Category Archives: Turkey

Wednesday in briefs

Feminists for Palestinians: Working against their own interests. Israel just graduated its first female bomb specialist. And by “bomb specialist,” I mean the non-terrorist version of that job: One who disarms bombs instead of builds them. Compare Inbal Gawi to … Continue reading

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Late Tuesday roundup

Long day in NorVA today, so these are late. The Palestinian state will not be denied: Mahmoud Abbas is making Obama and the EU his bitches, pushing forward with his plan to unilaterally declare the fictional statelet of East Palestine. … Continue reading

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Monday blah briefs

Israel Derangement Syndrome strikes again: A bunch of Turks decided to hack into Israeli websites and leave anti-Israel (and anti-Armenia and anti-Greece) messages. Except they’re so effing stupid, they hacked Palestinian websites. Apparently, these eyleet hak0rz d00dz didn’t notice the … Continue reading

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Sunday quick links

And we can prove it, too: Benjamin Netanyahu will remind the UN that Jews have been in Israel for thousands of years. I knew there was something I didn’t like about IKEA to begin with: The founder was a Nazi. … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

A good thing happened, for a change: Thank you, Jordanians, for being the sane Israeli neighbors. The call to replicate the Egyptian violation of international law and centuries-old treaties by protesting in front of (and attacking, of course) the Israeli … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning news briefs

Yeah, but they have to have the ability to fire first: Turkey is installing new “friend or foe” software in its F-16s, the better to target IAF jets with. Isn’t it time for Barack Obama to have a talk with … Continue reading

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Casus Belli

PM Erdogan of Turkey said, speaking of Israel’s raid on the Mavi Marmara, in an interview on Al Jazeera last week: The attack that took place in international waters did not comply with any international law. In fact, it was … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Erdogan ups the ante: For a guy who doesn’t want to go to war, he sure is talking all warlike and all that. Funny how he always says this on al Jazeera, and when called on it says he was … Continue reading

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Friday brieflings

Okay, this is just funny: Read it in full, and yes, there are bad words in it, but this is utterly hilarious. A rocker explains why he won’t let Glee cover his songs. (For the records, every time I’ve watched … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs (now, with turkeys!)

The difference between Israel and its neighbors: An Israeli man was indicted for throwing stones at the Egyptian embassy. The Egyptian man who scaled the Israeli embassy wall and replaced the Israeli flag with Egypt’s was hailed as a hero. … Continue reading

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The Guardian and its Israel-hate: No boundaries

Apparently, the Guardian only approves of UN reports that its staff agrees with. Just Journalism takes apart the Guardian’s editorial that (I know, shocking) takes issue with the Palmer Report. Here’s my favorite line in the editorial itself: It was … Continue reading

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Back to work briefs

Turkey continues its anti-Israel agenda: Erdogan totally has Arab street creds now; he’s suspended all trade ties with Israel. Say, Erdie, you do realize that means the Israeli UAVs you bought aren’t going to be maintained, don’t you? Good luck … Continue reading

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Netanyahu: No apology, Turkeys

Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke to journalists about not apologizing to Turkey for killing nine Jihadis who were trying to kill Israeli soldiers. The AP article is almost unbiased, save for the adjective in the lead: PM: Israel needn’t apologize for … Continue reading

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Sunday holiday briefs

In other news, water is wet: Really? Juan and Eva Peron, the political heads of post-war Argentina, gave Nazi war criminals asylum? And this comes as a surprise to anyone? Hello, Eichmann kidnapping, anyone? I’ll believe it when I see … Continue reading

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Turkey downgrades ties, Israeli PR nonexistent

The AP (which totally reads my blog; now they have a quote from a named Israeli source, just like I suggested) brings up the thought that Turkey’s action of downgrading ties with Israel may be followed by Egypt and possibly … Continue reading

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