Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Obama: Treat your friends like enemies, and your enemies like friends

So Obama is willing to stretch out “the hand of friendship” to Iran, but he’s going to be more “forceful” with Israel. Gen. James Jones, national security adviser to President Barack Obama, told a European foreign minister a week ago … Continue reading

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Baker’s twenty

It’s been 20 years since Secretary of State Baker delivered his notorious “Greater Israel” speech to AIPAC. Looking over the speech now, it preserves a moment in time. It doesn’t seem as shocking now as it did when he delivered. … Continue reading

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Ship of fools sinks

The ship that took the Free Gaza nitwits to a clash with the Israeli navy sank yesterday. Say buh-bye, boat! Free Gaza group spokesman Ramzi Kysia said the 66-foot yacht SS Dignity sank while being moved from a marina to … Continue reading

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What’s a Jewish state got to with it?

Isabel Kershner of the NY Times reports that “moderate” Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas refuses to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday dismissed a demand by Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to recognize … Continue reading

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Lieberman’s call for two-state solution ignored by MSM

The media have portrayed Avigdor Lieberman as a rabid anti-Arab bigot who refuses to adhere to the Two-state Solution School of Middle East Politics. So I read with interest this article in Ynet the other day, and waited for the … Continue reading

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Preoccupied with occupation

Back in 2002, Efraim Karsh wrote an article “What Occupation?,” which gave a history of how Israel came to control Yehuda, Shomron and Gaza as well as the overall beneficial effects it had on the Palestinians. I recommend the whole … Continue reading

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Israeli Double Standard Time in plain sight

You know, it’s not enough that the world pushes the Palestinian problem at Israel, while utterly ignoring the fact that an equal number of Jews were forced out of Arab and Muslim countries right after the establishment of the State … Continue reading

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Major newspaper seems fated to cast Israel in the worst possible light

I suppose that the article Israeli Coalition Appears Fated to Clash With U.S. isn’t nearly as bad as the title. Still it’s got some problems. For example, early on the reporter, Howard Schneider writes: A leading contender to become defense … Continue reading

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Newspapers investigate journalistic misconduct – not!

Following on the heels of the Ha’aretz report that soldiers did not abide by the IDF’s code of morality, the NYT reports Soldiers’ Accounts of Gaza Killings Raise Furor in Israel (via memeorandum) The testimonies by soldiers, leaked to the … Continue reading

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The anti-Zionist elephant

Ethan Bronner reports in After Gaza, Israel Grapples With Crisis of Isolation. But in the weeks since its Gaza war, and as it prepares to inaugurate a hawkish right-wing government, it is facing its worst diplomatic crisis in two decades. … Continue reading

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The double standard of the international law crowd

In every argument about Israel, you will hear how Israel is defying X number of UN resolutions, and that Israel is defying international law by continuing to build the separation barrier. It is a mainstay of the anti-Israel crowd that … Continue reading

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When extremism counts and when it doesn’t

The Washington Post reported on the murders of two Israeli policemen the other night. Israeli police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said the shooting was being treated as a “nationalistic” attack, the phrase Israeli police occasionally use for political violence carried out … Continue reading

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Fayyad finished?

Let me clear. I am no fan of Salaam Fayad. He’s made statements like this: “What is the essence of resistance, especially in light of the current occupation?” Fayad asked. “Does it not begin with all possible efforts to strengthen … Continue reading

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The influence that dare not speak its name

One of the disturbing aspects of the Chas Freeman appointment is how it has exposed the true agenda of Israel’s critics. Outside of Israel, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of this appointment. And yet the anti-Israel Left … Continue reading

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Unhelpful Hillary

In order to show that it is even-handed in its approach to the Middle East, the United States must show that Israel is in violation of its commitments as the Palestinians. The Washington Post reports that yesterday, Secretary of State … Continue reading

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