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AP recognizes Palestinian truce violation

Holy crap! The AP noticed the truce violation, and even called it such. And get this—they didn’t call Israel’s killing of a “ticking bomb” terrorist a violation. What’s wrong with the editors? Palestinians fired a mortar into southern Israel in … Continue reading

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Palestinians break cease-fire, nothing happens

Gee, that’s a surprise. (Note: Edited Tuesday morning; Ynet corrected the date the mortar was fired.) A mortar fired by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza early Monday morning landed in Israel’s western Negev region. The shell landed in an open area … Continue reading

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The price of appeasement

Israel appeases Hamas by entering a truce with them, and Hizbullah gets the message: Israel is a pushover. Hizbullah has returned to its original demand that Israel release not only several Lebanese prisoners but also hundreds of Palestinian ones in … Continue reading

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Times of London: Israel war games a dress rehearsal

The Times of London found someone who is not proven liar Uzi Mahnaimi to get an Israeli official to say that Israel is going to attack Iran. Israeli aircraft have conducted a long-range mission designed to prepare for a possible … Continue reading

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AP finds something to blame on Israel

With the truce going on, the AP has to find some reason to blame Israel for the “cycle of violence.” Because they can’t report incidents like this: Three settlers were injured Friday afternoon in a shooting attack at a wadi … Continue reading

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Hamas’s no-cost triumph

Jonathan D. Halevi on what Hamas accomplished. Hamas’ motives have nothing to do with “distress,” but rather with “opportunities” – that is, the objectives it seeks to attain in the international arena and especially in its own internal political arena. … Continue reading

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The whole shebaa-ng

Back in February, 2002, Thomas Friedman trumpeted the Saudi “peace plan” as proposed by then-Crown Prince (now King) Abdullah: Earlier this month, I wrote a column suggesting that the 22 members of the Arab League, at their summit in Beirut … Continue reading

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Hamas handed victory

Griffe Witte reports in the Washington Post, As Israeli Siege Strangles Gaza Strip, Hamas, Smugglers Profit Off Tunnels.Despite the title, and some silliness in the beginning the article is, overall, rather informative. For all the talk of the “strangling” of … Continue reading

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Le Monde to IAEA: Liars!

Le Monde has evidence that Mohammed El Baradei was lying when he declared yesterday that Syria didn’t have the knowhow to create a nuclear weapons site. The website of the French news agency Le Monde reported that information originating in … Continue reading

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Palestinian pre-truce terror

Say, is it truce yet? Nope. With less than 24 hours to go before the ceasefire, Palestinian terror groups opened fire at Israelis on the border and launched at least 28 Qassam rockets and ten mortar shells towards the western … Continue reading

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Israeli oppression and security

Elder of Ziyon observes that a a list of supplies that Israeli has allowed into Gaza during the first half of June shows that the “terrible siege” that Israel has imposed isn’t exactly hermetic. And Israelly Cool shows a photograph … Continue reading

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Israeli sea protest beached

Oh, this is too funny: A group of pro-Palestinian Israelis wanted to hold a demonstration at sea against the Gaza seige, but a Herzliya captain refused to take them on board until they dumped their kaffiyehs and Palestinian flags. They … Continue reading

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Another surrender by Israel

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is crowing victory over Israel. And why not? Israel is retreating in the face of PIJ rockets. “The decision to evacuate recruits from the Zikim base is yet another victory for the Palestinian resistance. Yesterday Erez, tomorrow … Continue reading

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Keep on firing

Meryl charged that last week’s “work accident” would quickly fade down the memory hole and showed it happening. Update: And now (2:23 p.m. timestamp), all mention of the explosion is gone from AP updates. Move along, nothing to see here. … Continue reading

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The media bias, lessening?

Soccer Dad points to a few bloggers who think the AP media bias against Israel may be easing. I’m not nearly as optimistic as they are, and here’s why. Watch the change in versions as the day progressed. The first … Continue reading

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