Category Archives: Israel Derangement Syndrome

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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Ronit Lentin and poetic license of the feeble-minded

I shall never stop envying people educated and gainfully employed in one of the modern vaguely defined “sciences”. Like the case of learned Dr Lentin here: Dr Ronit Lentin was born in Haifa prior to the establishment of the State … 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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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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What kind of Iraq?

The Jerusalem Post reports: First his two sons were murdered. Now he faces prosecution. The reason for Mithal al-Alusi’s troubles? Visiting Israel and advocating peace with the Jewish state – something Iraq’s leaders refuse to consider. The Iraqi is at … Continue reading

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Good government terrorists strike again

In-fighting in Gaza: Hamas forces, responding to the killing of one of their policemen during an arrest raid on Monday, raided a clan stronghold in Gaza City before dawn on Tuesday in search of a suspect in that slaying, officials … Continue reading

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Robert Fisk – see how it is done

No, I don’t plan another example of fisking per se. Just a vague mealy-mouthed vignette on the general lines of how some unscrupulous journos use sleight of hand to deceive and mislead the reader, especially one that desires to be … Continue reading

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Seth Freedman – an apologist for Hamas TV

Seth Freedman as an apologist – this sounds strange, no matter what entity he is supposed to apologize for. The opposite was believed to be true – as one of the main contributors of the Guardian political cesspool called Comment … Continue reading

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Antony Lerman and the Jewish question

A fairly standard battle cry on the Israeli roads is: “The person that gave you a driver license has to be killed!”. I don’t need to describe the situation relevant to this cry, do I? The first thought I had … Continue reading

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Slackman flacks for troofers

In his Memo from Cairo today, the NYT’s Michael Slackman writes about Egyptian attitudes towards 9/11. “Look, I don’t believe what your governments and press say. It just can’t be true,” said Ahmed Issab, 26, a Syrian engineer who lives … Continue reading

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Visual proof of the siege

Tony Blair’s sister in law and other “peace activists” sailed to Gaza to express solidarity with the Gazans who are under “siege.” Neither Israel nor Egypt will let Ms. Booth leave by land, so currently she’s been trying to stay … Continue reading

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The banality of terror

Without passing judgment the NYT reported on the Hezbollah Shrine to Terrorist Suspect Enthralls Lebanese Children The dead man being shown such veneration is Imad Mugniyah, the shadowy Hezbollah commander. Until his death in a car bombing in Syria in … Continue reading

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Amy Goodman, AssaJew

For some of you who may be puzzled by that “AssaJew” combo: you may have noticed that many a “Jewish anti-Zionist” has this incurable habit of starting her/his anti-Israeli harangue by a sentence along the general line of “Being a … Continue reading

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Law vs. Lives

In a recent article, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times wrote the following about Israel’s security fence: Israel started building the barrier in 2002 with the intent of preventing Palestinian suicide bombers from reaching Israeli cities. Consisting mostly of … Continue reading

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Durban II: Heading right down the same anti-Semitic path

UN Watch has another report on the upcoming UN anti-Israel and Democracy Conference The World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. It seems that not only is Durban II going after Israel, but it’s really going to … Continue reading

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