Category Archives: World

Chavistas try to terrorize Jews; Jews vote “NO!”

Looks like Hugo Chavez’s attempt to terrorize Jews into staying home and not voting against him didn’t work. A few hours before the polls opened in Venezuela on Sunday morning, federal police raided the main Jewish social club here, La … Continue reading

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Annapolis vs. Iran

Michael Oren sees good coming from Annapolis if you’re not looking for peace in Middle East peace through Anxiety After arguing that the conditions for peace don’t exist (or aren’t that strong) Oren writes The inability of the international community … Continue reading

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Who cares about Venezuela?

You know, in all the fuss about Venezuela, I never once thought to check on the country’s population. So many people were making so much about it, I thought, gee, Venezuela’s gotta be playing in the big leagues, right? Twenty-six … Continue reading

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Russia: dead men winning

The news item about the death of Former KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov – one of the instigators and leaders of the failed putsch against Gorbachev in 1991 – didn’t occupy a central place in the media. However, there is some … Continue reading

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Thankful for the Land of the Free

There is something to be said for America being the freest of the free lands. Especially when you read this paragraph at the very end of an article about the Australian elections: Participating in elections is compulsory under Australian law … Continue reading

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Israel turns the tables on the ICC

Israel is now using the ICC in ways, I’m sure, the UN never thought possible. Israeli organizations are bringing suit against Hamas for murdering Israeli citizens. ZAKA, a volunteer organization committed to the recovery and identification of human remains, in … Continue reading

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Muslim street smarts

James Kirchik in the LA Times writes Don’t bow to the ‘Muslim Street’ America’s firebombing of Dresden during World War II surely “angered” many Germans, and our bombing of Belgrade during the Kosovo war perturbed Serbians. Did the fact that … Continue reading

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Maybe we should let the Russians arm Iran

Look at how crappy their security is on their own nukes. Maybe Russia will just build something so shoddy it’ll kill the Iranians running it. A small amount of radioactive material leaked while being transported across the grounds of Russia’s … Continue reading

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It’s UN Day: Let’s act like the UN

In honor of UN Day, let us do exactly as the UN does. Since we don’t exactly have wars here, these are the rules for anyone who attacks anyone else in the comments of this post: If the complainant is … Continue reading

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Hezbollah returns to Lebanon under UNIFIL’s noses

The United Nations sent UNIFIL troops to Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah from re-taking South Lebanon and making it into an armed camp from which terrorists could fight Israel. As is usual for all things UN, UNIFIL failed in its mission. … Continue reading

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EU to Israel: If the peace talks fail, it’s all your fault

The EU is at it again, unwilling to give even the tiniest portion of responsibility for the lack of peace in Israel and the terrortories[sic] to the Palestinians. Oh, no, it’s all on Israel. The price of failure at the … Continue reading

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A whole lot of listenin’ goin’ on

The spy ships are busy, busy, busy in Israel lately. Espionage ships and aircraft have been causing disturbances in satellite company Yes’ broadcasts, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported Thursday. “The disturbances began on September 6, on the day Damascus announced that … Continue reading

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Irony is so Sept. 10th

You simply can’t make this stuff up. Kim Jong Il rushes to the aid of Bashar Assad. North Korea commented on the incident in which Israeli planes allegedly entered Syrian airspace last week, calling it a “dangerous provocation”, Chinese News … Continue reading

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Big Brother wants your DNA

The U.K. already collects DNA from all people who are arrested—not convicted, arrested. Now a judge says that every man, woman, and child in the U.K. should be part of a natiowide DNA database. A senior appeal court judge has … Continue reading

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The UN and EU: All set for Durban II

The UN World Conference on Racism, held in Durban, South Africa, just prior to 9/11, went down in the annals of UN as one of the most infamous, hideously anti-Israel events, even by UN standards. Israel and the United States … Continue reading

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