Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Anthony Lewis II

Nicholas Kristoff sounds off about The Two Israels. In Kristoff’s simplistic formulation there’s the good Israel and the bad Israel. There are no grey areas. Here’s his take: It is here in the Palestinian territories that you see the worst … Continue reading

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Israeli oppression and security

Elder of Ziyon observes that a a list of supplies that Israeli has allowed into Gaza during the first half of June shows that the “terrible siege” that Israel has imposed isn’t exactly hermetic. And Israelly Cool shows a photograph … Continue reading

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“Humliating” checkpoint saves Israeli lives

Soldiers caught yet another would-be bomber at one of those “humiliating” checkpoints—in an area the Palestinians are supposed to be policing. IDF soldiers manning the Hawara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus apprehended on Sunday an 18-year-old Palestinian … Continue reading

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Sophomoric oxymorons

A few years ago Thomas Friedman wrote a column, “Wanted: Fanatical moderates.” It was advocating the Geneva Accords, a PR exercise undertaken by Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo and a number of others. The point of the exercise was … Continue reading

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Islam and tolerance of other faiths

Does anyone else think that organizing a conference on interfaith dialogue—from the Saudia Arabian city of Mecca, a place in which only Muslims are allowed to set foot—is a signal that perhaps the Saudis don’t really mean what they say? … Continue reading

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Fulbrights and qassams

Israel’s DM Ehud Barak announced that the siege of Gaza is working: Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday said that Israel has identified signs of distress coming from Hamas. According to the defense minister, some 70 Hamas fighters have been … Continue reading

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State Dept. clueless on terrorism

Bad enough the State Department has mandated the banning of jihad, jihadi, and Islamic terrorist. Now they’re trying to tell Israel that isolating Hamas has made it stronger. No, isolating Hamas without hunting down and killing its leadership has made … Continue reading

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Surprise: Tutu blames Israel

Desmond Tutu, having bypassed Israel by sneaking into Gaza via Egypt like the rest of the weapons used by Hamas, has finished his “investigation” into the deaths of Palestinians in Beit Hanoun. Of course, it was the usual by-the-book investigation, … Continue reading

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Justifying the prediction of the surgeon general

Bradley Burston in The Palestinians’ time is running out. You have justified every last claim and prediction of the Israeli right. Ponder that for a moment. Let me digress. Say that you hear tha a friend of yours, Smoky Joe, … Continue reading

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We know what’s best for you

Jeffrey Goldberg know what ails Israel and tells us in Israel’s America Problem: When I spoke to Mr. Olmert a few days after his meeting with the Conference of Presidents, he made only brief mention of his Diaspora antagonists; he … Continue reading

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Her name was Shuli Katz

The woman killed by a kassam rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the terrorist group that Sami al-Arian was convicted of raising money for, has a name: Shuli Katz. She leaves behind her 90-year-old mother. Her mother is in a … Continue reading

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Hamas: No fuel for hospitals, plenty for rockets

Why Gaza has no fuel: A Kassam rocked fired from the northern Gaza Strip hit a mini-market in central Sderot Sunday afternoon. Fortunately, the rocket did not break through the roof of the building, though five people at the scene … Continue reading

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The double standard: Israeli and Palestinian casualties

It’s astonishing—or perhaps not—how often the words “youths” and “children” are used when describing Palestinian casualties, civilian or otherwise. A 19-year-old Palestinian injured in battle with the IDF is often called a “youth,” even if the 19-year-old was actually working … Continue reading

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Meanwhile, in more truce news

Let’s take a look at how the “truce” is going, shall we? Mortars: Check. Two residents of the western Negev neighborhood of Netiv Ha’asara were lightly wounded Tuesday morning by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip. The two were taken … Continue reading

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It’s hard to be humble

AP publishes a press release for Hamas: Exiled leader: Hamas might is ‘humble’. Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday at his office in Damascus that Hamas’ military capacity is “humble.””The enemy is exaggerating it in an … Continue reading

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