Category Archives: Lebanon

Naming and shaming the U.N.

This guy is my new hero: Phillip Ruch’s monument to Srebrenica is a huge jumble of worn shoes, more than 16,000 of them, each pair representing a victim of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II. Seen from afar it … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel media double standard

A few days ago, Israel released formerly classified photos that detailed Hezbollah weapons caches and soldiers nestled deeply within southern Lebanese civilian villages and towns. The world media dutifully passed along the information just as eagerly as they passed along … Continue reading

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The famous Hezbollah stance on freedom of the press

Hezbollah is really, really mad that CNN fired its Mideast editor for Tweeting praise of their recently dead spiritual leader. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah has denounced CNN’s decision to fire a Middle East editor for posting a note on Twitter … Continue reading

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Another Flotilla roundup

From Cyprus with love: Cyprus says it won’t allow the Hezballah Lebanese aid flotilla to dock in their port and then head out to Gaza. Gee, I wonder if Cyprus is on Israel’s side because Turkey has been occupying half … Continue reading

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It’s all in the translation

Awesome translation in a Ynet article today: It was also reported that an Israeli manless drone located Nasrallah near the Hezbollah security headquarters in the Dahiya quarter of south Beirut. A manless drone for the manless leader of Hezballah. Hey, … Continue reading

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Monday morning Israel scorecard

Hamas wins: The Islamists are gloating. Even Barry Rubin says that Hamas won this round. And Israel’s enemies are encouraged and emboldened by this victory. Watch for worse to come. Lebanon is back in the game: The Lebanese “aid” flotilla … Continue reading

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The Mariam: Hezballah’s false flag operation

Over the next few days, the media will dutifully repeat the lies of the organizers of the latest attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. They will tell you that the Mariam is just a ship full of simple … Continue reading

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Gaza Flotilla: One more news roundup

Fool me once: France’s foreign minister is volunteering the EU to inspect all ships heading into Gaza. I have two words for you, Mr. Kouchner: UNSC 1701. In case anyone forgot, the reason Israel left the buffer zone in Lebanon … Continue reading

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Friday forgot the header briefs

A failed assassination attempt, or sheer incompetence? Mahmoud Abbas drove his own daughter to the hospital after discovering his entire guard detail was missing. A third theory: It was a warning. And you simply have to love the nerve of … Continue reading

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Briefly, Just Another Day edition

Another day, another mortar attack. Another day, another bombing attack from Gaza. Another day, another arrest of more Palestinian terrorists—in the West Bank. Another day, another threat by a leader of Israel’s neighbor to make peace or else. Another day, … Continue reading

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Dreary Monday briefs

Another ship of fools heads to Israel: Yes, time to try to break the “siege” of Gaza again and get really angry when the IDF boards the ship and turns it around. But this time, they’re prepared! They’re having IDF-Boards-Our-Ship … Continue reading

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A treasure trove of terror

A few weeks after the Sbarro terror attack, the students at Hamas hotbed Al Najah University prepared a sick tribute to the attack. According to reports in the Israeli media and The Associated Press, the exhibition was comprised of a … Continue reading

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The super hurry up briefs

Wah! (Palestinians whining again.) Bah! (Who cares what Islamic fundamentalists think about Miss USA?) Hah! Iran thinks sanctions against it are barbaric. The irony of the homosexual-hanging, woman-stoning nation’s barbarism is keen today. Um—WHAT? The Obama administration is going to … Continue reading

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Happy Monday briefs

If Israel did this, there’s be ten UN resolutions about it: Hamas beat residents out of their own homes and then razed the buildings. Why? Because Hamas says the homes were built on land the Palestinians don’t own. Hm. Double … Continue reading

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What’s another word for ‘briefly’?

In any other country, he’d be tried for treason: So, when a Member of the Knesset calls for an Islamic caliphate to be established in Israel and says that Jews can “manage their own matters themselves,” this is not racist, … Continue reading

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