Category Archives: Middle East

Your pre-Thanksgiving briefs

Wounded Iraq War vet wins Dancing With the Stars: J.R. Martinez, whom I know from All My Children, won the big prize on the show that I don’t watch (but Mom does, and I told her he would win). Next … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning briefs

Yeah, how many of them are married to Arabs? Israel’s domestic violence is on the rise, and there’s a dirty little secret about intermarriage: Once a Jewish Israeli woman marries a Muslim, many of them are abused by their husbands, … Continue reading

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Monday afternoon briefs

So, are we still sending funds and technology to Lebanon, then? Hizballah has found CIA spies in its midst, and it makes you wonder: Did the technology we gave Lebanon in the past few years–the tech that helped them find … Continue reading

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Friday afternoon briefs

Yeah, they have to blame someone for all the deaths: Iran says the IEAE is leaking information that is putting its nuclear scientists at risk of assassination–by Israeli and the U.S. Sure. Uh-huh. Okay. (Michael Ledeen says the explosions on … Continue reading

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Late Thursday briefs

It’s been a busy day. Tomorrow, too. The toothless UN strikes again: Thanks to China and Russia, Iran’s nuclear program continues unabated. Well, except for the guys who keep getting assassinated and blown up, and Stuxnet and Duqu (does anyone … Continue reading

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Monday morning briefs

Good fences make good neighbors: Amos Harel writes how good fences are a good defense. Israel is building a fence along its desert border with Egypt. And the Syrian border has been improved: After Palestinian and Syrian demonstrators managed to … Continue reading

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Sunday morning briefs

Seriously? I mean, SERIOUSLY? Ynet is quoting Richard Silverstein, the insanely anti-Israel anti-Zionist blogger who hates all Jews who don’t want to take part in their own destruction? How much of an anti-Israel guy is this? So much so that … Continue reading

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11-11-11 briefs

Today is Veterans Day, and nephew Nate’s birthday, which he is celebrating by leading services today and tomorrow in honor of his becoming a bar mitzvah. Woots all around! The Obama doctrine strikes again: Dividends of Libyan chaos? SAMs in … Continue reading

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The busy Wednesday briefs

Isn’t this that mixing of Church and State that liberals hate so much? Seriously? The Obama administration is creating a tax on Christmas trees to fund a new department that will–determine how to better market Christmas trees. Because, you know, … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

You know, it isn’t a biased story if it’s true: The AP is covering Israel’s Haredi problems with women. It’s shameful. Women have been beaten, spit on, forced to the back of buses, and insulted. And the men doing it … Continue reading

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Monday I got up an hour early briefs

Doesn’t matter that the clocks changed, my body clock got me up an hour early. So off to the gym I went. More Palestinian attacks on Israel, now, with less media bias! The AP is on a roll, presenting the … Continue reading

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OMG! Israel’s going to attack Iran! And so’s the U.K.!

Told you they were blowing smoke. In fact, this story is full of holes. First, Israel has decided not to attack Iran–a point I’m making due both to direct knowledge and direct statements, a few of them made publicly, by … Continue reading

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Friday morning at the auto shop briefs

Nobody told me it’s still dark after 7 a.m. Okay, it’s a cold, wet, rainy day (shout-out to the NYC #OWSers!), but still…. Well, this is different: An Iranian soldier whose parents converted to Islam to save their lives wants … Continue reading

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Wednesday Briefs

Muslims appropriating Jewish symbols, Holocaust version: They’re using yellow Stars of David to protest “Islamophobia” in Switzerland. Disgusting? Of course. Will that stop them from doing it again? No. Not until someone starts calling them Zionists or something. Well, that’s … Continue reading

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Tuesday “shaky truce” briefs

Sunny with a chance of missiles: Schools have been cancelled in southern Israel due to rocket attacks, and even the AP has noticed. Damned if you do… Egypt has gotten Israel to postpone for 24 hours a stronger response to … Continue reading

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