Category Archives: United Nations

Friday SNB

There’s only time for Snark News Briefs this morning. Soldiers won’t eat in front of Palestinians: That headline does not mean what you think it means. No, it’s not another damning report from another European-funded, Palestinian-staffed NGO about how IDF … Continue reading

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Welcome to World Hypocrisy 101

Say, folks. Let’s take a look at the ongoing peace talks between two sides of a country that’s been occupied for 35 years. “We haven’t set a timeline,” Alexander Downer, the top U.N. official on the war-divided island, said in … Continue reading

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Thursday SNB

Who are you, and what have you done with the AP editors? Look, it’s a profile of Sderot, and it’s actually implies that Operation Cast Lead is responsible for stopping the rockets! Not only that, but it portrays Israelis sympathetically. … Continue reading

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UN demands Israel supply terrorists in Gaza

Once again, the UN is demanding that Jews contribute to their own destruction. I particularly like this insistence by John Ging that there’s no way, really, no way in hell, that the concrete and iron rods would be diverted by … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark News

Brits to America: The Israelis don’t listen to us. Meryl to Brits: You anti-Israel, anti-Semitic gits. Why should they? Barry Rubin cut the bullshit: He did, really. (It’s okay, Barry, I put it back for you.) Seriously, click the link … Continue reading

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Your Monday Snark News

U.K. determined to lose Israeli arms market: The U.K. is embargoing arms to Israel, while insisting that it’s not an embargo—they’re just refusing to sell replacement parts. Luckily, Israel was smart enough to make sure that the U.K. was only … Continue reading

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Snarky Briefs, Thursday edition

“Moderate” Palestinian Prime Minister says Israel is “Judaizing” Jerusalem. Because it’s not like Jerusalem was, oh, I don’t know, built by Jews, or anything. He also says Israel is “ethnically cleansing” the Jordan Valley, but hey, he’s a moderate that … Continue reading

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Snarky briefs

If it’s Monday, that means it’s time for Snarky News Briefs. (I just made that up, actually, and if anyone can think of a way to mix the words “snark” and “news” that doesn’t sound stupid, suggest it in the … Continue reading

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The “imminent disaster” Gaza meme is back

In November of last year, I wrote a post titled “UN on Gaza: An “imminent” disaster years in the making.” In it, I detailed how the UN has declared an imminent “humanitarian crisis” that would lead to mass starvation and … Continue reading

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Iraqis to sue Israel for Osirak

Here we go again. A group of Iraqi lawmakers are determined to press forward with their demands for reparations for a 1981 Israeli attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, Baghdad’s daily al-Sabbah reported Thursday. Mohammed Naji Mohammed, a member of … Continue reading

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UN wants to fine Israel, Israel should bill UN

The leader of the organization that helps supply Hamas with funding for the missiles that rain down on Israel (see: UNRWA and related organizations that help pay Hamas members’ salaries) wants to fine Israel for responding to the missiles. UN … Continue reading

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UN launching “independent” probe of Gaza war

You have to love the AP. They sure do give us many laughs. The United Nations says a team of independent experts mandated to probe alleged war crimes in Israel and Gaza will leave for the Middle East over the … Continue reading

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The UN finds another club to use on Israel: Phantom torture facility

Did you know the UN had an anti-torture committee? You’d think that maybe they’d be checking out the handiwork of places like Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, various South American dictatorships, North Korea, Cuba, Libya, and, gee, pre-2003 Iraq. But … Continue reading

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Durban II: Reaffirming Durban I

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vile anti-Semitic speech did nothing except get a few editorial writers to shake their heads or wag their fingers. Soccer Dad has a roundup of analysis of Mad Mahmoud’s appearance. But aside from the headlines, what did Ahmadinejad’s … Continue reading

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What the AP didn’t tell you Ahmadinejad said

Funny how these words didn’t make it into the AP wire story about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s anti-Semitic speech. As he has in the past, Ahmadinejad said Zionist supporters enjoy undue influence over Western governments, imposing “their domination to the extent that … Continue reading

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