Category Archives: Israel Derangement Syndrome

Tuesday Snark News Briefs

Oh, like we didn’t see this coming: The Palestinians are publishing it as if it’s true. The Saudis are pretending that they don’t believe it. But the Iranians? Of course the Jews are stealing Palestinian organs. There’s a Palestinian “eyewitness” … Continue reading

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Palestinian family: We never talked to a Swedish reporter

The Jerusalem Post’s crack reporter, Khaled Abu Toameh, interviewed the family of the Palestinian that is the centerpiece of the Aftonbladet story accusing the IDF of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians. And the family says they never said anything about … Continue reading

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Two sides to a blood libel

The New York Times seems to feel that there are two sides to the charges in a Swedish newspaper that the IDF kills Palestinians and takes their organs for transplants. Read Accusation of Organ Theft Stokes Ire in Israel. “Stokes … Continue reading

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Sweden’s double standard on freedom of the press

There is a decided double standard in the Sweden Foreign Ministry when it comes to freedom of the press, particularly in response to running anti-Semitic tropes in a major Swedish daily. Representatives of the Swedish government are standing up for … Continue reading

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What if they published a blood libel and nobody rioted?

Compare and contrast: A Swedish newspaper publishes a blood libel, accusing Israelis of taking (and selling) organs from Palestinians. Israelis are outraged. They file paperwork. Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon filed a formal grievance with the Swedish government Wednesday following … Continue reading

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Swedish newspaper channels der Sturmer

It’s 2009, but you wouldn’t know it from reading this Swedish newspaper article. It’s like a mixture of urban legend and anti-Semitic blood libel. It’s so awful, you just have to wonder: Are the editors of this newspaper out of … Continue reading

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Stuck on “moderate”

As members of Fatah leave their conference preparing to govern their people effectively, they offered what sounds like a tantalizing commitment. They reiterated their commitment to the “peace option.” We would like very much to take the delegates’ words at … Continue reading

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Human wrongs watch 2

Last week Human Rights Watch issued its third report on Israel’s war against Hamas. Dion Nissenbaum reported: One of the most incendiary charges to emerge from Israel’s three week military offensive in Gaza was that Israeli soldiers killed Palestinian women … Continue reading

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Echoes of a blue dress

As my co-blogger JudeoPundit and others have noted, Iran’s Press TV is accusing Binyamin Netanyahu of starting the Obama birth rumors. Read the excerpt at Don Surber’s: California attorney Orly Taitz, who filed the lawsuit challenging President Obama’s citizenship, was … Continue reading

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HRW to Israel: How dare you question our biased reports?

It’s almost funny. Human Rights Watch is in a huff because Israel is questioning their reports and calling HRW biased against Israel. Which it is. Human Rights Watch on Friday accused the Israeli government of waging a propaganda war after … Continue reading

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Malley’s folly

The other day the New York Times published an op-ed by Robert Malley and Hussein Agha, The Two state solution doesn’t solve anything: They conclude: For years, virtually all attention has been focused on the question of a future Palestinian … Continue reading

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Where “liquidate” means “living side by side peacefully”

Back on August 30, 1993 Clyde Haberman of the New York Times reported the significant change that the PLO was going to undergo: Another important step is that the P.L.O. is to renounce terrorism, according to some officials. But they … Continue reading

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Fatah con 2009

The players Barry Rubin wrote an informative roundup of the personalities who will be participating. Most importantly he observed: Of the Fatah Central Committee’s seventeen surviving members, only three can be classified as relative moderates. At least seven can be … Continue reading

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Aluf: Don’t be aloof part 2

Joe Klein weighed in on Aluf Benn’s column: It’s taken me decades to realize this. Most Israelis–especially those who live in Tel Aviv and environs–not only don’t see settler types, they also don’t see many Arabs. They live their lives, … Continue reading

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Sunday snarky briefs

Palestinian ERA watch: Hamastan continues apace, with the latest being a ruling by a Gaza judge insisting that women lawyers all wear hijabs. But remember, they’re doing it voluntarily, and it’s an empowering thing. There is no compulsion under Islam. … Continue reading

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