RyanAir's route map eliminates border between Israel and Jordan
RyanAir is a low-cost Irish airline. While it doesn't serve the Middle East, it shows a route map that includes the countries of the region.The colors are a little muted so it is hard to see the...
View ArticleThe convergence of the idiots
Egypt's El Badil newspaper regularly quotes fringe Western websites for "news." They will write articles based on "reporting" from sites like Global Research on bizarre conspiracy theories.One of their...
View Article01/26 Links Pt1: Rouhani Involved in AMIA Bombing Decision; Journalist who...
From Ian:Argentine Prosecutor: Rouhani Involved in AMIA Bombing DecisionNisman, who was found shot in the head in his apartment just hours before he was scheduled to provide testimony against Argentine...
View ArticleObama campaign experts in Israel to defeat Bibi
From IMRA:Haaretz reporter Roi Arad revealed in an article in the Hebrew edition today that the foreign funded organization, “One Voice”, is bankrolling the V-2015 campaign to defeat Binyamin...
View ArticlePressTV publishes satirical "news" that Obama unfriended Bibi on Facebook
Iran's PressTV believed an article published on the satirical site The Israeli Daily:Unfortunately, PressTV realized the mistake when people started making fun of them on Twitter and took it down.
View Article01/26 Links Pt2: Netanyahu presented with emergency plan to absorb 120,000...
From Ian:Netanyahu presented with emergency plan to absorb 120,000 French JewsIndicating displeasure with Israel’s immigration promotion and absorption strategy, the Jewish People Policy Institute last...
View ArticleGang must have been suffering from Islamophobia when they went "Jew bashing"
Sultan, smiling about his "Jew-bashing"From The Daily Mail:An Orthodox Jew was beaten up by a gang of teenagers who said the attack was a protest ‘about the Palestinians and the Jewish community’, a...
View ArticleUNRWA suspends Gaza reconstruction for lack of funds. Here's why there's no...
From AFP:The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday that it cannot afford to repair Gaza homes damaged in last year's war with Israel because donors have failed to pay."The agency has...
View ArticleHow would Arabs treat Jewish rights to visit their holy sites under their...
If you ask J-Street or One Voice or John Kerry or any EU diplomat what a peace treaty would look like, the would all agree with the basic outline of Israel giving up almost all of the territory across...
View ArticleNew antisemitism report from France is shocking
In France, a Jew is nearly 50 times as likely to be the victim of racist violence as a Muslim, according to a new report.France's Jewish Community Security Service has just released their report on...
View Article01/27 Links Pt1: Dwindling group of survivors mark Auschwitz 70 years on;...
From Ian:Dwindling group of survivors to mark Auschwitz 70 years onA decade ago, 1,500 Holocaust survivors traveled to Auschwitz to mark the 60th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. On Tuesday,...
View ArticleHasby Award - Best Blog
The most anticipated Hasby Award is for Best Blog, and there were a lot of nominations:Israel MatzavThis Ongoing WarJews Down UnderPro-Israel Bay Bloggers5 Minutes for IsraelIsraelSeenThomas...
View ArticleIt's official: BDSers are the dumbest and sickest people on the planet
Everyone knows what a sabra is. As Wikipedia explains:Sabra is an informal term that refers to Israeli Jews born in Israel. The term first appeared in the 1930s to refer to a Jew who had been born in...
View Article01/27 Links Pt2: The Delirium of Anti-Zionism; Hamas: Give Us Money Or We'll...
From Ian:The Delirium of Anti-ZionismIn 1975, when the UN infamously declared that Zionism is a form of racism, Daniel Patrick Moynihan defiantly stood before the General Assembly and informed the...
View ArticleNever again, Obama-style (ElderToon)
Here was President Obama's statement for Holocaust Rememberance Day:On the tenth International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the American...
View ArticleThe Fatah Intrafada
The split between Fatah members loyal to former Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan and those loyal to Mahmoud Abbas it turning even more violent.From JPost on Monday:Hamas warned on Monday that it wouldn’t...
View ArticleBDSers are panicked by a tiny interfaith program
In all the time I've been watching Israel haters, I've never seen a group as panicked as BDSers are now.What is scaring them? Well, let Ali Abunimah of Electronic Intifada tell you:The largest...
View ArticleOutstanding speech by Matti Friedman
Matti Friedman, former AP journalist, spoke at a BICOM dinner in London on January 26. His speech is an absolute must-read. (h/t Alex)One night several years ago, I came out of Bethlehem after a...
View Article01/28 Links Pt1: Two soldiers killed, 7 hurt in attack on Lebanon border; IDF...
From Ian:Two soldiers killed, 7 hurt in attack on Lebanon borderTwo soldiers were killed Wednesday when an Israeli army patrol came under anti-tank fire from Hezbollah operatives in the northern Mount...
View ArticleEgypt Bans Dying During Protests (PreOccupied Territory)
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page.Cairo, January 28 - Renewed civil unrest over the last week has prompted an Egyptian government concerned...
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