Category Archives: Middle East

Wednesday briefs

The timeline of evil: Read this story to see how a Palestinian became a terrorist in a matter of hours. What the UN recognition of the faux mini-statelet of East Palestine has wrought: The PA forces have stopped cooperating with … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time, redux

Syrian armed forces are now attacking Palestinian refugee camps. Even Ban Ki-Moon has come out frowning about it. The UN itself? Well, the General Assembly passed nine resolutions today–concerning Israel. The U.N. General Assembly today adopted nine resolutions on Palestinian … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Israel Double Standard Time is in effect: Did you know the Syrians bombed a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, killing children and women? Of course you didn’t, because Palestinian deaths don’t count unless they are killed by Israelis. The LA Times … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Denmark does not like the Jews: Jews are being warned not to wear yarmulkes or religious symbols in public for fear of being attacked. Because the anti-Zionists aren’t anti-Semitic, they’re just anti-Zionists who beat up Jewish people who are wearing … Continue reading

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Regarding the above-mentioned double standard

Bibi was wrong about the EU not condemning Hamas. They did. In statement released following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, the bloc reiterated its “fundamental commitment to the security of Israel, including with regard to vital threats … Continue reading

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Bibi and the world’s double standard on Israel

Oh, Bibi. Do you really think the world gives two figs about the double standard they apply to Israel? The AP couldn’t even get the headline right. No mention of Israel, which is the subject of Netanyahu’s quote. Israeli’s Netanyahu: … Continue reading

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The importance of being Israel

Just out of curiosity, let’s take a look at Yahoo News Mideast headlines over the past 16 hours. Egyptian army orders protesters out of palace area AP – 2 hrs 32 mins ago Syria criticizes NATO move on Patriot missiles … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Think Hillary or Kerry can just call up Assad and stop all this? Yeah, they were all about how Assad is a “reformer”. I think he’s reforming the Assad reputation for killing large amounts of its own citizens–upward. Syria is … Continue reading

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The faux mini-statelet of East Palestine

The UN General Assembly cheered and roared as the faux mini-statelet of East Palestine–which is, let’s face it, what they really voted for yesterday–was voted a “Non-member observer state”. Like the Vatican. Can “Palestine” vote on UNGA resolutions? Nope. But … Continue reading

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Iron Dome mythbusters.

We keep hearing how it onlys costs terrorists about $1,000 to fire a kassam rocket into Israel, and it costs tens of thousands for each interceptor. This op-ed by Akiva Hamilton of Shurat HaDin, the people that are fighting terrorism … Continue reading

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Monday Monday briefs

So it’s pretty much all bad news, huh? Let’s take a look. The new Pharoah: Morsi’s standing tough on his power grab, and the Obama Administration has yet to say much about it. The new pseudo-state: The Palestinians are still … Continue reading

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Post T-Day briefs

No more rockets in Israel, for now: And Tony Badran says Hamas was the ultimate loser. You should read that one. Tony is the one who has always told it straight on Lebanon while the idiots were buying the Hezbollah … Continue reading

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Wednesday terrorism briefs

A bus bombing: They’re not trying to put suicide bombers on buses, apparently, which is both good and bad. This scumbag left an explosive device in the middle of a not-so-crowded bus, and wounded 28 people. Nobody died, but the … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

That’s because they’re terrorists, stupid: Israel halted fire on Gaza when the prime minister of Egypt visited. Ban Ki-Moon is in Israel? No problem. Hamas lobbed missiles at Jerusalem minutes before Ban was due to arrive. Okay, Jeffrey, I admit … Continue reading

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The media focus: What Syrian civilian deaths?

Couldn’t find this on my Middle East Yahoo news feed: DAMASCUS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) — A flare-up of violence hit the Syrian capital of Damascus on Saturday, as the ongoing conflict has engulfed most parts of the country and given … Continue reading

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