Monthly Archives: May 2008

Update on the Al-Dura case

A source has told me that Philippe Karsenty has won his case against France 2. I’ll post further information when I get it, but this is a pretty well-connected source. This is huge. Update: Carl has more.

Posted in Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media Bias | Tagged , | Comments Off on Update on the Al-Dura case

Dura-bull

Knowing that the verdict in the Karsenty-Enderlin trial is due today, I looked for some news. But when I googled “Karsenty” I got precisely one result in the news section. It had to do with a talk Phillipe Karsenty gave … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Media, Media Bias | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Staying in the center while everyone else moves left

Sen. Lieberman on what’s wrong with the Democratic Party: By contrast, in 2000, Gov. George W. Bush promised a “humble foreign policy” and criticized our peacekeeping operations in the Balkans.Today, less than a decade later, the parties have completely switched … Continue reading

Posted in World | Tagged , | 2 Comments

War and peace

Now, I am far from an expert on Lebanon, and I’ve been reading Tony Bey and the others who know a lot more than I do, but I have a suspicion that this cannot be at all good: Hizbullah strikes … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Lebanon | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on War and peace

We know what’s best for you 2

Jeffrey Goldberg nearly breaks his arm patting himself on the back for his op-ed article Israel’s America problem. My op-ed in the Times has provoked a certain amount of unhappiness in people who believe it to be an attack on … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome | Tagged , | Comments Off on We know what’s best for you 2

Palestians to Hamas: Don’t recognize Israel

You know the conventional wisdom that keeps saying that most Palestinians don’t agree with Hamas, and that they want peace with Israel? Not so much. (Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The majority of people in the Palestinian Territories are against … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Palestians to Hamas: Don’t recognize Israel

Israel’s five major threats

Ha’aretz interviewed director of Military Intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin. Here are his thoughts on the threats Israel faces: According to Yadlin, Israel faces five threats: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The intelligence picture that Israel has about … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Iran, Israel | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Israel’s five major threats

Palestinian terror in Nablus

The IDF is about to pull out of Nablus and hand over control to the PA. Meantime, Palestinian terrorists are trying to murder Israelis there. A 20-year-old Palestinian carrying four pipe bombs was shot dead Monday evening at an IDF … Continue reading

Posted in Terrorism | Tagged , | 2 Comments

PA to Israel: By the way, we want an army

So much for two states living side by side in peace. The Palestinians are demanding a militarized “Palestine.” Gee. Whomever would they need to use that army on, I wonder? Despite previous understandings that a future Palestinian state would be … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, palestinian politics | Tagged , | 2 Comments

What makes a pro-Israel president?

In Obama and the Jews Thomas Friedman writes: What does that tell you? It tells me several things. The first is that America today has — rightly — a bipartisan approach to Arab-Israeli peace that is not going to change … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, palestinian politics | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

We know what’s best for you

Jeffrey Goldberg know what ails Israel and tells us in Israel’s America Problem: When I spoke to Mr. Olmert a few days after his meeting with the Conference of Presidents, he made only brief mention of his Diaspora antagonists; he … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, palestinian politics | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Haveil Havalim is up

This week: The MommyBlogger edition.

Posted in Jews, Linkfests | Tagged | Comments Off on Haveil Havalim is up

Olmert to release murderers for Shalit?

Now this, I believe. Israel has agreed to release 71 Palestinian prisoners “with blood on their hands” as part of a deal for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, a senior Hamas source told Ynet on Sunday. These prisoners were included … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Hamas, Terrorism | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Caturday night

It’s Caturday night. Tig discovered the bathroom wastebasketbucket. Tig and his little bunny friend. Six-year-old Rebecca donated him. And no, she won’t be the least bit unhappy that Tig is beating up her bunny. I told her what I wanted … Continue reading

Posted in Cats | Tagged , | 15 Comments

Olmert to concede to Hamas

Once again, Ehud Olmert is ready to accept Hamas surrender terms. The only difference this time is that he’s trying to force the issue by finally—two years after his capture—demanding the freedom of Gilad Shalit. Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Israel | Tagged , | 3 Comments