Category Archives: palestinian politics

Wednesday briefs

Time supports fantasy writing now: Karl Vick (rhymes with dick), the viciously anti-Israel Mideast reporter at Time, thinks that the Mad Mullahs of Tehran could be convinced to get Assad to give up his chemical weapons. Why? Because they suffered … Continue reading

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The demographic lie

The Jewish Press has kindly translated for us an analysis of an Israeli demographic study. The results are not at all what the media and political narrative has been told to you. Arabs are not going to outnumber Jews in … Continue reading

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Compare and contrast: Israel vs. the neighbors

Compare and contrast, part one: Syrian civilians are fleeing across the border with Israel, only to be met with–help–for fighters and civilians. Blast victims are being treated in Israeli hospitals. This is coming out of the Israeli taxpayers’ pockets. The … Continue reading

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Your morning State Dept. knee-slapper

Secretary of State John Kerry on the upcoming peace negotations between Israel and the Palestinians: The parties have agreed here today that all of the final status issues, all of the core issues, and all other issues are all on … Continue reading

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The Palestinian murderer release

Think the world is going to pat Israel on the head for releasing 104 murderers as a “confidence-building” measure? Think again. Look at the headline on the AFP story about Israeli reaction to letting 104 convicted murderers go free. Israel … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

A perfect example of Israel Derangement Syndrome: How much do people hate Israel? So much so that a simple tagged bird was carefully examined to make sure it wasn’t an Israeli spy. Yes, really. Paranoid, much? But it’s just a … Continue reading

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Once more, with Kerry

Just a day or so ago, our newest Secretary of State was pretty sure he’d bullied Israel into releasing convicted murderers, freezing settlements, and sitting down for peace talks with the Palestinians by giving into most of the preconditions that … Continue reading

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Saturday briefs

One less Jew-hater in the world: Goodbye, Helen Thomas. You won’t be missed in my house. In the midst of all the teary memorials, let’s not forget she told Israelis to get out of “Palestine” and “go home to Germany.” … Continue reading

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Cypriots and hypocrites

Have the EU or the U.S. ever held the Palestinians to any kind of standard at all? Have they stopped, or threatened to stop funding if the Palestinians don’t cease inciting hatred of Israel and Jews? Did the Palestinians ever … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Yeah, she didn’t seem to care about the Christians, though: Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, is bent out of shape that the Egyptian military overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood government. Because the military is detaining the leadership. … Continue reading

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Sunday briefs

Well, then you shouldn’t have said yes to the govt. so many times: The judges who allowed the NSA to spy on Americans are upset that people are calling them collaborators. Someone call a WAHmbulance. Isn’t that adorable? Kerry thinks … Continue reading

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The AP bias in three paragraphs and a headline

The “objective” news media in a nutshell. The headline: Israel shows no signs of yielding to Palestinians The story, such as it is: Israel’s prime minister is showing no signs of bending as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presses … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Rush, rush, rush: John Kerry is using the old “There must be peace talks or else” line. You know, end of the world, no two-state solution, peace in the Middle East… and how are the Palestinians responding? Why, by refusing … Continue reading

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Tom Friedman: Ignoring the inconvenient truths

The man makes a ton of money for writing opinion pieces in the New York Times, and all I can do is gaze at the unbelievable stupidity of today’s analogy and wonder why on earth this man is paid for … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Spillover: Missiles fall in Israel once again as Syrians battle in the Golan Heights. No injuries–yet. What anti-Israel media bias? There are no headlines about Mahmoud Abbas’ absolute refusal to sit down for peace talks without preconditions. But the AP … Continue reading

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