Gee, that’s not suspicious at all: A bigwig in the Iranian race to nuclear weapons was killed in a bomb blast today—in Tehran>. You know, the real lesson to take away from this? Bombs work two ways, Mad Mullahs. They’re not just for killing Americans and Israelis.
Another look at those loan guarantees: Sever Plocker says that Israel is financing the American deficit by not using those loan guarantees. In other words, Israel doesn’t need the guarantees and the U.S. should take them back. There’s a switch. A country that doesn’t want American money.
Turkey is offended that Israel is offended by Turkish offenses: See if you can follow this story. Turkish notables have been insulting Israel for some time now, relations are worsening, and Turkish TV is constantly showing anti-Israel and anti-Semitic shows. The latest one accuses the Mossad of being baby snatchersr, because really, with Iran trying to get nukes, the five thousand terrorist groups in the area trying to bomb Israeli civilians, and Hamas and Hezbollah on top of that, why wouldn’t the Mossad have time to kidnap children (presumably so we can use their blood in our Passover matzahs)? See ifyou can keep up with this. Danny Ayalon summoned the Turkish ambassador to complain, filmed the whole thing, and apparently sat the ambassador down on a seat lower than his own. The Arab media is up in arms about this “humiliation” (oh, Lord, spare us from the Arab cries of “humiliation” over every single thing). Turkey has summoned the Israeli ambassador. The PM has issued a statement that effectively says “Na na na na boo boo” to Israel. And the anti-Israeli TV show producers are calling Israelis war criminals. Are you still following? Well, let’s make it simple. The relationship with Turkey is over, and these are just its death throes. Barry Rubin explains. And Aluf Benn points out that it’s not all Israel’s fault.
Britain starting to fight back? The U.K. will outlaw Al Muhajiroun, an Islamist group that should have been outlawed years ago. Now, if they actually stop trying to arrest Israeli politicians and soldiers, I’ll believe that the U.K. is starting to wake up to who are their friends, and who are their enemies.