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Down on J-Street

via memeorandum A recent pro-Obama video has some of the Israeli officials who appeared in it upset, for they feel that it misrepresented their views. Former head of the Mossad Ephraim Halevy and former IDF deputy chief of staff Maj.-Gen. … Continue reading

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Breaking news from Gaza

The masked Arab youth opened his hand slowly to expose two bullets. “These are waiting for anyone who harms our leaders,” he said, his eyes staring at the shells. The 19-year-old youth is a member of al-Kassam, a secret military … Continue reading

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A 16 year old lie

In an editorial, the Washington Post writes: AFTER ISRAELI Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was voted out of office in 1992, he gave an interview in which he revealed he had never been serious about peace negotiations with the Palestinians. His … Continue reading

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Serious about Syria?

CNN reports: The United States and Syria held a series of meetings this week, signaling a possible thaw between the two countries as the former seeks to peel the latter from its close ties with Iran. No further meetings are … Continue reading

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Israel to buy American planes

The Wall Street Journal reports that Israel is planning to buy up to 75 American fighter planes: The Defense Department formally notified Congress that it wants to sell Israel as many as 75 of the latest-model fighter jet, which is … Continue reading

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Peace on earth and a rocket launcher

I remember some cartoon – maybe from Mad Magazine, maybe from Calvin and Hobbes – showing a little boy on Santa Claus’s lap asking for all sorts of weaponry and – peace on earth. This picture reminded me of the … Continue reading

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Mahmoud’s awesome, very good week

So a party that advocates the lifting of restrictions of Nazi symbols has won a significant victory in Austrian elections. (h/t LGF) No doubt Austria will now be shunned internationally – and rightly so – just as it was a … Continue reading

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Ehud Olmert and the disregarded doctrines

Some background first. From the The Winograd Commission report: a. The Prime Minister bears supreme and comprehensive responsibility for the decisions of ‘his’ government and the operations of the army. His responsibility for the failures in the initial decisions concerning … Continue reading

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A general war?

*Please see disclaimer below* Last week Syria built up its forces along the Lebanese border. Assad apologist Andrew Lee Butters wrote: In recent days, anti-Syrian politicians in Beirut have been crying wolf about an increase in Syrian soldiers on the … Continue reading

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What Quds day says about Mad Mahmoud

In an interview with Neil MacFarqhar of the NYT, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had the following exchange: NYT: On another subject, you are a Persian; you are not an Arab. Your country has never directly at least fought a war with Israel, … Continue reading

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Obsessed with “Obsession”

via Solomonia. CAIR is fighting the distribution of Obsession by filing a complaint with the FEC, which leads Robert Spencer to observe: This is a very revealing action for CAIR to take. It reveals in particular two key aspects of … Continue reading

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Accepting Mahmoud

The MSM and world have been rather silent about Ahmadinejad’s anti-semitism. Some tools even thought to take a picture with him, as if he were some cuddly celebrity, not a madman with designs on genocide. Or even really bad on … Continue reading

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Degraded

The other day Eli Lake reported: Call it Osama bin Laden’s “October surprise.” In late August, during the weekend between the Democratic and Republican conventions, America’s military and intelligence agencies intercepted a series of messages from Al Qaeda’s leadership to … Continue reading

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State of disingenuity

Noah Pollak notes that now a majority of Palestinians object to a two-state solution and observes: If a poll found that the majority of Israelis rejected the two-state solution, it would make headlines around the world. Yet when repeated polls … Continue reading

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Olmerts post PM transition training

He seems to really enjoy the SEAL training. Whoops, that’s “seal” not “SEAL.” Soccer? Not going so well. Crossposted on Soccer Dad.

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