Category Archives: Israel

Apparently the oppression didn’t kill her

MSNBC is reporting that the world’s oldest person is alive and living in Israel. Perhaps more surprising is that she’s an Israeli Arab. Mariam Amash filled in the routine form with anything but routine information. Amash, who recently applied for … Continue reading

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The aftermath

Terrorwonk asks After Mughniyah: Will Hezbollah retaliate? Taking these factors into account, this may have been an ideal time for the Israelis to remind their enemies of their capabilities and serve justice to one of the world’s most wanted terrorists. … Continue reading

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Mug shot

The Associated Press reported One of the world’s most wanted and elusive terrorists, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed by a car bomb in Syria nearly 15 years after dropping almost entirely from sight. The one-time Hezbollah security chief was implicated in … Continue reading

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Peace whenever

Working from reports in the Jerusalem Post and on Arutz-7 as well as using some of her own detective work, In Context writes about the legal problems Peace Now is facing and speculates on how it might impact their fundraising. … Continue reading

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Overcoming mistrust

Following up on yesterday’s attempt to evade responsibility for terrorism, Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad continues his PR blitz with the willing participation of the Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler complaining that since Annapolis Israel hasn’t done enough.Kessler, like any good PR … Continue reading

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Off the marc

The Washington Post today features a fawning profile of HRW activist Marc Garlasco, The Man on Both Sides of Air War Debate Garlasco is uniquely suited to understand both sides of the air war debate: He knows what the bombs … Continue reading

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The last refuge of the Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority is making an effort to avoid paying damages it incurred for fostering terror. The State Department is considering helping. Glenn Kessler reports in Palestinians Ask U.S. To Intervene in Suits Over Terrorist Attacks. The State Department is … Continue reading

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Of Israel, the Palestinians and the United States

Roger Cohen in today’s New York Times argues that Jews ought to embrace the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama in “No Manchurian Candidate. ” Like the NJDC he sets up lots of straw men in his defense of Sen. Obama. … Continue reading

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Israel won!

In today’s New York Times, Daniel Gavron writes of “Israel’s Secret Success.” The Palestinian Hamas, which rules Gaza, refuses to recognize Israel, but even that movement seeks a long-term truce, which is tantamount to de facto recognition. Tantamount? To what? … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim #153 is UP!

Jack continues to make his mark on Haveil Havalim as he has recruited a new hostess I’ll Call Baila who hosts Haveil Havalim #153. If you’re interested in Jewish blogging, check it out! To submit for the next edition click … Continue reading

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The teacher and the terrorists

(An open letter to Deborah Howell, ombudsman of the Washington Post.)Over the past two years, you defended the decision to publish op-eds by representatives of Hamas, a terrorist organization. It is a decision that cannot be justified. Still, you defended … Continue reading

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Terrorists to southern Israel: Evacuate or die

Terrorists are now bold enough to publicly warn Israelis to leave southern Israel. Why is that? Because Olmert has not done anything to stop the rockets from flying. The Popular Resistance Committees called on the residents of Israel’s south to … Continue reading

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I musta got lost

An Israeli professor solved a problem that has been bothering mathematicians for nearly 40 years. Trakhtman solved the “Road Coloring Problem,” which was raised by Israeli mathematics Prof. Binyamin Weiss and others in 1970. There are many forms but the … Continue reading

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Health, education and welfare – Hamas style

I wondered about this report when I first read it. An Israeli missile hit a school in Beit Hanoun, killing a teacher and wounding three pupils, hospital officials said.Two of the wounded were initially identified as fellow staff members but … Continue reading

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The WMD of the Muslim world

A blogger The Sudanese Thinker calls Israel a WMD. Let’s shelter our oppressed Palestinian brothers. Let’s put them first before any of those living a few feet away from us. They deserve more help. The problems in our own backyards … Continue reading

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