Tag Archives: Gaza

“Worsen conditions”

China’s Xinhau news service has this misleading headline: Israel to worsen condition of Hamas prisoners Read the article and this tells you how bad Hamas prisoners would have it: According to the bills, prisoners in Israeli jails who were convicted … Continue reading

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Fool Flotilla delayed

Oh noes! The Flotilla of Fools can’t arrive on schedule. They’ll have to deal with the dreaded Saturday news dearth! The flotilla sailing to Gaza has postponed its arrival in the Strip to Saturday. The ships taking part in the … Continue reading

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Friday forgot the header briefs

A failed assassination attempt, or sheer incompetence? Mahmoud Abbas drove his own daughter to the hospital after discovering his entire guard detail was missing. A third theory: It was a warning. And you simply have to love the nerve of … Continue reading

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Fool Flotilla to be met with counter-protest

Awesome. A fleet of privately owned Israeli boats will leave the Ashdod and Herzliya marinas in hopes of surprising the European activists Friday at 1 p.m. The counter flotilla ships will be covered in “Free Gaza from Hamas” banners and … Continue reading

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Thursday on my mind briefs

Whoops! No more access for Reuters in Gaza: Reuters publishes a piece critical of Hamas by way of the al Qaeda wannabes trying to set up Gazastan. Hilarity ensues. Don’t you love how the author tries desperately to not blame … Continue reading

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Lunchtime briefs

Palestinian spokesliars strike again; media complies: According to the AP, 15 civilians were hurt an an airstrike that targeted a Hamas training camp. Amazing, how many civilians were hanging around the Hamas training camp. Why, it’s almost as if the … Continue reading

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Happy Monday briefs

If Israel did this, there’s be ten UN resolutions about it: Hamas beat residents out of their own homes and then razed the buildings. Why? Because Hamas says the homes were built on land the Palestinians don’t own. Hm. Double … Continue reading

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Monday snarks

Oh, well, I’m convinced then: The Pope says the shroud of Turin is legit. The hell with carbon dating and science! I’m listening to the guy in Christian kippa! AP confirms the blockade of Hamas is working: Hamas is running … 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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Hamastan forbids hip hop concert

The leaders of Hamastan, who lied in the New York Times op ed pages several times over the last few years, shut down a hip hop concert in the Gaza Strip last night. The B Boy Gaza group had just … 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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Monday briefs

When the AP is more balanced than the Voice of America, well… Seriously. Read the AP blurb on the Gaza clothing shipment, then read the VOA, and tell me which is the more balanced. Who runs the VOA? The State … Continue reading

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Friday Israel briefs, terrorism edition

What part of “Death to Israel” don’t you understand? The Obama administration is indirectly talking to Hamas via “ex-US diplomats” who are talking to Hamas without official sanction. Really? Talking to the terrorist organization that swears at every opportunity it … Continue reading

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The pro-Palestinian media bias

The media bashes Israel on every occasion, acts as an echo chamber for the Obama administration’s successful attempt to bully the democratically-elected prime minister of Israel into doing what Obama wants him to do. The secretary-general of the UN arrives … Continue reading

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Monday afternoon snarks

From each according to his ability, to each his paycheck: The percentage of collectivist kibbutzim left in Israel is now only 28%. Nearly three-quarters of them have turned capitalist. And that number will rise by the end of the year. … Continue reading

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