Category Archives: Gaza

The wilful blindness of Obama and the media on the peace process

The Obama administration and various news organizations keep insisting that Israel is going to have to talk to Hamas someday in order to make peace. Because, they say, there are moderate elements to Hamas. It’s the only way to end … Continue reading

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Friday afternoon past and future flotilla roundup

What, the same old flotilla? Well, that one, and the new one heading Israel’s way. Or should I say, “New ones? We will peacefully throw them into the sea: The IDF released a new video of “Peace activists” discussing throwing … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

Even the Turkish airlines are full of jihadis now: A close call at Ben Gurion, because the Turkish pilot disobeyed air traffic controller instructions. You make the call. Turkey ready to make relations even worse: Turkey’s talking about not sending … Continue reading

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Obama throws Israel under the bus

Abu Ghraib did not merit a UN investigation. The United States would have vetoed any such effort from the UN. British soldiers killing Iraqi POWs did not merit a UN investigation. The United States would have vetoed any such effort … Continue reading

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The international investigation, Israeli Double Standard Time version

Remember a little incident at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq? The one that spawned thousands of headlines around the world about American military abuse of Iraqi prisoners? Was there an international investigation into the offenses? No. There was an … Continue reading

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Israel’s Gaza panel: An all-star panel, with international observers

Benjamin Netanyahu has announced the names of the members of the panel that will investigate the Gaza flotilla. There are two international observers, including a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The announcement from the Prime Minister’s Office noted that the committee … Continue reading

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What? URKEL is going to head Israel’s Gaza flotilla inquiry?

Are you effing kidding me? Netanyahu picked Urkel to head the inquiry ito the Gaza flotilla? Urkel? THIS Urkel? THIS is the guy that they’re going to have investigating the Israeli Navy, the Turkish “activists,” and the situation that caused … Continue reading

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Sunday news briefs (I must be bored)

AP’s Awesomest Headline of the Week: Egyptians beaten while protesting police brutality. Since there were no Jews or Israelis involved, there will be no protests from anyone. If it’s Sunday, it must be time for another “poor, poor, pitiful Palestinians” … Continue reading

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Concrete answers for Gaza

This is a pretty typical claim made in news article about Israel’s embargo of certain goods into Gaza, which is controlled by the terrorist group Hamas: Israel says the embargo it imposed when Hamas rose to power in 2006 is … Continue reading

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News roundup

Kill the Jew that exposed Helen Thomas’ Jew-hatred! Yeah, the irony is lost on Thomas’ supporters, but the rabbi is getting death threats. Just rename yourself the Palestinian Propaganda Times: The Times becomes the IHH’s stenographer, carrying interviews with the … Continue reading

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Mr. Abbas goes to Washington

If you recall, when chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was in Israel to celebrate his son’s Bar Mitzvah, he invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington to meet the President. Then the IDF encountered a group of militants on the Mavi … Continue reading

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The Turkey-Syria-Iran axis

The Turkey-Iran quid pro quo has been announced. Imposing fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would hurt the region’s countries and contribute nothing to resolving the Mideast conflict, Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo said Wednesday ahead of a UN … Continue reading

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Gaza Flotilla: One more news roundup

Fool me once: France’s foreign minister is volunteering the EU to inspect all ships heading into Gaza. I have two words for you, Mr. Kouchner: UNSC 1701. In case anyone forgot, the reason Israel left the buffer zone in Lebanon … Continue reading

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The Gaza Flotilla: The Biggest Demagogue

Let’s take a look at two of the latest editions of “Who Wants to Be the Biggest Demagogue?” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a trip to Gaza in order to break the siege imposed on the Strip … Continue reading

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The common sense Flotilla response—downplayed

The Washington Post issued an editorial that’s vehemently against Turkey’s behavior regarding the terrorists hiding among the Free Gaza flotilla fools. But they published it on Saturday, the least-read day of the week. WESTERN GOVERNMENTS have been right to be … Continue reading

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