Category Archives: Israel

Dueling speeches: Abbas v. Netanyahu

Jonathan Tobin has a compare-and-contrast analysis of Mahmoud Abbas’ speech, followed by Bibi Netanyahu’s. In a nutshell: Abbas lied, Palestine died. You can hear (or read) for yourself. A year ago, at this same time, distinguished leaders in this hall … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Say pretty please with sugar on top: Oh, well, then of course, Israel must do so. Islamic nations are demanding that Israel open its nuke plant to IAEA inspectors. Well, I demand that Islamic nations STFU on telling Israel what … Continue reading

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Happy Fictional Statelet of East Palestine Day!

The inexorable theater of granting a ceremonial state to the people who utterly refuse to negotiate or compromise with Israel is lurching to a close. The AP analysis is all aw-shucks, that guy is working hard for his state, isn’t … Continue reading

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The appalling double standards on Israel and the Palestinians

This is why there will never be peace. Mahmoud Abbas quite plainly is insisting on never, ever budging an inch on Palestinian demands. No to acknowledging Israel as a Jewish state. No to resettling refugees within “Palestine.” No to land … Continue reading

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They Shout “Justice” but There is No Justice

I have spoken to more people about potential Palestinian action in the United Nations over the past month than I can remember. Some argue for the United States to take the UN to the woodshed and teach it a lesson. … Continue reading

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Wednesday in briefs

Feminists for Palestinians: Working against their own interests. Israel just graduated its first female bomb specialist. And by “bomb specialist,” I mean the non-terrorist version of that job: One who disarms bombs instead of builds them. Compare Inbal Gawi to … Continue reading

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Monday blah briefs

Israel Derangement Syndrome strikes again: A bunch of Turks decided to hack into Israeli websites and leave anti-Israel (and anti-Armenia and anti-Greece) messages. Except they’re so effing stupid, they hacked Palestinian websites. Apparently, these eyleet hak0rz d00dz didn’t notice the … Continue reading

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Sunday quick links

And we can prove it, too: Benjamin Netanyahu will remind the UN that Jews have been in Israel for thousands of years. I knew there was something I didn’t like about IKEA to begin with: The founder was a Nazi. … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

A good thing happened, for a change: Thank you, Jordanians, for being the sane Israeli neighbors. The call to replicate the Egyptian violation of international law and centuries-old treaties by protesting in front of (and attacking, of course) the Israeli … Continue reading

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Your daily news briefs

Oh, I feel SO much better now: The Iranians aren’t going to create nuclear weapons because their ethics don’t allow it. Yes, really. They say so. So all those “death to Israel” demonstrations? The calls to erase Israel from the … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning news briefs

Yeah, but they have to have the ability to fire first: Turkey is installing new “friend or foe” software in its F-16s, the better to target IAF jets with. Isn’t it time for Barack Obama to have a talk with … Continue reading

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Casus Belli

PM Erdogan of Turkey said, speaking of Israel’s raid on the Mavi Marmara, in an interview on Al Jazeera last week: The attack that took place in international waters did not comply with any international law. In fact, it was … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Erdogan ups the ante: For a guy who doesn’t want to go to war, he sure is talking all warlike and all that. Funny how he always says this on al Jazeera, and when called on it says he was … Continue reading

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Friday brieflings

Okay, this is just funny: Read it in full, and yes, there are bad words in it, but this is utterly hilarious. A rocker explains why he won’t let Glee cover his songs. (For the records, every time I’ve watched … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs (now, with turkeys!)

The difference between Israel and its neighbors: An Israeli man was indicted for throwing stones at the Egyptian embassy. The Egyptian man who scaled the Israeli embassy wall and replaced the Israeli flag with Egypt’s was hailed as a hero. … Continue reading

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