Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

When fighting terror is an outrage

After the hijacking of the Achille Lauro in 1985, the United States attempted to capture the terrorist responsible by forcing the plane they were on to land on an American-Italian base in Sicily. However, Italy and Egypt were outraged and … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning snarks

The definition of hypocrisy: Iran is calling the Dubai assassination “Israeli terror.” Because gee, Iran never blew up a Jewish community center, an army barracks, or murdered Iranian expats in other nations. Israel eliminated a terrorist murderer arms supplier. One … Continue reading

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The all-Hamas hit snark news

Hey, terrorists are human, too! Why is it that the AP insists on writing hagiographies for dead terrorists, yet usually utterly ignores the biographies of their victims? I’m surprised they even mentioned the names of the two Israeli soldiers he … Continue reading

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As persistent as they wanna be

If the UN has been persistent in pursuing the Goldstone Report, it hasn’t been as scrupulous in a different matter. Michael Young complains about the U.N.’s betrayal in Beirut. Five years ago former Lebanese President Rafiq Hariri was killed. Half … Continue reading

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The administration’s Goldstone omission

Benny Avni writing about the Goldstone Hustle in the New York Post concludes: If Goldstone’s tactics succeed, future imitators will surely build cases for “war crimes” in Iraq, Afghanistan or Yemen. Indeed, the ICC’s top prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, has already … Continue reading

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The New York Times IDF non-controversy

The readers of The New York Times are outraged that Ethan Bronner, the Times’ Jerusalem Bureau chief, has a son who enlisted in the IDF. It’s a clear conflict of interest, they say. The New York Times public editor thinks … Continue reading

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Sniefs

The mouse that squeaked: Iran launched a research rocket into space that brings them up to the science of the 1960s. Woo-hoo! They’re number… um, let’s see. Russia, America, China, anyone else? And what’s on the rocket? A mouse, two … Continue reading

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54 representatives ask Israel to stop defending itself

Ha’aretz reports: Fifty-four members of the U.S. Congress have signed a letter asking President Barack Obama to put pressure on Israel to ease the siege of the Gaza Strip. The letter was the initiative of Representatives Jim McDermott from Washington … Continue reading

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Goldstone and 1701

Today’s NYT reports Israel Poised to Challenge a U.N. Report on Gaza : Israel, which had refused to cooperate with the investigation, at first dismissed the report as unworthy of attention. But the government quickly found that the world took … Continue reading

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Rachel’s tomb and the protection of Jewish holy sites

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977. Part IV : Civilian population #Section I — General protection against effects of hostilities … Continue reading

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The double standard on Sudanese refugees

So that item in the AP that kept changing its text on the Egyptian border police murdering African migrants trying to sneak into Israel? Well, they changed it again in the latest iteration. But of course, there was the implicit … Continue reading

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The double standard exposed: Iran v. Israel

Iranians are being murdered in the streets. The sister of Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel peace laureate who is not currently in Iran, was arrested and imprisoned apparently for the crime of being Shirin’s sister. The Iranians are beating protesters, … Continue reading

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What’s there to debate?

The headline and tone of this “news analysis,” Tough Military Stance Stirs Little Debate in Israel the New York Times is baffling. What is there to debate? If the doctrine is effective it’s working. The idea that an idea must … Continue reading

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Goldstone’s innumeracy

Martin Kramer recently wrote a devastating post about one aspect of the Goldstone report. The most important sentence in this section of the Goldstone Report is this one: “Mr. Amr Hamad indicated that 324 factories had been destroyed during the … Continue reading

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Silence is Goldstone

Judge Goldstone has been emphatic that his report on the Gaza war criticized both sides. The report by Goldstone, a South African jurist, lambasted both sides in the December-January war, which killed up to 1,387 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, but … Continue reading

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