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One of these things is not like the other

Remember that song on Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the other? Well, here’s a real-life example of it. The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency begins its annual meeting Monday, where it looks set to wrestle with … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

It’s anti-Zionism, not anti-Semitism: Omri Casspi’s mural was vandalized with a swastika again. Not for the second time, as USA Today is reporting. This is number three. But it’s just a statement against Israel, not against Jews. Why would we … Continue reading

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Things you really ought to read

Tony Blair’s speech at Herzliya: I often have a conversation about the West Bank which goes like this. Someone says: Israel must lift the occupation. I reply: I agree but it has to be sure that when it does so, … Continue reading

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Briefly

And yet, gays still support Queers for Palestine: Israel, the only country in the Middle East that protects gays’ civil rights, rescued a gay Israeli Arab from his family after they kidnapped and beat him. Oh, and they arrested his … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

You give up the money, idiot: It’s not heroic to fight off armed robbers, it’s stupid. Especially when you’re only carrying $5. It’s stupid. And now a rabbinic student is hospitalized for his stupidity. There’s a Talmudic lesson in here … Continue reading

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Your Sunday morning briefs

Are they different from your weekly briefs? Not really. So, what’s the pool on when Israel’s going to bomb it? The Russians are loading nuclear fuel rods into the Bushehr reactor. Oh, no way anything can go wrong with that, … Continue reading

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Friday, briefly

Guess the ethnicity gets even better on the updates! Now you just know he’s from Israel, and is a “religious, God-fearing man“. So once again, I’m going to perform a public service: Elias Abuelazzam (Abu al-Azzam) is NOT a Jewish … Continue reading

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Thursday news roundup

The AP notices that Palestinians have more rights in Israel than in Lebanon: It’s a profile of the Lebanese debate about whether to give Palestinians the right to work in the country where they’ve lived (in many cases) all their … Continue reading

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The Point of No Return

Jeffrey Goldberg has a long piece in the Atlantic on whether or not Israel is going to attack Iran’s nukes. Here’s a hint: He thinks it’s going to be in the coming spring. The main question was, is, and continues … Continue reading

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Briefs

Tony Judt won’t be criticizing Israel any more: Tony Judt’s ALS killed him. If you plan on celebrating his death in my comments, don’t. My father died of ALS. It’s a horrible disease, and the man suffered immensely in the … Continue reading

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Monday briefs

Terrorists aim for Israelis, murder their own again: Terrorists tried to kill Jews, and wound up killing a Jordanian taxi driver instead. You aim for Eilat, you hit the town next to it—which happens to be in Jordan. Well, better … Continue reading

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The madness of Mad Mahmoud

Mad Mahmoud is even crazier than usual. “We have precise information that the Americans have devised a plot … they plan to attack at least two countries in the region within the next three months,” he said in remarks Press … Continue reading

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Two positive developments from Iran

I’ve recently been following some developments on the Iranian front. There appears to be another effect the most recent round of sanctions have had on Iran – Sanctions Slow Development of Natural Gas Field in Iran Threatened by tougher international … Continue reading

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Have the administration’s Israel and Iran policies changed?

Yesterday Meryl observed that once again: Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinians will not resume direct talks until… and now you get to fill in the blank, because he keeps on changing the rules. Rabbi Kaufman wondered if the administration … Continue reading

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Changing Opinions

As Meryl wrote yesterday morning, Abbas is refusing to hold direct talks without preconditions that amount to determining the end game of discussions about borders. This is in no small part due to the perception that both the Obama administration … Continue reading

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