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Obama throws Israel under the bus

Abu Ghraib did not merit a UN investigation. The United States would have vetoed any such effort from the UN. British soldiers killing Iraqi POWs did not merit a UN investigation. The United States would have vetoed any such effort … Continue reading

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Shorter Obama speech

For your benefit, a summary. “I’m going to fight the oil! Call out the national guard! Fight, fight, fight! Oo-rah!” “It’s Bush’s fault!” “Pass Cap and Trade—er, I mean, the new clean energy proposal that will wean us from our … Continue reading

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The international investigation, Israeli Double Standard Time version

Remember a little incident at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq? The one that spawned thousands of headlines around the world about American military abuse of Iraqi prisoners? Was there an international investigation into the offenses? No. There was an … Continue reading

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Saturday news dump

This is huge, huge news that was dumped on the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend, so the major media outlets are mostly ignoring it. The Obama administration threw Israel under the bus again. The NPT conference ended with all 189 … Continue reading

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Briefly, Just Another Day edition

Another day, another mortar attack. Another day, another bombing attack from Gaza. Another day, another arrest of more Palestinian terrorists—in the West Bank. Another day, another threat by a leader of Israel’s neighbor to make peace or else. Another day, … Continue reading

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The super hurry up briefs

Wah! (Palestinians whining again.) Bah! (Who cares what Islamic fundamentalists think about Miss USA?) Hah! Iran thinks sanctions against it are barbaric. The irony of the homosexual-hanging, woman-stoning nation’s barbarism is keen today. Um—WHAT? The Obama administration is going to … Continue reading

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Democrats: The party of the little people (with big pocketbooks)

Never forget, the Dems are working for you, Joe and Jane Sixpack. Check out the price of these tickets for last night’s presidential fundraiser: Tickets for the fundraiser for House Democrats were $50,000 for couples attending the VIP reception, $15,000 … Continue reading

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Tuesday Snark Briefs

Hey, Jim Jones can use this as his next joke line: So the underwear bomber fired at a Jewish star, a British flag, and the letters “UN.” Huh. That sort of undermines Obama’s “a Qaeda is fighting for a Palestinian … Continue reading

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The benefits of Israel concessions

The AP seems to think that Netanyahu has caved to Obama on a settlement freeze, but I can’t find anything in the Israeli press that confirms this (and the JPost can’t confirm it, either). (Update: Here’s the closest thing I … Continue reading

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TGIF briefs, Obama Middle East edition

Once more unto the breach: George Mitchell arrives in Israel for yet another round of Obama diktats for Israel and little or nothing demanded of the Palestinians. (Say, read the speech, it takes on an entirely new meaning when you … Continue reading

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Anniversary briefs

Ew, Jew Cooties: Arab nations are boycotting an annual Mediterranean student conference. Why? Because it’s in Israel, which is hosting it. Among the boycotters: Israel’s partner in peace, Egypt. Say, you think Obama is going to mention that when he … Continue reading

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The mendacity of J Street

The New York Times published five letters about Israel yesterday. Two were pro-Israel. Two were not. And one was from Jeremy Ben-Ami, the executive director of J Street, which purports to speak for “most” Jews. Watch as the language he … Continue reading

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Obama: Order up for Mad Mahmoud

It’s yet another day of antagonist militarism—one might even say unabashed hegemony—in the Islamic Republic of Iran, as Barack Obama likes to call the terrorist state, and this quote of his leaped out at me. Ahmadinejad also urged the U.S. … Continue reading

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Obama the mythbuster

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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Thursday’s news

Gee, I can’t imagine why: 91% of Israelis are opposed to Obama imposing a peace deal on them. I mean, who doesn’t think that a man with no foreign policy experience, coming into a decades-long, complicated problem, should totally be … Continue reading

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