Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

John Kerry, friend to Israel

The title, if you couldn’t guess, is sarcasm. Are you effing kidding me? These are the words of the United States Secretary of State? If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state,” … Continue reading

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Out of energy

I finished the post-copy editor edit this weekend. Then I saw Wicked. Went to the gym both today and yesterday. Saw Captain America 2. And I’m just all-out tired. We will return to our regularly scheduled posting tomorrow.

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Caturday

Miss Meimei demands your attention the way she demands mine.

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A change of pace

Let’s have a sweet Friday post. I love Once Upon A Time, and I thought it was so sweet that Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas, who play Snow White and Prince Charming, fell in love and married in real life. … Continue reading

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Media analysts and the anti-Israel narrative

The Christian Science Monitor is not a friend to Israel, but this particular analysis strikes me as so utterly blind to reality that it simply demands to be fisked. It’s titled “Why Israel may need to rethink its assumptions on … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

Yet another reconciliation: Hamas and Fatah are reconciling again. Okay, let’s start the pool now. Who’s got a week? A month? Three days? Benjamin Netanyahu is telling Mahmoud Abbas to pick his peace partner: Israel or Hamas. Oh, come on. … Continue reading

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More threats, less peace

Mahmoud Abbas doesn’t want peace. All he wants is to give Israel preconditions and ultimatums. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for the first time spoke about the Palestinian demands for extending peace talks: A three months freeze in settlement construction during … Continue reading

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The Russian bear awakens

Snoopy the Goon has long been on my reading list. He is a former Soviet Jew and knows Russia better than anyone I can think of. This post is a translation of an article by a Belarusian writer. “There is … Continue reading

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Easter Sunday briefs

Happy Easter, my Christian friends and readers! CNN now publishes Iranian propaganda: Apparently, CNN wants to be just like the New York Times. It’s publishing an op-ed favorable to Iran by members of NIAC. NIAC is an arm of the … Continue reading

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Caturday

Meimei, this morning: “Are you getting out of bed anytime soon?” And Tigger, who likes to use the molding for a pillow. Yes, really.

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Happy Tiggerversary!

Six years ago today, I drove north to Wendy’s Feline Friends and picked up my orange boy. Yesterday, my friend Sarah took this amazing picture. I think I have a can of tuna in the closet. So it will be … Continue reading

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This is why I hate the AP

Look at this misleading headline and lead. Iran: Rouhani talks peace, outreach at army parade Iran’s president underscored his moderate policies and outreach to the West in a speech Friday during a military parade on the country’s National Army Day. … Continue reading

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Everything old is Jews again

Last Sunday, a despicable Jew-hater decided, for some reason, to drive to a Jewish Community Center and murder Jews. After killing a teenage boy and his grandfather while they sat in their car–first blocking the car with his own so … Continue reading

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Israel and the U.S.: No longer exclusive

Zev Chafets has an analysis about American-Israeli relations that is going to send the Jew-haters’s spittle-flecked rants off the charts on the Israel-hate scale. Just look at the headline: American-Israeli relations: US still Israel’s best friend but no longer country’s … Continue reading

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The chutzpah of Michael Bloomberg

There are just so, so many things wrong with this quote from Michael Bloomberg… But if he senses that he may not have as much time left as he would like, he has little doubt about what would await him … Continue reading

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