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I'm a government bureaucrat with delusions of literacy.

Israel denial in the Washington Post

I love the opening paragraphs of Glenn Kessler’s Defining ‘Jewish state’: For many, term has different meanings Nine years ago, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell delivered a speech on the Middle East in which he briefly called on Palestinians … Continue reading

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The “disappeared” Gaza story

*** Important Update Below *** The Daily Alert Blog recently linked to an article Under the Gun: How the People of Gaza Feel About Hamas. Tried the link to the original article in the National, a paper published in the … Continue reading

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The immodest hopes of J-Street

Essential to maintaining the fiction that it is a mainstream Jewish organization, J-Street was careful to pretend that received support from many sources. We see this in a press release news story that appeared last year in the Washington Post. … Continue reading

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Take us to your leaders

In the wonderfully titled Third world debating society elects itself world’s envoy in case of alien contact, Q & O speculated: Can you imagine a worse institution to have represent humanity than the UN? And frankly, if intelligent aliens ever … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … part IX

In response to the Time magazine article, Barry Rubin wrote a history of the future explaining what could go wrong with the creation of Palestinian state and why it would be perfectly rational for Israelis to wish to avoid such … Continue reading

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Does Bill Clinton read Time magazine?

Bill Clinton talking about January 2001 (via CAMERA): So a couple of days before I leave office, Arafat says, calls to tell me what a great man I am. And I just said, “No, I’m not. On this I’m a … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … VIII

Yesterday I considered the possiblity that the “Why Israelis don’t want to make peace was not the fault of the reporter Karl Vick, but of the editors. Vick’s recent tour of the Shomron suggests that this may be the case. … Continue reading

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The story that Time forgot … part VII

I see that Elder of Ziyon – who created the graphic above – has gotten in on the fun. The Elder also picks up on something he’s written about before: that the PA (Fatah) using international funds, is picking up … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … part VI

It’s kind of funny. The New York Times reports, Abbas says talks with Israel will continue: After two days of difficult peace negotiations with Israel over the issue of Jewish settlements, the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, sounded a modestly positive … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … part V

Palestinian “moderation” – Don’t kill Jews … at the “wrong” time: The day after the Hamas killings, official PA media reported that “Prime Minister Dr. Salam Fayyad said that the operation which took place tonight in the Hebron area and … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … part IV

1) There is a campaign, financed by U.S. tax dollars, to convince Israelis that Palestinians want peace. The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) — which is supposed to help countries raise their living standards — gave a $250,000 grant … Continue reading

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The news that Time forgot … part III

Avi Issacharoff, Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya in Ha’aretz (via the Daily Alert Blog) Israel and the Palestinians are at odds over which subjects will open their next round of peace talks. Prime Minister Netanyahu wants to begin with security … Continue reading

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A wholly owned subsidiary of Soros Inc.

With an enthusiasm that would make even the most adept PR professional blush, the Washington Post issues a press release about Human Rights Watch newest sugar daddy, With $100 million Soros gift, Human Rights Watch looks to expand global reach … Continue reading

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When dead people are more important than a living country

Back in July, an Arab man, Sabba Kashur was convicted of rape for lying that he was a Jewish man in order to convince a young woman to sleep with him. Details of the case were really irrelevant, various media … Continue reading

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Friedman’s forgotten amendment

Saudi Time by Thomas Friedman Some eight years ago, in February 2002, I interviewed then-Crown Prince-now-King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at his horse farm outside Riyadh. I shared with him a column I had written — suggesting that the Arab … Continue reading

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