Category Archives: United Nations

Wednesday briefs

Who you gonna call? Israel! When the Austrian UN peacekeepers want to leave Syria safely, how do they do it? They cross the border into Israel. Really, why on earth wouldn’t Israel want the UN to administer a multinational Jerusalem, … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning briefs

So how long before he starts blaming “Zionists”? Erdogan is blaming “terrorists” for the uprising in Turkey. He’s actually right this time: His is the party that backs terrorism, and his party and autocratic ways are what is being protested. … Continue reading

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Attack on Syria

Israel bombed Syria twice in the last few days. The last time took out a huge weapons depot, reportedly long-range missiles that were going to be transferred to Hezbollah. There are many videos on YouTube of the secondary explosions.J.E. Dyer … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

What media bias? Say, did you know that the Palestinian terrorist who murdered a father of five in the West Bank wasn’t imprisoned just for stone-throwing? That he actually was a terrorist trying to kill Israeli soldiers? If you read … Continue reading

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Saturday briefs, the March 2 edition

Woot! It’s March! Spring is nearer! (I am SO done with winter.) ((I SO started this post yesterday and finished it today.)) Please. He wasn’t going to go there anyway: Hamas warns Obama to stay away from the Temple Mount. … Continue reading

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One of these things is not like the other

The UN Human Rights High Commissioner said that 2012 was a “daunting” year for human rights challenges. “The ongoing crises in Syria, Mali and the Sahel region, Palestine and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have resulted in thousands of … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Let’s you and him fight: Turkey’s Islamist prime minister is yelling at Syria for not attacking Israel in response to Israel flattening a biological weapons lab and taking out advanced anti-aircraft missiles headed to Lebanon. Some reports are also saying … Continue reading

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Monday morning briefs

Those Israeli films nominated for Oscars? They’re both anti-Israel films. Gee, what a shock. Gee, this will end well: The EU is working on another peace plan that they intend to ram down Israel’s throat. They UN is also trying … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve briefs

Now THAT’s commitment: A 100-year-old man emigrated from Brazil to Israel in 2012. His children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren were all there before him, so what was he waiting for? His wife of 60 years passed. May he live to be … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

We don’t need no stinking transparency: The EU told NGO monitor that sure, member countries weren’t following the laws regarding transparency in regards to who is paying for all those EU anti-Israel organizations. And then it threw the lawsuit out, … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time, redux

Syrian armed forces are now attacking Palestinian refugee camps. Even Ban Ki-Moon has come out frowning about it. The UN itself? Well, the General Assembly passed nine resolutions today–concerning Israel. The U.N. General Assembly today adopted nine resolutions on Palestinian … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Israel Double Standard Time is in effect: Did you know the Syrians bombed a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, killing children and women? Of course you didn’t, because Palestinian deaths don’t count unless they are killed by Israelis. The LA Times … Continue reading

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NPT for thee, but not for me

The UN General Assembly has voted to demand that Israel open its nuclear plants up to UN inspection and join the NPT, and then presumably disarm itself. The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to … Continue reading

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The faux mini-statelet of East Palestine

The UN General Assembly cheered and roared as the faux mini-statelet of East Palestine–which is, let’s face it, what they really voted for yesterday–was voted a “Non-member observer state”. Like the Vatican. Can “Palestine” vote on UNGA resolutions? Nope. But … 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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