Category Archives: Middle East

Olmert caves

Gee, no way this can go wrong: Under the plan that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced, Israel will remove about 50 roadblocks and upgrade checkpoints to speed up the movement of Palestinians through the West Bank. The Israelis also … Continue reading

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Hamas drops the pretense of peace, again

Hamas is slowly but surely dropping the last of the mask of pretending that they want peace with Israel. Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Friday called on the leaders of Arab nations to drop their proposal for a comprehensive peace deal … Continue reading

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Terrorists just miss murdering babies

The worst-case scenario—the deaths of dozens of children—just missed becoming a reality today. Three Qassam rockets were launched from northern Gaza towards Israel on Friday by noon, with one of the rockets narrowly missing a nursery in Kibbutz Nir Am. … Continue reading

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Gaza war continues; MSM does not notice

So let’s see what the Palestinians sent out of Gaza yesterday. Mortars: Palestinians fired five mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into the Eshkol area in the western Negev on Tuesday. The shells fell in agricultural areas in one of … Continue reading

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Saddam’s threat to the west

I had missed this article, Saddam collected information on dozens of potential targets in Israel. Saddam Hussein’s intelligence service collected information on dozens of sites in Israel, including airports, other transportation centers, as well as scientific and religious centers that … Continue reading

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RoboSoldier is near

The IDF will be deploying robotic machine guns to guard the Gaza border. My forecast: Expect a lot more reports about 65-year-old men killed while tending their farms, no matter how many terrorists get killed. First report: A new system … Continue reading

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Terrorists terrorize Purim festival in southern Israel

The terrorists achieved their goal on Friday, sending 600 people running for cover as the Color Red alert sounded. Palestinian terror groups launched three Qassam rockets from northern Gaza towards Israel on Friday afternoon, as residents of southern Israel celebrated … Continue reading

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The new AP boilerplate: More anti-Israel bias

Have you seen the new AP boilerplate lately? It’s in a ton of articles about Gaza or Hamas. It goes like this: Israel has been battling Hamas since the Islamic group violently seized control of Gaza last June. In addition … Continue reading

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Humoring the extremes

A month ago JoshuaPundit questioned the wisdom of President Bush naming an envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference. After noting some previous antics of the OIC, JoshuaPundit writes: This is the racist, anti-American group our president legitimized and is … Continue reading

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Got a spare kidney for a minister?

In a sense. The kidney in question is not meant to save a life of a minister, rather the opposite – to croak the minister in question. In fact, you have got a choice of three targets: Defense Minister Ehud … Continue reading

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Katyusha hits Ashdod?

Jameel of the Muqata alerted the JBlogosphere in an email that Palestinians have fired a katyusha rocket from Gaza even farther north than before: For the first time, an member of Knesset has publicly announced that a Ketyusha has fallen … Continue reading

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The NY Times: All the Hamas propaganda that’s fit to print

Soccer Dad takes the New York Times to task in their latest Israel article. But he missed a spot where they are passing along Hamas propaganda, even while giving the readers the information showing that they’re passing along the propaganda. … Continue reading

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Is it truce yet?

Is it truce yet? Or does shooting not count as a truce violation? Palestinian gunmen opened fire at IDF troops who were carrying out infrastructure work along the central Gaza Strip perimeter fence on Wednesday. There were no wounded among … Continue reading

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When will the cease-lull start?

I was kind of put off by this headline in the NYT: Rocket endangers Palestinian-Israeli respite. The rocket doesn’t endanger the respite. It ends the respite. And it’s not the rocket, it’s the people who fired the rocket. Of course … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Olmert surrenders to Hamas

The AFP says that Olmert agreed to Egypt’s cease-fire deal. Despite earlier denials by top officials in Jerusalem, a senior defense official has confirmed Tuesday that an agreement on a lull in Gaza Strip fighting has been worked out. In … Continue reading

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