue reading

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Another day, another Iranian death threat

Yet another Iranian official says once again that Israel will be destroyed. International reaction? Yawns. Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Hadad has warned that the “countdown to Israel’s destruction has begun,” in an interview published Thursday in an Iranian newspaper. […] … Continue reading

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