Category Archives: Israeli Double Standard Time

Roger Cohen: a man who rarely misses an opportunity to miss a point

A person is rarely a master of his associative thinking. At least I am not in control of my own wild and willful one. Why is that each time I see the picture of Roger Cohen, the venerable columnist of … Continue reading

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Syria and the UN Human Rights Council

The UN Human Rights Council is holding a special session on Syria. Whoa—did the UN suddenly get a conscience? Nope. The request, filed by the United States, was jointly submitted by 10 European states, as well as Japan, Mexico, South … Continue reading

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Happy 10th

I have written before about my evolution as a blogger. But that was mostly a history of the media I used. Not the activism I practiced. I guess it started in 1987, when I got my first letter to the … Continue reading

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Wednesday not-yet-sick-of-matza briefs

Because it didn’t work, that’s why: Mahmoud Abbas says he won’t go for another armed intifada. Not because it would be wrong. But because it failed spectacularly, causing Israel to re-occupy the areas of the West Bank that were under … Continue reading

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When a war crime is not a war crime

The charge of “war crime” is thrown endlessly at Israel, to the point that the Goldstone Report was commissioned and issued by the United Nations Human Rights Committee. It dealt with supposed war crimes by Israel, yet did not once … Continue reading

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A Laser Guided War Crime

There are no few arguing this morning about whether or not Hamas should have known that the yellow bus that it fired upon yesterday was a school bus. Yellow is the color of school buses in the United States and … Continue reading

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My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg

I have been more than a bit infuriated by the left’s reaction to Richard Goldstone’s statement that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during Operation Cast Lead. In fact, I wrote two articles about it for We Are For Israel. … Continue reading

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Ammiel Hirsch’s Response to Peter Beinart at the CCAR Convention

At the CCAR Convention in New Orleans this past week, Peter Beinart and Ammiel Hirsch spoke about Israel advocacy. Ammiel Hirsch’s response to Beinart is simply one of the best responses to him and those who agree with his positions … Continue reading

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Richard Goldstone’s not-mea culpa in the WaPo

Shorter Richard Goldstone: Oops, maybe Israel didn’t commit war crimes after all, but it’s their fault my report sucked because they wouldn’t cooperate with me. Oh, and you know, those Hamas guys may be war criminals. By the way, this … Continue reading

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The UK: Hey, let’s demonize Israel on human rights!

There are human rights violators, and then there is Israel. The U.K. Foreign office has released its report on the world’s 26 worst human rights violators. Here’s the intro: This section of the report refers to the 26 countries where … Continue reading

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The UN condemnation shell game

What did UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon say when the Fogel family were butchered in their sleep? The Secretary-General condemns last night’s shocking murder of an Israeli family of five, including three children, in a West Bank settlement. He calls … Continue reading

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Sunday news briefs

Smart power! The PA is saying that the U.S. should be “ashamed” of vetoing the settlement resolution. Imagine, if you will, the outrage that would spew if an Israeli official—even anonymously—said the U.S. should be ashamed for anything regarding Israel. … Continue reading

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Purim Katan – The Threat of The Mob

Everywhere in the world today, minorities are under threat. Some of you, no–many of you, would note, “They always are.” Yet, the truth is that such threats are relative and today, I am concerned. Americans believe that power is derived … Continue reading

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Wednesday news round-up

Fleeing the sinking ship: The first wave of Egyptian refugees has reached Europe. Human rights organizations finally picking on someone besides Israel: I guess when you start hanging people whose only crime was protesting the despotic government, even HRW and … Continue reading

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Thursday news round-up

Um, so what? Ha’aretz profiles a book that says Jews fighting for the state of Israel hid their weapons in “immoral” places, such as—well, I’m not sure. Because the article doesn’t exactly state explicitly where these caches were, except for … Continue reading

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