In other news, water is wet: Really? Juan and Eva Peron, the political heads of post-war Argentina, gave Nazi war criminals asylum? And this comes as a surprise to anyone? Hello, Eichmann kidnapping, anyone?
I’ll believe it when I see it: The Egyptian military is supposedly closing Gaza smuggling tunnels. Of course, it may be because they’re now using the Sinai and don’t need to smuggle via the tunnels anymore. And of course, since this is the AP, and even though they have run articles about the smuggling tunnels, they have to use the weasel words:
Israel charges Gaza’s Hamas rulers get weapons, ammunition and rockets through the tunnels and smuggle militants out.
Yes, Israel “charges.” That’s why the Egyptian military is closing them down, because there’s no proof Hamas smuggles weapons and terrorists through them. Oh, wait. Later on in the article, there is proof.
Previous attempts to close the tunnels before have failed to curb illicit trade and people trafficking under the border, following the blockade imposed on the seaside territory in 2007, when Hamas seized control.
Don’t you love it when the AP contradicts itself in its own stories? Obviously, the anti-Israel editor was in charge when this article got filed.
Three days late: Now Netanyahu goes on record saying Israel won’t apologize to Turkey. Where was he on Friday when the story was hot in the news cycle?
The Lebanese are thrilled with Turkey: Yep, a former PM is happy that Turkey is moving away from Israel and into the Islamist orbit. Quel surprise.
Just wait for the arrest warrants: Erdogan’s opposition says the Islamist leader painted himself into a corner with the demand for an Israeli apology and that he shouldn’t have downgraded ties with Israel. Barry Rubin says that many Turks agree with him. And yet, Turkey is heading down the Islamist path.