Category Archives: Middle East

Monday morning briefs

Ding dong the witch is dead: Kim Jong-il is gone. Alas, another is ready to take his place. Stupid Sith lords. Not my grandfather’s religion: I don’t care what you say, rioting is not the part of Orthodox Judaism that … Continue reading

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Hamas senior got lost in the tunnels

The news appeared in Maariv’s Hebrew weekend edition on Friday Dec 16. Maariv, using Palestinian Pal Press as their source, tells that Tahr Atwa, a senior Hamas functionary and a part-time commander in Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades left Gaza five … Continue reading

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Non-violent terrorism: It’s the new pundit thing

I’m starting to think that there’s a mirror image of the Zionist conspiracy theorists. For every nutjob and Jew-hater that thinks Jews are secretly controlling the world and responsible for all of its ills, there is a corresponding person–usually on … Continue reading

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Tuesday afternoon briefs

Keep it up, you’ll alienate the rest of America’s Jews: The IDF asked parents to “dress modestly” for a medics graduation ceremony. I have a lot of tolerance for the religious. I have no tolerance for those that would relegate … Continue reading

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Late Monday briefs

So, how much you figure he paid his people to vote for him? Oh, look. A little-read magazine touts an online poll as “person of the year,” and it turns out it’s: Turkey’s prime ministerErdogan, the man responsible for bringing … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

So, how’s that 1701 working out for you? Hizballah is still targeting UN peacekeepers, this time probably for telling the world that the rockets fired last week were in violation of UNSCR 1701, which forbids arms and weapons south of … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, Media Bias, Middle East, Syria, The One | 3 Comments

Cause, effect, and media bias

If Israel does not kill terrorists, terrorists fire rockets into Israel. Israel then kills terrorists, and the media blame Israel for keeping up “the cycle of violence.” If Israel pre-emptively strikes terrorists who are about to launch attacks on Israel, … Continue reading

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Thursday lunchtime briefs

This is not the drone you were looking for: Loren Thompson writes in Forbes that the Iranians don’t have nearly as much of the stealth drone that they’re claiming to have. A telling comment: Iran is not broadcasting pictures of … Continue reading

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Wednesday finally got around to them briefs

Seriously? Seriously? SERIOUSLY? The Dorktator is disavowing having any control over his own armed forces–you know, the ones that are torturing and murdering children. Here’s the best bit of the interview: “We don’t kill our people … no government in … Continue reading

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Sunday afternoon briefs

Hamas is fleeing the fall of Damascus: The rats are fleeing the sinking ship. Hamas has pulled most of its staff out of Damascus. This is excellent news. A terror organization in disarray is a terror organization that is hampered … Continue reading

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Friday morning exhausted briefs

Yeah, you try driving to NJ and back in one day and see if you don’t get home late and tired, particularly if you have to stop four times on the way for your elderly mother, and then wait for … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

But Karl Vick said Hamas is moderating! Yeah, not so much. Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is not serious about reconciling with political rival Hamas despite public statements to the contrary, a senior Hamas official said in an interview published … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning briefs

We don’t need no steenking international law: Iran is once again violating the code of nations (but I repeat myself). “Protestors” stormed the British embassy grounds in Tehran. The Brits are probably smart enough to have evacuated the embassy, what … Continue reading

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Sunday, briefly

Anti-Semitism is up in Australia: Quel surprise. It’s up in a lot of places this year. Between October 1, 2010, and September 30 this year, there were 17 physical assaults or property damage, 128 incidents of direct harassment and intimidation, … Continue reading

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Post T-day briefs

Faster on that Leviathan field, please: Jihadis blew up the Sinai gas line again. (By the way, morons, you also deprive Jordan of gas and Egypt of desperately-needed money.) And they’re apparently massing to fight their fellows for a change, … Continue reading

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