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Snarky, briefly

J-Street Blues: World’s smallest violin concerto for Jeremy Ben-Ami, the anti-Israel pro-Israel guy who can’t get Michael Oren or anyone in the Netanyahu administration to give him the time of day. Hm, let’s think. It’s a supposed pro-Israel lobbying group … Continue reading

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Breaking UN resolutions only counts if you’re Israel

How many times have we heard the tired old argument that Israel is in violation of dozens of UN resolutions? The fact that the resolutions that most people think of are nonbinding makes no difference; Israeli is in violation of … Continue reading

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Gilad Shalit video to be released

This is huge, if true: The names of the 20 Palestinian prisoners slated to be released in exchange for a video providing proof captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is alive, have been released. The exchange is meant to serve as … Continue reading

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Arab refugees the UN doesn’t care about

While Karen AbuZayd goes begging for more millions for the Palestinians, thousands of Yemen refugees aren’t even getting relief supplies allowed through Saudi Arabia. But the UN isn’t issuing resolutions demanding that the world take care of these refugees. There … Continue reading

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Friday snarkly

NObama: Looks like the Palestinians aren’t going to take Obama’s suggestion and get back to the negotiating table anytime soon. I like how they no longer insist that all settlement activity be frozen first—they don’t dare add a precondition for … Continue reading

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Yes, it’s anti-Semitism

Exhibit A: The Egyptian minister of culture lost his bid to become the head of UNESCO, after a campaign that showed his viciously anti-Israel feelings, which he insisted weren’t anti-Semitism. How does he respond? By blaming “New York Jews.” “There … Continue reading

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The most anti-Israel president ever

President Barack Obama didn’t just apologize for the Bush years in his speech to the UN yesterday. He delivered what is probably the most anti-Israel speech ever given by a sitting president. Once again, he used the argument that there … Continue reading

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Risks for peace? Only from the Israelis

President Obama is in a hurry again. “Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward,” Obama told reporters before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading

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Snark news briefs, good news edition

So many wonderful things, so little time. (Actually, there’s plenty of time; work’s done for the day.) Sucks to be you, Part 1: The anti-Israel (some might say “anti-Semitic” Egyptian minister of culture lost his bid to become the director … Continue reading

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Barack Obama’s Great Adventure

President Obama will be spending most of the day today meeting with world leaders in New York. Even the AP is writing that little will come out of these sessions. But of course, the focus will be on the trilateral … Continue reading

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Shimon Peres to schoolkids: Beware of Mad Mahmoud!

This is hilarious, and absolutely true: President Shimon Peres told schoolchildren in the north that “the prime minister will be demonstratively absent from a meeting with one of the most evil and horrible people of modern history, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who … Continue reading

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Hamas flips Obama the bird

Jimmy Carter’s bestest Palestinian buds, the ones who told him that sure, they want peace with Israel, and sure, they’d honor agreements with Israel, are saying there’s no way they will honor any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians that … Continue reading

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Your morning snark

I know you are, but what am I? Ahmadinejad exhibits the grown-up attitude we’ve come to expect from the Holocaust Denier-in-Chief: He flips the bird to the world in response to the worldwide denunciations of his Holocaust-denying speech on Quds … Continue reading

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Briefly

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading

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Obama on Rosh Hashanah

I read the president’s message to me and my coreligionists, and I tried not to think that it was pompous, lecturing, and inappropriate—even after I watched the video, where Obama didn’t so much as crack a smile. So I decided … Continue reading

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