Monthly Archives: September 2007

Irony is so Sept. 10th

You simply can’t make this stuff up. Kim Jong Il rushes to the aid of Bashar Assad. North Korea commented on the incident in which Israeli planes allegedly entered Syrian airspace last week, calling it a “dangerous provocation”, Chinese News … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Syria, World | 2 Comments

Three good links

This week’s Shire Network News, featuring Reut Cohen talking about the anti-Semites at UC Irvine (and they are the top of the bottom of the barrel there, if you get my drift). My contribution: In which I read a letter … Continue reading

Posted in Linkfests, Podcasts | 1 Comment

And now, the calls for restraint

Once again, the world shows that Jewish blood is cheap to them. Israeli politicians and defense officials have been calling for a more aggressive Israeli response to the near-daily rocket barrages out of Gaza. Attacks last week on the frequently … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israeli Double Standard Time | 4 Comments

9/11, six years later

MSNBC is running the NBC 9/11 original coverage this morning, presumably uncut. The thing that strikes me as most unusual is the way all of the journalists almost completely manage to cover their emotion. Katie Couric actually caught herself about … Continue reading

Posted in Television, Terrorism | 8 Comments

Media bias: Kassam attack update

The AP headline has changed, there’s a new author, the boilerplates remain, and the lede is different, but the spin remains the same: Rocket Wounds Dozens of Israeli Troops Sep 11, 7:58 AM (ET) By YANIV ZOHAR ZIKIM, Israel (AP) … Continue reading

Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

FYI

MSNBC is replaying the 9/11 Today Show coverage.

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Monitoring the AP anti-Israel bias

Let’s keep an eye on this story. Here’s the first AP story on the kassam that landed in a military base in the Negev: Rocket Hits Sleeping Israeli Soldiers By ARON HELLER – 59 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AP) — A … Continue reading

Posted in AP Media Bias, Gaza, Israel, Terrorism | 4 Comments

“Crude, homemade rocket” injures 25

The “crude, homemade rockets” that are launched into Israel on a near-daily basis found a mark: Sleeping soldiers. More than 25 Israelis soldiers were hospitalized after a Qassam rocket launched from northern Gaza landed on a military base in the … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Israel | 2 Comments

Backing up Holocaust testimony

A Catholic Priest is leading a movement to bring to light the testimony of non-Jewish Ukrainians who witnessed the Holocaust. And he’s finding that it was even worse than reported. Roman Catholic Rev. Patrick Desbois and his small team of … Continue reading

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NY Times notices Hamas brutality

Now that it’s journalists being beaten, the Times (and the Times-own IHT) is noticing that Hamas is beating Palestinians when they don’t like what they do. During the first Fatah protest rally at Friday prayers here late last month, a … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Media Bias | 2 Comments

Monday morning funny

Sometimes, the spammers come up with some real winners for names. I like these three: Comprehended O. Hague Reheat O. Kidd Martini Q. Curlicued They were all from somebody who thought that “The Pharmacy America Trusts” would interest me. Nope. … Continue reading

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Feel the Frog anger

The AFP is so pissed off that Israeli officials won’t leak secret information, it practically leaps off the monitor. JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli officials Sunday maintained an uncharacteristic veil of silence over Syrian reports that Israeli warplanes violated its airspace. … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Media Bias | 2 Comments

First day of school

Today was the first day of religious school. It featured a new class, a new principal, new books, and an extra 30 minutes of class time. I am exhausted. It didn’t help that I was up an hour before the … Continue reading

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The Israel Lobby, hardcover edition

Two interesting pieces on the Walt-Mearsheimer anti-Israel screed, for your reading pleasure. The first is in the WSJ: A crop of Israel’s critics — most prominently Jimmy Carter and now Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer, the authors of “The Israel … Continue reading

Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, The Catmage Chronicles | 5 Comments

Shalit’s kidnapper kidnapped

Jews are wicked funny. We really are. A group of undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs on Friday kidnapped a senior Hamas member of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, near the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip, … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Israel | 10 Comments