Tag Archives: Palestinians

Forcing Israel to make peace the Chicago Way

Posted on 04/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s op-ed in Sunday’s Washington Post sounds like he’s picked up on the Obama Administration School of Foreign Affairs. The plan he offers is long on showmanship and pretty speeches, but short on realism (and by “realism,” I do … Continue reading →

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Monday snarks

Posted on 01/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Of course he is: President Obama is reportedly on board with the latest insistence that Israel makes unilateral “goodwill gestures” while the Palestinians do nothing—which pretty much summarizes the entire peace process over the last few decades. The goodwill gestures, … Continue reading →

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Queers for Palestine: They’re on the wrong side

Posted on 10/28/2009 by Meryl Yourish

So, let me get this straight—a gay Palestinian, who has been living in Israel with an Israeli partner for years, gets denied entry to Israel, can’t go back to his home town because he’s already been tortured by the Palestinian … Continue reading →

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The PA’s torturers: Made in the U.K. (and USA?)

Posted on 10/27/2009 by Meryl Yourish

The proponents of peace have declared for years that if only the Palestinians had western-trained security forces, the terrorism would stop. But they didn’t seem to notice that their millions of dollars per year to fund the Palestinian police force … Continue reading →

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Risks for peace? Only from the Israelis

Posted on 09/23/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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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Briefly

Posted on 09/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

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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Tuesday SNB

Posted on 09/08/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Still more dividends from the Obama speech: A Palestinian minister met with an Israeli minister last week, but that will be the last of talking until Obama forces Abbas to sit down with Netanyahu. Becauase now the Palestinians are refusing … Continue reading →

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Friday SNB

Posted on 09/04/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Never mind about those 16 deaths per month; war’s over: The outgoing UN peacekeeping head of the Darfur reason says the war’s over, because only 16 people per month are dying, as opposed to 130 per month last year. Two … Continue reading →

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Netanyahu on Jerusalem

Posted on 08/26/2009 by Meryl Yourish

This quote should be engraved in bronze: “Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the sovereign capital of the State of Israel. We have been building in Jerusalem for 3,000 years.” British protesters were out in droves tonight, forcing Bibi … Continue reading →

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Friday SNB

Posted on 08/21/2009 by Meryl Yourish

There’s only time for Snark News Briefs this morning. Soldiers won’t eat in front of Palestinians: That headline does not mean what you think it means. No, it’s not another damning report from another European-funded, Palestinian-staffed NGO about how IDF … Continue reading →

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What if they published a blood libel and nobody rioted?

Posted on 08/19/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Compare and contrast: A Swedish newspaper publishes a blood libel, accusing Israelis of taking (and selling) organs from Palestinians. Israelis are outraged. They file paperwork. Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon filed a formal grievance with the Swedish government Wednesday following … Continue reading →

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Palestinian refugee creates Obama Joker poster

Posted on 08/18/2009 by Meryl Yourish

A reader of Glenn Reynolds points out that the artist who created the Obama Joker poster is a Palestinian-American. I would note further that he is a Palestinian refugee, as defined by the United Nations. Under UNRWA’s operational definition, Palestine … Continue reading →

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Palestinian civilians killed in fighting in Gaza, world ignores it

Posted on 08/17/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Did you know there was a big battle in Rafah, near the Egyptian border? Did you also know that it took place in a mosque and a home? Did you further know that civilians were killed in the crossfire? Of … Continue reading →

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HRW to Israel: How dare you question our biased reports?

Posted on 08/14/2009 by Meryl Yourish

It’s almost funny. Human Rights Watch is in a huff because Israel is questioning their reports and calling HRW biased against Israel. Which it is. Human Rights Watch on Friday accused the Israeli government of waging a propaganda war after … Continue reading →

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The Fatah convention: War is peace

Posted on 08/04/2009 by Meryl Yourish

Mahmoud Abbas, the “moderate” leader of Fatah, declared today that the Palestinians reserve the “right” to “resistance.” But of course, he mouthed enough platitudes so that the anti-Israel media can pretend that he wants peace. “Although peace is our choice, … Continue reading →

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