Category Archives: Terrorism

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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Ever the AP whitewash

Hamas had a big anniversary party the other day. They invited their exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, to join them. Since Egypt is now ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Muslim Brotherhood is the parent of Hamas, he went to … 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 Arafat Blood Libel: Now, with extra media bias!

Who killed Arafat? Barry Rubin has the answer. Suddenly, I received all of these phone calls from journalists asking me to talk about who murdered the late Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat. The news peg is that he’s being dug up … 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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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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The Israeli double standard

Israel got the head of Hamas’ rocket program. Civilians were killed in the strike. The world will be protesting loudly. For the sake of comparison, number of worldwide protests against 30,000 Syrian civilians killed over the past year: Zero. Don’t … Continue reading

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More war briefs

Must-read: An analysis of the current Gaza war that explains why there are still rockets falling on Tel Aviv. Isn’t it ironic: You just have to love this. A pro-Hamas rally in Tel Aviv was broken up by–rockets fired by … Continue reading

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Deterrence

That’s funny, I thought Hamas wanted to make peace with Israel and settle down to live quietly ever after in Gaza. I mean, the New York Times op-ed people told us so! Or not. Hamas politburo chief Khaled Mashaal on … Continue reading

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Tuesday, briefly

Upending the narrative: So, that analysis that says the Israelis are always at fault in any instance with Palestinians? Yeah, guess the PRC releasing a video of their firing on a Jeep driving along the border puts paid to the … Continue reading

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Spinning the death of a terrorist: Defining deviancy dead

Israel released previously classified information on the assassination of Abu Jihad, the co-founder of the PLO and terrorist responsible for multiple attacks on Israeli civilians. And the news media manages to impugn Israel without really telling you that Abu Jihad … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

Hamas documents its own war crimes: Hamas released a video proving they fire rockets from civilian areas. And yet, there will never be a Goldstone Commission for their crimes. And of course, there will always be excuses made for them. … Continue reading

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