Category Archives: Israel

Britain and the Jews

Melanie Phillips’ disturbing Britian’s Anti-Semitic turn notes that: And now, in Britain and elsewhere, anti-Semitism has mutated again, its target shifting from culture to creed to race to nation. What anti-Semitism once did to Jews as people, it now does … Continue reading

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The changing Road Map narrative

The Road Map has been awakened from its moribund state and bandied about a lot lately, particularly in the wire service reports about the upcoming mideast peace conference in Annapolis. For instance, the AP writes: Israel continues to expand many … Continue reading

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The right was right

Jackson Diehl rings the alarm bells in If this peace process fails. For the next several days, Israel’s talk radio and op-ed pages converged on a single subject — but it was not Olmert’s groundbreaking speech. Instead, the buzz was … Continue reading

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The hell of Israel …

via memeorandum Thousands of Palestinians apply for Israeli citizenship In the months leading up to the upcoming Annapolis peace conference talk of a future division of the city has prompted a staggering increase in nationalization requests by Palestinians seeking to … Continue reading

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The Gaza operation: Hamas is waiting

Hamas has been training with Iranians, and the battle of Gaza is going to be difficult, dangerous, and bloody. Reserve-duty paratroopers who completed a month of duty in the Gaza Strip last week say that facing militant groups such as … Continue reading

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Building confidence

Wizbang’s Jay Tea asks a simple question Can anyone — ANYONE — ever cite a single example where the Palestinians were called upon to make any sort of concession or “good faith gesture” and actually kept it? Just once? It’s … Continue reading

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To die in Jerusalem, to lie in Deheishe

I was given a chance, courtesy of Deep Focus, to view the Hilla Medalia HBO documentary To Die in Jerusalem. I don’t even know whether our cable provider carries HBO (I am not much into TV lately) and the kind … Continue reading

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Cooking rice

Given the unlikelihood of any substantial result emerging from the upcoming Annapolis summit David Brooks, in Present at Creation, asks why Secretary Rice would expend such energy in putting the darn thing together. It’s slightly unfortunate that the peace process … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter rebuffed by Zonist Lobby American Jewish leaders

In a move worthy of a mention in Walt & Mearsheimer’s next book, nearly all of the major American Jewish leadership told Jimmy Carter to take a hike when he asked to discuss Israel with them. Jimmy Carter’s newest efforts … Continue reading

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History lessons — forgotten

According the AP (and other news sources) Secretary Rice is appealing to history in her quest for Mideast peace “We view the situation as qualitatively different than it has been, the history moves on, people change roles, situations,” McCormack said. … Continue reading

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Water, water

Using bacteria, an Israeli company has built a detection system to catch contaminants in the water supply. Tiny phosphorescent bacteria that glow a warning signal when fed polluted water… a protection fence decked out with cameras and alarms to stop … Continue reading

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Bolton in a china shop

Yesterday, Jewish Current Issues reviewed the new book by Ambassador John Bolton, “Surrender is not an option.” Among other things, he summarizes last years negotiations over Resolution 1701 ending the Israel-Hezbollah war He makes it clear it was — to … Continue reading

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Time wonders if Israel is going to attack Hezbollah

Time Magazine wonders if Israel is going to pre-emptively attack Hizbollah. Is Israel laying the ground for preemptive air strikes against targets belonging to the militant Shi’ite group Hizballah in Lebanon? Tensions have been building along the Lebanon-Israel border in … Continue reading

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Ignoring Israeli security

To read Rice’s Bridge To Peace by David Ignatius one must conclude that to Dr. Rice (and Ignatius by the approving tone of his column) that Israeli security is negotiable. Well it’s worse than that, it’s not a factor. The … Continue reading

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Waiting for …?

The media is on a campaign to whitewash the Iranian nuclear program. Jonathan Landay of the McClatchy newspapers reports Experts: No evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons program. The headline says one thing, but the article says something else. There are … Continue reading

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