Category Archives: palestinian politics

Snarky, briefly

J-Street Blues: World’s smallest violin concerto for Jeremy Ben-Ami, the anti-Israel pro-Israel guy who can’t get Michael Oren or anyone in the Netanyahu administration to give him the time of day. Hm, let’s think. It’s a supposed pro-Israel lobbying group … Continue reading

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Friday snarkly

NObama: Looks like the Palestinians aren’t going to take Obama’s suggestion and get back to the negotiating table anytime soon. I like how they no longer insist that all settlement activity be frozen first—they don’t dare add a precondition for … Continue reading

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Risks for peace? Only from the Israelis

President Obama is in a hurry again. “Simply put, it is past time to talk about starting negotiations. It is time to move forward,” Obama told reporters before a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading

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Briefly

Germans to Israel: Shut up if you want Gilad Shalit to come home. To be fair, he wants all parties involved to shut up, but really—this is what the mediator thinks is a necessary ingredient to getting Hamas to release … Continue reading

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Tuesday SNB

Still more dividends from the Obama speech: A Palestinian minister met with an Israeli minister last week, but that will be the last of talking until Obama forces Abbas to sit down with Netanyahu. Becauase now the Palestinians are refusing … Continue reading

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Analyzing the AP anti-Israel bias

The subtleties of the AP anti-Israel bias are always in evidence, no matter who the writer, no matter what the subject. Witness: The gist of the article is a debate between Israeli president and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres, and … Continue reading

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Palis smell blood in the water, circle

Not satisfied with declaring at the Fatah congress that they were going to wait for Obama to pressure Israel into full compliance with their demands (and that was on top of telling the Washington Post that they were going to … Continue reading

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Friday SNB

There’s only time for Snark News Briefs this morning. Soldiers won’t eat in front of Palestinians: That headline does not mean what you think it means. No, it’s not another damning report from another European-funded, Palestinian-staffed NGO about how IDF … Continue reading

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When the moderate met the mass killer

A few months ago, a Washington Post editorial commented on the embrace of the Sudan’s leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir. In particular the editorial observed: “We must also take a decisive stance of solidarity alongside fraternal Sudan and President Omar al-Bashir,” … Continue reading

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Palestinian refugee creates Obama Joker poster

A reader of Glenn Reynolds points out that the artist who created the Obama Joker poster is a Palestinian-American. I would note further that he is a Palestinian refugee, as defined by the United Nations. Under UNRWA’s operational definition, Palestine … Continue reading

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Palestinian civilians killed in fighting in Gaza, world ignores it

Did you know there was a big battle in Rafah, near the Egyptian border? Did you also know that it took place in a mosque and a home? Did you further know that civilians were killed in the crossfire? Of … Continue reading

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Cynical misery

Often those of us who support Israel claim that the Palestinian issue is one that was created and maintained by the Arab world in order to have a weapon against Israel. A few weeks ago, Daniel Pipes linked to a … Continue reading

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Where “liquidate” means “living side by side peacefully”

Back on August 30, 1993 Clyde Haberman of the New York Times reported the significant change that the PLO was going to undergo: Another important step is that the P.L.O. is to renounce terrorism, according to some officials. But they … Continue reading

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Monday SNB

Funny how the AP keeps on missing these tidbits: Fatah has approved adding “the right to resist occupation in all its forms” to its new platform. (This is on top of insising that all of Jerusalem is theirs.) They further … Continue reading

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Fatah to Israel: All your Jerusalem are belong to us

If anyone had any doubt that the Palestinian Authority has never given up on “reclaiming” all of “Palestine,” this current Fatah assembly declaration should shine a little light into their true intent towards Israel. The sixth Fatah General Assembly decreed … Continue reading

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