Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Obama ups the ante on “settlements”

The Obama administration shows its hand by demanding that Israel stop building in eastern Jerusalem. No word yet if anyone ever objected to Jordan’s near destruction of the city’s ancient Jewish Quarter (including synagogues and Torahs) which was—wait for it—in … Continue reading

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Dissin’ Nissenbaum

Surely you remember back in March, there was quite an uproar about Israel’s conduct during Operation Cast Lead. A story in Ha’aretz, followed by one in the New York Times told of abuses committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian civilians. … Continue reading

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The U.K. Israeli arms embargo: Hypocrisy defined

The U.K. canceled export licenses for weapons parts to Israel because of the Gaza war and its civilian death toll. But they have said—and done—nothing about exports to countries like Sri Lanka, where the war with the Tamil Tigers caused … Continue reading

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Thursday Snark News

Religion of Peace blows up two more hotels: Indonesia again, but don’t worry—it’s just a tiny minority of extremists doing all the kabooms. Palestinians answer Hillary’s request with a kassam rocket: Looks like Hillary’s plea to the Palestinians to refrain … Continue reading

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The Exception Clause and Hillary’s speech

There’s a principle that I call The Exception Clause. Essentially, you add the words “except for Jews” or “except for Israel” to the end of every rule, statement, etc. that the world lives by, or something that is expected of everyone. It was in full bloom in Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy speech yesterday, where, we were told, she would be asking the Palestinians and Arabs to work as hard at fulfilling their obligations toward peace as the Obama administration is demanding from Israel. Continue reading

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The president’s ear

Jeremy Ben Ami of J-Street who was at the meeting between Jewish leaders and President Obama, thought that the President was amazing. In an extremely soft interview Ben Ami recounts: One is Malcolm Hoenlein’s, and he’s said this publicly, that … Continue reading

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A masterful assuaging

Last year those of us Jews who didn’t support President Obama in his bid to be elected president were subjected to ridicule. If we didn’t support him it was because we were prejudiced or misinformed. This mocking didn’t just come … Continue reading

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Netanyahu: Two states for two peoples. Media: he doesn’t really mean it

Funny how the Israeli press is pretty sure that Benjamin Netanyahu isn’t lying when he says he would like to see Israel at peace with the Palestinians and surrounding nations, but the rest of the world media thinks he doesn’t … Continue reading

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Perhaps if they created a Uighur Liberation Organization and started killing westerners the world would remember the Fourth Geneva Convention

In the 1940’s a nation attacked a sovereign state then occupied and annexed its territory. That would be the Chinese. At Forbes, Gordon Chang discusses the history of the Uighurs. These two paragraphs were especially enlightening..( via Instapundit) : The … Continue reading

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Kemp: Israel safeguarded civilian rights in Gaza

Last week, I was surprised that both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports claiming that Israel unjustifiably killed civilians during Operation Cast Lead. (See a related posts at Media Backspin and at CAMERA.) But of course, it was … Continue reading

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I told you so: Media ignores Netanyahu’s 2-state statement

The latest AP boilerplate on Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu: Last month, in a move at least partly aimed at easing tensions with Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed support for the first time for the creation of a … Continue reading

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Human Wrongs Watch

Yesterday the New York Times reported on a recent Human Rights Watch report that claimed that during its campaign in Gaza Israel killed 29 civilians in six separate attacks. Twenty-nine civilians, including eight children, were killed in what appeared to … Continue reading

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It’s settled: No settlement freeze, please

Now we definitely have to push hard for no settlement freeze. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Monday told the chairman of the Geneva Initiative, Yossi Beilin, that “a total freeze of settlements is a condition for the partial implementation … Continue reading

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About those “settlements”

In an op-ed that is fully supportive of the administration, What a Freeze Can’t Do, David Ignatius lets a little inconvenient truth slip out. That doesn’t mean any breakthroughs are imminent, however. The more the administration pressures Israel, the more … Continue reading

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Netanyahu’s “new” demand

Howard Schneider reports in the Washington Post on Netanyahu’s Peace Stipulation (h/t Backspin) I suppose what’s disturbing about the article is its portrayal of Netanyahu’s demand as “new.” The documents accepted by Israeli leaders during breakthrough peace talks with the … Continue reading

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