03/25 Links Pt2: Anti-Semitism in Europe akin to 1930s; Tuvia Tenenborm:...
From Ian:Ron Lauder: Anti-Semitism in Europe akin to 1930sA prominent Jewish figure urged the United States on Tuesday to beware of surging anti-Semitism in Europe and warned that seven decades after...
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American Library Association partners with UAE book fair that doesn't like Jews
From the American Library Association:What fun!Only a couple of problems.One is this:The Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) in the United Arab Emirates, which reportedly attracted 1 million...
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New Amnesty report minimizes Hamas war crimes - and bashes Israel
As happens after every Gaza war, Amnesty International released a single report about Hamas among its multiple anti-Israel reports to maintain the pretense of objectivity.But even in this report, which...
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UN OCHA again proves it doesn't care about the truth
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has released its 2014 report on the "occupied Palestinian territories." And it proves yet again why the UN cannot be trusted to tell the...
View Article03/26 Links Pt1: Poll 68% of Palestinians support rocket fire against Israel;...
From Ian:Documentary Exposes Hamas Indoctrination, Training of Child SoldiersDeputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad confirmed that Hamas brainwashes Palestinian society to glorify terrorist attacks,...
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White House caving to Iran in negotiations, again (UPDATE: And again)
From the WSJ:Talks over Iran’s nuclear program have hit a stumbling block a week before a key deadline because Tehran has failed to cooperate with a United Nations probe into whether it tried to build...
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Obama's contempt offensive (Vic Rosenthal)
Vic Rosenthal's weekly column:Under Mr. Obama, friends are enemies, denial is wisdom, capitulation is victory — Bret Stephens, paraphrasing George Orwell, Wall St. JournalSince the election victory of...
View Article03/26 Links Pt2: PA TV: Goal is "to boycott Israeli products and fight the...
From Ian:Brainwashed in Berlin At a book opening in Jerusalem to promote his recently translated Catch the Jew, Tuvia Tenenbom spoke about how he came to write his book and his experiences as “Toby the...
View ArticleWalking down J-Street (part 4)
The final report from Messy57 ((parts 1, 2, 3)On the last day of the conference, I started out with a panel on “What’s Next for the Palestinians Leadership?” Which sounded like a very interesting one,...
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Arab allies reportedly killing civilians in Yemen airstrikes
From AFP:At least 39 civilians have been killed in more than 24 hours of Saudi-led air strikes against Shiite rebels in Yemen, health ministry officials said on Friday.Twelve of the victims were killed...
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J-Street speaker calls for destruction of Israel - to applause (update)
Here is Marcia Freedman, in a J-Street panel discussion on Liberal Zionism and sitting next to Peter Beinart, describing how she believes that the Jewish people should not have a state, and that...
View ArticleYes, @Amnesty, Hamas used human shields by EVERY definition
The Amnesty report I mentioned yesterday referenced the IDF document "Violations of the Law of Armed Conflict, War Crimes, andCrimes Against Humanity Committed by Hamas and OtherTerrorist Organisations...
View Article03/27 Links Pt1: Managing Obama’s war against Israel; Reassessing the Two...
From Ian:Caroline Glick: Managing Obama’s war against IsraelOn Wednesday, the Jerusalem Municipality announced it is shelving plans to build 1,500 apartments in the Har Homa neighborhood. Officials...
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Do states really have to be contiguous?
Whenever anyone tells you that territorial contiguity is a requirement for viability of a governed area, you can do one of two things:1) Refer to one of my favorite sarcastic infographics.2) Have them...
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"Methuselah" date palm from 2000 year old seed has a "child"
When Methuselah was very young*From National Geographic:A male date palm tree named Methuselah that sprouted from a 2,000-year-old seed nearly a decade ago is thriving today, according to the Israeli...
View Article03/27 Links Pt2: UN Bookshop stocks anti-Semitic books; The J Street...
From Ian:UN Watch: World body urged to investigate anti-Jewish books in U.N. BookshopUN Watch is deeply concerned by the highly suspect selection of books featured in the United Nations Bookshop, and...
View Article03/28 Links: We don't need another failure; Prosor: 'Break silence' on...
From Ian:Ben-Dror Yemini: We don't need another failureGiven the upheaval in the Arab world, Obama needs to ask himself why he thinks a Palestinian state is viable right now; meanwhile, Israel's right...
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Virginia State Bar boycotts Israel
All members of the Virginian State Bar received this email early this morning:Dear Fellow Members of the Virginia State Bar,Certain members of the Virginia State Bar and other individuals have...
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Palestinians accuse religious Jews of uprooting olive trees - on Shabbat
From Ma'an:Israeli settlers on Saturday destroyed more than 1,000 olive trees near the village of al-Shuyukh north of Hebron, in the third such attack on the villagers' livelihood in recent...
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Cash strapped PA spent $100K at 5-star hotel in Gaza
Felesteen reports that last weekend PA prime minister Rami Hamdallah spent two days in Gaza along with an entourage - and that they weren't exactly parsimonious.According to the article quoting PA...
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