Author Archives: Soccerdad

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I'm a government bureaucrat with delusions of literacy.

Ain’t democracy great

A surprising observation from left wing commentator, Glenn Greenwald: Needless to say, isolating an Israeli government that includes the democratically elected Yisrael Beiteinu party and childishly pretending that they don’t exist is a central prong of the peace camp’s approach … Continue reading

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The worst paragraph in post Israeli election coverage

From the Washington Post: In many ways, the deep split in the Israeli electorate mirrors the split within the Palestinian government, between the Fatah party that controls the West Bank and the Hamas organization that controls the Gaza Strip. Fatah … Continue reading

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The Post’s prism

In retrospect, I went too easy on yesterday’s Washington Post report on antisemitism in South America. I was uncomfortable with how the reporters framed the antisemitism as a reaction to Israel’ s war against Hamas. In fact, as Travis Pantin … Continue reading

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Election prelude

Griff Witte pontificates about today’s Israeli election. In Israel, most people welcome the idea of a solution — nearly 60 percent support the creation of a Palestinian state, according to a survey of Israeli Jews conducted late last year called … Continue reading

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South American antisemitism

The Washington Post reports that a number of South American countries are becoming inhospitable to their Jewish residents. Anger at Israel’s recent military strikes in the Gaza Strip against the Islamist group Hamas have sparked demonstrations here and in two … Continue reading

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Voting for war?

Jackson Diehl starts off his latest (outrageous) column, A promise of War, with: The past four Israeli elections have been won by a candidate who promised to end Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians. Tomorrow, for the first time in decades, … Continue reading

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Israeli election primer

Do you want to know what the issues are in the Israeli election? I’m not going to pretend to present a comprehensive list of issues and candidates, but there have been a number of interesting articles that may give you … Continue reading

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The lessons of Jenin

In Shattered Gaza Town, Roots of Seething Split, NYT correspondent Ethan Bronner looks at a battle in Israel’s recent war with Hamas and reports: The war in El Atatra tells the story of Israel’s three-week offensive in Gaza, with each … Continue reading

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The NYT delivers

When it was reported yesterday (via memeorandum) that the UN finally admitted that Hamas raided one of its convoys, I wondered if the New York Times or Washington Post would report it. Well the New York Times came through. Ahmed … Continue reading

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Nothing doing

On the 7th anniversary of his son’s murder, Judea Pearl writes: But the clearest endorsement of terror as a legitimate instrument of political bargaining came from former President Jimmy Carter. In his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” Mr. Carter appeals … Continue reading

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Keep it simple Tom

In Don’t try this at home, Thomas Friedman unnecessarily complicates the Middle East. For one thing he makes a fundamental mistake. In recent days, some have questioned whether Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was making a big mistake in appointing … Continue reading

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Be-yon-d Kristof

Ain’t Nick’s at it again. Kristof recently wrote: President Bush’s problem was that he loved Israel too much. He embraced Israeli leaders even when they responded to provocations by killing more than 1,300 people in Gaza, according to Gaza health … Continue reading

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Apologist for the mullahs

Roger Cohen has made his distaste for Israel known time and again. But what country does he show understanding towards? Iran is one. In The other Iran, Cohen engages in apologies for the current leadership of Iran. For example Cohen … Continue reading

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Witte-icism: Israeli electorate wants to see more dead civilians

There’s a rather disturbing subtext to Griff Witte’s report on the Israeli election campaign, Israel’s key election issue: did the war end too soon?: Just over a week before Israel holds elections to choose a new government, the outcome of … Continue reading

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J-Street’s credibility on thin ice

Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. Crack. Splash! Related here. At least J-Street is pretty open about being anti-Israel (though it calls it pro-Israel), the NJDC pretends that being a Democrat means one is pro-Israel by definition. So instead of being dishonest … Continue reading

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