Israel hates Christmas? Not quite.
On Friday I showed that an article in the Independent, by Mira Bar Hillel, was filled with lies and misinformation.She pretended that Israelis wanted to ban Christmas trees, based on a year-old news...
View Article12/21 Links: The Left against Zion, Mossad trained Mandela, NSA Targeted...
From Ian:Caroline Glick: The Left against ZionThe rejection of Israel is not a natural component of leftist dogma. It’s just that for the past decade, the smart money and the rising power on the Left...
View ArticleHead of HRW partner organization labeled a terrorist by Treasury Dept
Last week, the US Treasury Department added two people to their terrorist list:The U.S. Department of Treasury today imposed sanctions on two al-Qa'ida supporters based in Qatar and Yemen. Abd...
View ArticleNew meme: "Takfiri-Zionists"
We've seen before that Hezbollah likes to pretend that the Islamist Sunni groups fighting it in Syria are allied with Israel, but this latest pronouncement from them looks like they are trying to start...
View ArticleThe West keeps pretending that Arabs will drop "right of return"
Al Quds has an article that should be required reading for Western diplomats written by former senior PLO diplomat Ali Kazak.The Kazak mentions how John Kerry has reportedly told Israel that "Israel is...
View Article12/22 Links: ASA threaten legal action against Critics, Arab League rejects...
From Ian:Anti-Israel academic boycotters threaten legal action against opponentsIn seeking to make Israel a pariah, the ASA anti-Israel boycotters have made themselves pariahs in American civil society...
View ArticleBDS darlings The Pixies wil play in Tel Aviv
One of the rock bands that Israel boycotters love to pretend supports their cause is The Pixies.For example, this recent Mondoweiss article was critical of a Variety article on BDS because it only...
View ArticleArab League announces commission to investigate Arafat's "assassination"
Palestine Press Agency reports that the Arab League, in a special session Saturday night decided to form an "international investigation committee to uncover the truth of the facts relating to the...
View Article"Damming" evidence of Hamas and Iranian lies
Both Iran's FARS News and Hamas' Al Qassam Brigades website report:UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued a report detailing the winter storm's impacts on the occupied...
View ArticleAbbas - the "leader" who cannot make a decision
Ma'an reports:US Secretary of state John Kerry will present Palestinian and Israeli leaders with a framework peace agreement by the end of the month, an Arab League official said. Mohammad Sbeih,...
View ArticleThe annual Israel-bashing Christmas articles are here
From AFP:After a decade of unrest, Bethlehem has seen a surge in visits to Christ's traditional birthplace, raising hopes of a tourism bonanza in the West Bank town despite Israel's separation...
View ArticleHamas rocket lands in Egyptian territory
Arabic media are reporting that a rocket from Gaza landed in the sea off of Rafah's Egyptian coast on Sunday afternoon.The rocket exploded some 300 meters from the coast.Egyptian sources said that...
View Article12/23 Links Part 1: Israel Bomb Attack Thwarted by Vigilant Bus Driver,...
From Ian:Mainstreaming anti-IsraelismThe New York Times, the mainstream voice of the American Left, published two articles this week on a boycott resolution passed by a little-known academic group --...
View ArticleArab League official emphasizes that there can be no peace without destroying...
Mohammed Sabih, deputy secretary general for Palestinian affairs in the Arab League, went on an anti-Israel rant, stating that Israel is aggressively attacking Palestinian Arabs, it is digging tunnels...
View Article12/23 Links Part 2: HR's 2013 Dishonest Reporting Awards, The Guardian mourns...
From Ian:The 2013 Dishonest Reporting AwardsWith the world watching Syria, Egypt, and Iran so closely in 2013, Israel was relatively less of a lightning rod for the international media.Still,...
View ArticleI always knew the UN had an aroma
UN vehicles can be seen all over Israel. Here are two in front of an Aroma coffee house.
View Article33 reportedly killed in Lebanon; media yawns
From The Daily Star (Lebanon):At least 32 Nusra Front gunmen were killed in east Lebanon in a weekend ambush sprung by Hezbollah fighters, a senior security source said Monday, adding that a member of...
View ArticleArab media loves self-hating Jews
Whenever a Jew makes news for his or her anti-Zionist or antisemitic beliefs, the Arab media happily publishes it.In only the last day:A columnist in Al Ayam praises antisemite Uri Avnery for his...
View ArticleIsrael: the Partner-Up Nation?
From Forbes:The truth is that to become the #2 startup ecosystem in the world after Silicon Valley, it’s taken a complicated calculus of educational, societal, and entrepreneurial influences to make...
View ArticleWhat does Jesus have in common with Palestinian Arab terrorists?
AP reports that PA president Mahmoud Abbas has referred to Jesus as a "Palestinian" messenger of hope.This puts Jesus in interesting company.Abbas also recently honored Abu Jihad, responsible for 125...
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