Category Archives: Israel Derangement Syndrome

Hamas and its boosters

Ethan Bronner of the NYT reports opines at the end of his recent report (via memeorandum): There is palpable satisfaction at the moment in the Israeli government and the military because the operation so far is seen as a success. … Continue reading

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Talkin’ Turki

Former Saudi ambassador to the United States, Turki al-Faisal offers Peace for the Mideast. Subtitled “How Our Plan Could Aid Barack Obama’s Efforts” the op-ed is ostensibly a demonstration of how magnanimous the Saudis are in the efforts to seek … Continue reading

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Gideon’s babble

Why would someone who’s self described as “left of Meretz” support Netanyahu for Prime Minister of Israel? Here’s whtat the Economist’s former Israel correspondent, Gideon Lichfield writes: So if we’re talking about economic policy, he has a more ambitious and … Continue reading

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Falk – moonbattery a feature not a bug

Israel kicked Richard Falk, the “Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,” who is an anti-Israel crackpot who believes 9/11 conspiracy theories. McClatchy’s Dion Nissenbaum calls Falk “contentious” and his views “provocative.” … Continue reading

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British anti-Israel profs lose the fight

A big win for the good guys: The UK academics that have been leading the charge to boycott Israeli universities have given up trying to isolate Israeli academics, and only Israeli academics, because they don’t like the policies of the … Continue reading

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Silly rabid antisemite hugs are for thugs

When I read that Jimmy Carter’s advances towards Hezbollah were rebuffed, I couldn’t help thinking of the Todal. The what? A lock of the guard’s hair turned white and his teeth began to chatter. “The Todal looks like a blob … Continue reading

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Unique opportunity

Remember when it was scandalous to mention that Barack Obama’s middle name is Hussein. Well I’ve just discovered the latest outrage: The President-elect himself! (via memeorandum): And when he takes the oath of office Jan. 20, he plans to be … Continue reading

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Human wrongs

When you see a headline like: Israel Under Fire At UN Over Rights Record, it sounds pretty serious. Then you read the article itself. The Jewish state was being examined by the U.N. Human Rights Council as part of the … Continue reading

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What’s peace got to do with it?

The Jerusalem Post reports that the economy under Fatah is imrpoving: Officers in the Civil Administration said the economic surge was the result of a number of parallel factors but was mainly due to improved coordination between Israel and the … Continue reading

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The UN’s Israel obsession, continued

Libya called the UN Security Council into an emergency session on Wednesday. Was it war? Famine? Zimbabwe? Sudan? Piracy off the coast of Africa? The situation in Mumbai? Afghanistan? China? Tibet? Kashmir? Nope. It’s because the IDF turned back a … Continue reading

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EoZ, Roger Cohen smackdown

Emanuele Ottolenghi and Noah Pollak have already responded to Roger Cohen’s Try Tough Love Hillary. Cohen argues that peace – that is necessary for Israel – can only be achieved if Israel cedes all the land demanded by the Arab … Continue reading

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Cooties

In Hostages to fear, Janet Albrechtsen writes: That said, no one imagines Israel is free from fault. But its Government is not creating civil institutions that preach hatred and violence. By contrast, an entire generation of Palestinian children is being … Continue reading

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Hamas humanitarian crises

A few weeks ago Hamas engineered a blackout of Gaza, apparently for propaganda purposes. Now its latest stunt is to deny pilgrims from going on Hajj to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sets quotas to different regions for the number of … Continue reading

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The press mess, McGirk quirk and the Nissenbaum shuffle

I really could do without the sanctimony. Dion Nissenbaum writes about Israel’s closure of the Gaza Strip to reporters. This week, after filing a letter of protest, the Foreign Press Association (of which Mc Clatchy Newspapers is a par t) … Continue reading

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Asking the arsonist to put out the fire

Israel’s foreign minister has asked the UN to take a stand against the continued rocket fire from Gaza. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni demanded in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday that the world stop … Continue reading

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