Category Archives: Israel

Joe Klein and the alphabet soup strategy

Joe Klein says that Israel’s problem is that it relies on ABCD. Jeffrey Goldberg, in his excellent memoir Prisoners, tells how he got pummeled by Irish kids, then read the famous novel of Israel’s liberation, Exodus, by Leon Uris, and … Continue reading

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A Master of Juvenile Scorn

Rick Richman is earning my highest honor today, for these words: Elections are tough to organize when there are people who are running against each other. The good news, however, is that once you solve the internal problems with a … Continue reading

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Start your day with a smile for Finland

Two thousand people rallied in support of Israel in Finland yesterday. The Finnish capital’s streets were filled with Israeli and Finnish flags as participants marched towards the port while chanting slogans in support of the IDF and waving banners protesting … Continue reading

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Judt’s new cliches

If Michael Chabon’s reflections on Jewish and Israeli stupidity weren’t offensive enough, now the New York Times gives another Jewish anti-Zionist, Tony Judt a few hundred more words of op-ed space to express his contempt for Israel. In Talking about … Continue reading

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Chabon: Israel is stupid for trying to survive

This past Sunday, novelist Michael Chabon took to the op-ed pages of the New York Times to argue that Jews were Chosen but not special. Toward the end he wrote: This is the ambiguity that cites the dispensation of God … Continue reading

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News roundup

Kill the Jew that exposed Helen Thomas’ Jew-hatred! Yeah, the irony is lost on Thomas’ supporters, but the rabbi is getting death threats. Just rename yourself the Palestinian Propaganda Times: The Times becomes the IHH’s stenographer, carrying interviews with the … Continue reading

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Mr. Abbas goes to Washington

If you recall, when chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was in Israel to celebrate his son’s Bar Mitzvah, he invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington to meet the President. Then the IDF encountered a group of militants on the Mavi … Continue reading

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Hypocrites of the world, unite

The hypocrisy on Israel is absolutely mind-boggling. Here’s Vladimir Putin: “Such actions against a civilian ship are unacceptable,” Putin said after the meeting. “These actions in international waters are especially concerning, and undoubtedly require a thorough investigation. A few examples … Continue reading

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Rabbi Kaufman Live on the WebcastOneLive at 10 am Central

I’ll be on live with Mac McKoy on www.webcastonelive.com from 10-11 am Central today talking Israel and American Foreign Policy.

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The Turkey-Syria-Iran axis

The Turkey-Iran quid pro quo has been announced. Imposing fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would hurt the region’s countries and contribute nothing to resolving the Mideast conflict, Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo said Wednesday ahead of a UN … Continue reading

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The last refuge

I don’t always agree with Richard Cohen, but when he’s on, he can be excellent. Today, with What Helen Thomas Missed he was excellent. (or at RCP.) Cohen points out that Jews, in the past, have wanted to go back … Continue reading

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Say, what’s wrong with what Helen Thomas said?

Soccerdad has the right idea, but too narrow an angle. It’s not just the Palestinians who won’t acknowledge the Jewish history in Israel. Take a look at some of the comments from the Washington Post: It was an idiotic comment, … Continue reading

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The Helen Thomas media blitz: She got fired for WHAT?!

Funny. The major news outlets did not cover Helen Thomas’ anti-Semitic remarks until she got fired for them. The Washington Post barely touched it. The wire services didn’t have anything on it, not even after Ari Fleischer called for her … Continue reading

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What was so offensive about Helen Thomas’s remarks

I was unaware of the story behind Helen Thomas’s outburst against Jews. But I wonder what was wrong about what she said. My co-blogger JudeoPundit writes: Israelis constitute a unique nationality and for the most part they are natives to … Continue reading

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Gaza Flotilla: One more news roundup

Fool me once: France’s foreign minister is volunteering the EU to inspect all ships heading into Gaza. I have two words for you, Mr. Kouchner: UNSC 1701. In case anyone forgot, the reason Israel left the buffer zone in Lebanon … Continue reading

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