Category Archives: Israel Derangement Syndrome

It’s not anti-Zionism—it’s anti-Semitism

Fifty-five anti-Semitic incidents in France in the last two and a half weeks: A total of 55 anti-Semitic incidents occurred in France since the start of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, said President of the French Jewish … Continue reading

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Teaching Thomas

In “Israel’s goals in Gaza,” Thomas Friedman sees Israel’s war against Hamas as a teaching action. No, really. I have only one question about Israel’s military operation in Gaza: What is the goal? Is it the education of Hamas or … Continue reading

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That little UCI chameleon

Where do you hide a leaf? In a tree, of course. It is kindergarten stuff. Where do you hide a Jew? No, not in the woods, Jews don’t take to the woods willingly – unless forced to. The right answer … Continue reading

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S.S. Moonbat blows an engine

It really does seem like divine intervention, doesn’t it? A group of protesters, doctors and lawmakers abandoned a bid to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and returned to Cyprus on Monday after their boat experienced engine trouble, a Free Gaza … Continue reading

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Both sides now

The NYT’s “public editor” takes the predictable approach when dealing with the complaints about bias. Both sides are criticizing us, that means that we must be right. Well yes, one side has promised to destroy the other and the other … Continue reading

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Naomi Klein in “The Beauty and the Beast”

I am sorry that I cannot be 100% serious about Naomi Klein, with all due respect to her genealogy (coming as she does from a long line of pacifist Jooish folks), to her education (or, rather, the lack of it … Continue reading

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There’s a kind of hate all over the world

There’s a kind of hate Venezuela’s Jews close their schools Brener, 77, who spoke with The Jerusalem Post by telephone from New York, said that Jewish schools in Caracas closed for few days out of concern that they would attract … Continue reading

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Aint Nick’s boomerang

Nicholas Kristof – I’ll call him “Ain’t Nick” – on the NYT, The Gaza Boomerang: When Hamas was founded in 1987, Israel was mostly concerned with Yasser Arafat’s Fatah movement and figured that a religious Palestinian organization would help undermine … Continue reading

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Jimma dandy to the rescue

Jimmy Carter, during whose administration, Iran became and Islamist state and started to threaten the world, tells us that if only the parties had listened to him, war could have been avoided, in An Unnecessary War. So much of the … Continue reading

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Walt’s moral Disneyland and other stupid academic tricks

I recently refered to Charles Krauthammer’s 1988 column “The Mideast as Moral Disneyland” in which he criticized those who passed judgment on Israel speaking of false concern for Israel’s moral well-being. Well there are others who live in similar moral … Continue reading

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On Iranian volunteer suicide bombers

From an AP writer: Hard-line Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to go carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. But there seems to be a hitch: … Continue reading

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The moral Disneyland revisited

Twenty years ago Charles Krauthammer wrote The Mideast as Moral Disneyland. (Washington Post, February 5, 1988). What set Krauthammer off was a complaint by Woody Allen about how Israel wasn’t so lovable as it once was. In the middle of … Continue reading

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Reporter, heal thyself

McClatchy’s terror apologist Jerusalem Bureau Chief Dion Nissenbaum writes about Israel’s military response to the Hamas threat against its citizens by writing: The Gaza Strip has had its fair share of bad days over the years, from the spark for … Continue reading

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The media assault against Israel

The American media is doing all it can to undermine Israel’s case for war. I’m not just talking about those anti-Israel bloviators whom Noah Pollak amusingly call the “juicebox mafia,” but the opinion pages of major American newspapers have been … Continue reading

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Hatemail of the day

And the hates just keep on coming. I got an email from some idiot who wrote the following comment, which I did not approve, as it violates the No Israel-Bashing rule. Wow. They used international humanitarian aid as bait before … Continue reading

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