Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Ms. Magazine refuses to publish ad about Israel’s most powerful women

The magazine co-founded by Gloria Steinem doesn’t seem to like Jews when they’re Israeli Jews. Or at least, that’s the impression they’re giving after rejecting an ad for Israel that the AJC wanted to place. The magazine has turned down … Continue reading

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Impediments to peace

President Bush told Reuters (which then trumpeted the line as a headline) that Israeli settlement building is an “impediment” to peace. US President George W. Bush on Thursday called Israeli settlement expansion an “impediment” to the success of revived peace … Continue reading

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The UNnecessary world body

I think the UN long ago outlived its purpose. Has it prevented any wars? Stopped any genocides? Stopped rogue nations from developing nuclear weapons? Really, has it done much other than send its peacekeepers out to rape little girls (and … Continue reading

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Egypt on border smuggling: Blame the Israel Lobby

The IDF has videotape of Egyptian border guards either turning a blind eye to the smuggling between Egypt and Gaza, or actively aiding and abetting it. The tape has been given to members of the Pentagon. It was not supplied … Continue reading

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Everything is Israel’s fault

Really. It’s all Israel’s fault that the gas deal fell through. Palestinian gas project ‘is wrecked by Israel’ An offshore gas project in the Mediterranean, which could have earned desperately needed revenue for the Palestinian economy, is in ruins after … Continue reading

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The peace talks in “discord”—because of Israel, mostly

The world media spins against Israel yet again. And of course, here’s how it works. A barrage of rockets into Israel on the morning of the peace talks comes fifteen paragraphs into the main AP story released a few minutes … Continue reading

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Familar unproductive editorial

The editors of the NYT are all for Starting the peace process Israelis and Palestinians are supposed to begin serious negotiations tomorrow after last month’s long-on-optics, short-on-specifics Annapolis peace meeting. Despite all the smiles and handshakes, both sides went home … Continue reading

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Not helpful

I love this. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon slammed on Thursday Israel’s plan to build more than 300 new homes in an East Jerusalem neighborhood.”This new tender for 300 new homes in eastern Jerusalem, so soon after the Annapolis Middle … Continue reading

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Jackson’s cagey

Jackson Diehl writes in today’s Fuses in Gaza The Islamic Hamas movement, which won the 2006 legislative elections and took sole control of Gaza in June, spent the week of Annapolis quietly doing what it has been doing every week … Continue reading

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Annapolis: The spin is in

And so it turns out that Annapolis has achieved just about nothing. Well, except cause more media outlets, pundits, and world leaders to put the lion’s share of the blame for any failure on Israel. Reuters has a roundup of … Continue reading

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Israeli-Arab MK: Israel has no say over Temple Mount

The true Fifth Column in Israel: An Israeli Arab member of the Knesset (yeah, that apartheid Israel, they have Arab members of Israel’s version of Congress) says that Israel has no legal jurisdiction over the Temple Mount. The digs, replied … Continue reading

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Terrorist vs. terrorist

Hamas killed seven and wounded 85 in a rally for Yasser Arafat yesterday. Today, they’re making mass arrests. Yeah, that freedom that they promised the Palestinians? Not seeing it yet. Hamas security forces moved swiftly against their Fatah rivals in … Continue reading

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Moral equivalence from the Economist

I know, it’s a shock. But the Economist is talking about religion, and I’ve seen several moral-equivalence raps at Israel. This is the most egregious so far: Many of the most ardent fanatics live far away from the Holy Land. … Continue reading

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Gaza switch-off and armchair generals

Seth Freedman has, in his endearingly provocative manner, slapped together another piece for CiF. As in most of his other articles, the recipe was simple: take one side of the Israeli/Palestinian strife, ignore all that is not black and white … Continue reading

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Rotten to …

In “The Mideast Core” The editors of the Washington Post argue Ms. Rice should also discourage Israel from intensifying the ongoing conflict with Hamas-ruled Gaza by shutting off its electricity and fuel supplies. It’s hardly possible that Mr. Olmert will … Continue reading

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