Monthly Archives: August 2010

The sudden twist in Hamas propaganda

Aussie Dave aka Israelly Cool noticed it: The palestinians, their supporters, and those who do not, but should know, better have been portraying Gaza as a concentration camp/prison camp – replete with widespread poverty and starvation. … The proliferation of … Continue reading

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Not a matter of freedom, but of sensitivity

According to the Washington Post: Two Republican members of Congress, Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida and Peter T. King of New York, called government sponsorship of Rauf’s trip “unacceptable” in a joint statement. They said he had suggested in at … Continue reading

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Friday, briefly

Guess the ethnicity gets even better on the updates! Now you just know he’s from Israel, and is a “religious, God-fearing man“. So once again, I’m going to perform a public service: Elias Abuelazzam (Abu al-Azzam) is NOT a Jewish … Continue reading

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Name the ethnicity in the Israeli serial killer story

Have you heard about the Israeli serial killer/stabber who was apprehended this week while boarding a flight to Israel? Is he a Jew? A suspect in a string of 20 stabbings that terrorized people across three states and left five … Continue reading

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Sleeping with fishes, Gaza style

Arutz-7 quotes Elder of Ziyon about the worsening security situation in Gaza. Arutz-7 quotes Debka to the effect that this is the result of a proxy power struggle between Iran (which supports Islamic Jihad) and Syria (which supports Hamas). An … Continue reading

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Thursday news roundup

The AP notices that Palestinians have more rights in Israel than in Lebanon: It’s a profile of the Lebanese debate about whether to give Palestinians the right to work in the country where they’ve lived (in many cases) all their … Continue reading

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The Point of No Return

Jeffrey Goldberg has a long piece in the Atlantic on whether or not Israel is going to attack Iran’s nukes. Here’s a hint: He thinks it’s going to be in the coming spring. The main question was, is, and continues … Continue reading

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Wednesday sniefs

Please don’t attack the country we’re selling weapons to: The French stopped Israel from launching a large-scale attack to teach Lebanon that there is a price to pay for ambushing and murdering Israeli soldiers. Oh, and the Obama administration sent … Continue reading

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The AP: Back to its normal anti-Israel bias

The AP bias returns: In this article about Lebanon attempting to “reassure” Congress that Hezbullah has nothing at all to do with its army, the AP describes the Lebanese ambush on the IDF as follows: The Congressman Berman said his … Continue reading

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Nasrallah’s “revelations” of Zionist crimes

The trailer to this thriller was published a week ago: The leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has accused Israel of being behind the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. In a fiery speech, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah … Continue reading

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Two more balanced AP pieces on Israel? Seriously?

Seriously. Though it comes at the very end of this article on the mysterious case of the arrest of an Israeli who was photographing Jewish sites in Libya, it still tells the truth about why a Jew from another country … Continue reading

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You’re one of the destructive ones Tom

I’m happy today that Thomas Friedman appreciates the difference between “constructive” and “destructive” critics of Israel. I write about this now because there is something foul in the air. It is a trend, both deliberate and inadvertent, to delegitimize Israel … Continue reading

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Briefs

Tony Judt won’t be criticizing Israel any more: Tony Judt’s ALS killed him. If you plan on celebrating his death in my comments, don’t. My father died of ALS. It’s a horrible disease, and the man suffered immensely in the … Continue reading

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Pigs are flying: A Gaza story that doesn’t mention Israel

I’m in shock. The AP reported on Gaza power outages truthfully. There isn’t a single word blaming Israel for the Palestinian-caused shortage. Hamas and the PA are fighting over who has to pay for the fuel, and the poorer Gazans … Continue reading

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The trouble beneath the surface

Meryl wrote: But the early stories that came out heavily supported Lebanon’s claim that Israeli forces were over the border. Oh, the next graf almost always issued the Israeli denial, but that’s how journalism works: When you want someone to … Continue reading

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