Tag Archives: Israel

Half witte

As the successor to Scott Wilson, the Washington Post’s Israel correspondent Griff Witte had some mighty low expectations to meet in terms of reporting objectively. Witte has very quickly managed to establish himself the equal of Scott Wilson in terms … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel media narrative

An Iranian-supplied Grad rocket struck a shopping center in Ashkelon, a city in southern Israel 11 miles north of the Gaza Strip. The only way a Palestinian rocket can hit Ashkelon is if it isn’t one of those “crude, homemade” … Continue reading

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11 hurt in Iranian grad strike on Ashkelon

Counting the days until President Bush leaves Israel and the IDF goes into Gaza. Because the IDF needs to go in to stop these rocket attacks. Palestinian terror groups launched a Grad rocket towards Israel late Wednesday afternoon, as US … Continue reading

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Palestinians lie to PHR; cancer patient alive

Last month, it was all over the news how the evil Israelis are killing Palestinians by refusing to allow them to enter Israel even for medical reasons. From Ynet: A Palestinian father of six who was diagnosed with a brain … Continue reading

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Calling Jimmy Carter: Hamas not looking for peace

Say, Jimmy Carter, would you mind responding to these words by Mahmoud al-Zahar, whom you said only last week wants peace of a sorts with Israel? “The Palestinians and the Arabs have crushed the Jews’ assumption of supremacy… The Zionist … Continue reading

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Egypt to open Rafah border, breaking agreement with Israel

Is anyone truly surprised that Egypt will not stand by its Gaza agreement with Israel? Really? You may recall that when the Gaza agreements were being ironed out, and Condi Rice forced Israel to give up the Philadelphi corridor and … Continue reading

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Jimmy Carter’s comment is content free

Jimmy Carter in the Guardian’s Comment is Free section: The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world. An … Continue reading

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“Evolution” = “growth”

One of the thing conservatives like me marvel at is the way the supposedly objective media will describe a conservative politician who adopts liberal positions as having “grown” in office. It doesn’t really mean that the politician became more flexible, … Continue reading

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Her name was Shuli Katz

The woman killed by a kassam rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the terrorist group that Sami al-Arian was convicted of raising money for, has a name: Shuli Katz. She leaves behind her 90-year-old mother. Her mother is in a … Continue reading

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Your anti-Israel media bias at work

A 70-year-old woman was murdered by a PIJ kassam rocket, aided and abetted by the terrorist government of the Palestinians. There is almost no notice of it in the major media outlets. The AP barely mentions it in the lede … Continue reading

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Crude, homemade rockets kill another Israeli

The “crude, homemade” kassam rockets murdered another Israeli, a 70-year-old woman. A 70-year-old Israeli woman was killed early Monday evening from a Palestinian Qassam rocket which crashed into the backyard of a residential home in Yesha – a small community … Continue reading

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Packaging nakba

The earliest reference I can find to the term “Nakba” (or “Naqba”) in the New York Times is this article, from Israel’s 50th birthday, a decade ago. So for 50 years, the NYT didn’t see fit to use the term … Continue reading

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60th anniversary op-eds

I’m disappointed that Charles Krauthammer hasn’t acknowledged Israel’s 60th anniversary. 10 years ago, he produced one of the best articles on the meaning of Zionism and its importance, At last Zion. Two columnists recently have celebrated Israel’s 60th. First there’s … Continue reading

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Your unbiased, objective AP take on Hamas terrorism

The AP, which claims it is unbiased, objective, and simply reporting the facts, has a very interesting take on the mortar attack that murdered a 48-year-old Israeli civilian, and the IDF response. First, the unbiased headline: Attack from Gaza kills … Continue reading

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Assad will not cut ties with Iran

All of those fools who are touting talking to Syria, and giving back the Golan Heights to achieve peace with Syria can stop now. (Oh, they won’t, but they should.) Bashar Assad has said quite clearly that even if he … Continue reading

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