Monthly Archives: November 2007

‘Al Jazeera’: US Air Force carried out raid on Syrian nuke site

Just heard it on the radio, and here it is, already on Jpost: The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday. The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab … Continue reading

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Bunker buster request

It’s not just that Hezbollah has re-armed, it’s influence is being seen in Israel’s south too. Hamas is apparently beefing up its border defense (and probably offensive capabilities too) in a manner reminiscent of its allies in the north of … Continue reading

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We’ve got a mighty envoy

Michael Hirsch of Newsweek, fresh off of mocking Rudolf Giuliani’s foreign policy team and misidentifying them, now has a solution to the problems in the Middle East. The President needs an envoy. A peace envoy. See if you can figure … Continue reading

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Big Satan, little Satan and the radical Left

Radical left publication Tikkun, a heavy critic of Israel and America, prints a review by Stephen Zunes that finds “The Israel Lobby” to be complete garbage. Zunes’ argument is that America’s policies are so reprehensible in total that blaming the … Continue reading

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Aiding … and abetting

The Washington Post reports Aid Request Emphasizes U.S. Support of Palestinian Authority Leadership. At least it doesn’t say that it shows U.S. support of peace. Since Hamas seized Gaza, the Bush administration has sought to demonstrate support for Palestinian Authority … Continue reading

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Celebrity blogging

Ha’aretz has an article about (Israeli) celebrity bloggers. One day last summer, while whizzing along a highway in the Galilee panhandle and listening to a Miri Mesika anthology, a blogger by the online name of Michlula got the fright of … Continue reading

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