Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Expansive settlements

I remember at the end of a movie (was it the Pelican Brief?) , the hero talks about how he will never know if his car will explode when he turns the key to his ignition. The threat to him … Continue reading

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Gaza blockade runners now bringing cement

Suddenly, humanitarian supplies now include cement. Activists campaigning for an end to Gaza’s blockade by Israel will sail to the enclave from Cyprus in defiance of the Israeli navy, they said Thursday. Two boats, including one carrying cement and building … Continue reading

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The unnoticed intransigence, vs. the supposed intransigence

If you read only the mainstream media reports on Israel, you come away thinking that it is the Israelis who are the obstacles to peace, and that it is the Palestinians who are the ones who are willing to make … Continue reading

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Israel helping Gazans, world doesn’t notice

This isn’t getting any play at all in the anti-Israel media. Israel began construction of an underground pipeline on Tuesday that will deliver diesel fuel and cooking oil to the southern Gaza Strip. The decision to build the pipeline followed … Continue reading

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Obama’s Cairo speech gets quick results

Obama’s public weakening of support for Israel is getting the results you would expect: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said the US should use aid it gives Israel as leverage in order to pressure the state into accepting … Continue reading

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The Cairo context

To some degree, I understand the argument that President Obama’s speech in Cairo yesterday wasn’t much different from a speech that President Bush would have given. And if you read some of the more detailed analyses of the speech (like … Continue reading

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Analysis: mainstreaming Jewish conspiracy theories

If you were to read this without knowing the source, where would you suspect it originated? The Arab News? Al-Ahram? Palestinian propaganda rags? Among the long list of problems that cloud American relations with the Islamic world, none is more … Continue reading

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Strong bond? More like bound and gagged

From the Washington Post: Obama used far stronger and more specific language than his previous remarks on some of the most contested issues in the Muslim world, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Although he urged Arab nations to do more to … Continue reading

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Honesty is the best policy, Israeli Exception Clause version

“Part of being a good friend is being honest,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with NPR News. “And I think there have been times where we are not as honest as we should be about the fact that the … Continue reading

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You might just as well be blind

Helene Cooper whose Rolodex seems filled with only anti-Israel experts now writes that President Obama will be “honest” with Israel. “Part of being a good friend is being honest,” Mr. Obama said in an interview with NPR News. “And I … Continue reading

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A partiality test

See if you can figure out where, and whom, these quotes come from: Palestinians watched with hope this week as President Barack Obama called for an Israeli settlement freeze and spoke about the need to move quickly toward statehood alongside … Continue reading

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Unsettling

The Washington Post reported the other day that the United States is pushing Israel to stop all “settlement” activity. And that PM Netanyahu caught flack on the topic from an unexpected source: formerly pro-Israel Congressmen: During meetings with congressional leaders … Continue reading

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The Obama peace plan: Pressure Israel, pressure Israel, pressure Israel

It looks like the Chicken Littles may have been right. The Obama camp is calling for Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including building in the suburbs of Jerusalem—which is hardly a “settlement.” Meanwhile Clinton said Obama had “made it … Continue reading

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The sport of Bibi bashing

There’s something tasteless about headlining a “news analysis” Keeping score on Obama vs. Netanyahu (via memeorandum), but I suppose there will be a lot of this over the next three or four years as the media try to score points … Continue reading

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Will Obama throw Israel under the bus?

There’s a very disturbing story in the Washington Times that says that the Obama administration is going to try to pressure Israel into signing the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The problem with that is that signing the treaty would require Israel to … Continue reading

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