Category Archives: The One

Obama the mythbuster

Posted on 04/15/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I think we need to thank President Barack Obama. He’s managed, in the short time he’s been president, to bust a whole lot of myths about Israel and Jews. Myth Number One: Israel runs American foreign policy. Is there seriously … Continue reading →

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Step back or push ahead

Posted on 04/15/2010 by Soccerdad

At the end of his news conference the other day, President Obama said: And I remain committed to being a partner with countries around the world, and in particular hot spots around the world, to see if we can reduce … Continue reading →

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Blaming Bibi

Posted on 04/13/2010 by Soccerdad

This week’s Baltimore Jewish Times featured an article (previously mentioned here) U.S.-Israeli Ties: What’s Really Happening? by Dr. Robert O. Freedman. Over the course of the article Dr. Freedman covers much important territory; unfortunately he also lets his prejudices get … Continue reading →

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U.K.’s NHS: Ten years of screwed-up organ donation lists

Posted on 04/10/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Can’t wait until Obamacare gets to run our healthcare! Then we, too, can have errors like this: Britain’s transplant authority said Saturday that it was investigating several hundred thousand errors in its organ donor list stretching back about a decade. … Continue reading →

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He’s just not that into you … Israel

Posted on 04/09/2010 by Soccerdad

At the same time that the Obama administration decided to make a city planning decision into an international incident, the Palestinian Authority was preparing to honor a vicious murdereress. Palestinian Media Watch has been exposing the Palestinian Authority’s ongoing policy … Continue reading →

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Obama, Jews, Israel

Posted on 04/08/2010 by Soccerdad

A few weeks ago Daled Amos observed that Israel could well be an issue in the upcoming midterm elections. Citing a Politico article he wrote: Support for Israel, and its implications for US foreign policy, is already emerging as an … Continue reading →

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Imposing

Posted on 04/07/2010 by Soccerdad

Two weeks ago David Ignatius wrote: In retrospect, it seems clear that the step-by-step approach was a mistake: Constructive ambiguity, in this case, proved destructive. It allowed the Israeli right wing to perpetuate the idea that it could have it … Continue reading →

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Wednesday briefs

Posted on 04/07/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Words that bite: So you think Obama and his aides will call out Iran for this? Netanyahu “insults” the Obama administration by breathing while a bureaucratic announcement of 1,600 new apartments in Jerusalem goes out. Iran actually insults Obama. “Mr. … Continue reading →

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The next round in the Obama-Netanyahu fight

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly stated that he will not be agreeing to a freeze in building Jerusalem. Let the next round begin. The Mimouna celebrations, a traditional North African Jewish holiday held a day after Passover has long become a … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 04/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

When the AP is more balanced than the Voice of America, well… Seriously. Read the AP blurb on the Gaza clothing shipment, then read the VOA, and tell me which is the more balanced. Who runs the VOA? The State … Continue reading →

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You can’t be Syria-us

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Soccerdad

Barry Rubin mines the Pesach Haggadah to illustrate how Syria has been working against American interests in the Middle East: Back to Ford and Syria. Yet even if Syria is not building apartments in east Jerusalem, it might still be … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 03/31/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Obama’s Syrian outreach is working just dandy: Since Obama has named an ambassador to Syria, the results are clear. Syria is now discussing “resistance” with Walid Jumblatt, the man who had to abase himself to his new Syrian overlord in … Continue reading →

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The post-partisan president slams Tea Party

Posted on 03/30/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So the post-partisan, post-racial president has chosen to take the fringes of the Tea Party movement and slam the entire Tea Party with them even while declaring that is not what he’s doing. The utter gall of the man simply … Continue reading →

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The Obama outreach dividends

Posted on 03/29/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Besides pressuring Israel into making more and more concessions without similar actions from the Palestinians, the Obama administration has appointed a new ambassador to Syria, given Syrian actions in Lebanon a complete pass (and in fact, accepted the de facto … Continue reading →

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The wrong Vulcan

Posted on 03/28/2010 by Soccerdad

Spock (to Stonn): “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.” From the Star Trek episode “Amok Time“ A number of … Continue reading →

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