International law experts praise Israeli actions in Gaza war
From Just Security:A Legal and Operational Assessment of Israel’s Targeting PracticesBy Michael Schmitt and John MerriamIsrael has long resisted publicly revealing its targeting methods and even some...
View ArticleHezbollah media says Israelis going to Nepal only to save Israelis (UPDATE)
From Hezbollah's Al Manar:A 6.7-magnitude aftershock struck earthquake-devastated Nepal on Sunday, the USGS said, with climbers reporting the tremor triggered more avalanches on Mount Everest as the...
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Israeli NGO calls for FIFA to suspend Jibril Rajoub as head of Pal team
From Inside World Football:A rightwing Israeli non-governmental organisation has stepped up the propaganda war of words over the treatment of Palestinian footballers in the West Bank and Gaza by...
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Palestinians claim Jews stole shakshuka from them
Last week, Israeli UN ambassador Ron Prosor treated UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to shakshuka, from an Israeli Manhattan food truck called Shuka Truck.Naturally, this upset the perennially upset...
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NYT and WSJ headline bias, and the underlying anti-Arab racism of the media
Yesterday, the New York Times inverted cause and effect in its headline and reporting of terror attacks in Israel:Today, the Wall Street Journal claimed that Israel defending itself from bombs is...
View Article04/27 Links Pt1: A light unto the nations; IDF Activities in Nepal; Someone...
From Ian:A light unto the nationsIsrael's critics have tried, with some sophistication, to compare the monsters of the Third Reich who ravaged Europe to the IDF soldiers who are working tirelessly to...
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1955 was before 1967, wasn't it?
PA prime minister Rami Hamdallah spoke at the Asian-African Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. In his speech, he said that the independence of Palestine and gaining their freedom is the last...
View ArticleWhen you hate Israel, it can do nothing right
When you hate Israel, it can do nothing rightEvil Hasbara claimIsrael Derangement ResponseIsrael is tolerant towards gaysIsrael has some homophobes, and therefore really hates gays (Richard...
View Article04/27 Links Pt2: Bernard-Henri Lévy: New Wording is Making Antisemitism...
From Ian:French Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy Says ‘New Wording’ is Making Antisemitism ‘Acceptable’ AgainFrench philosopher and public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy told a New York audience on...
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Abbas also volunteers to help Nepal victims - with words
From the official PA Wafa news agency:President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday offered his condolences to President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, following the earthquake that hit...
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"Arab American News" publisher reveals his antisemitism
From The Arab American News coverage of an anti-Israel event:Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab American News, said it is vital to honor the victims....He praised the resistance as the sole protector...
View ArticleWhen "human rights" activists turn intolerant
Haaretz reports:A rights group in Israel is calling on the country’s medical association to forbid doctors from taking part in a Jerusalem women’s health event scheduled for Tuesday that is closed to...
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Canadian Muslim paper calls Jews terrorists
Meshwar is an Ontario-based free Arabic newspaper.Its April edition (p. 22) includes an article that describes Judaism as a terrorist religion, entitled "Jewish terrorism."The article, originally...
View Article04/28 Links Pt1: UN admits Hamas fired rockets from UNRWA schools; Nepal...
From Ian:UN Watch: Explosive: UN admits Palestinians fired rockets from UNRWA schoolsThe UN finally investigated the Palestinian storing of rockets in UNRWA schools and their use of the schools to...
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His Terrible Swift Blue Pencil (Daphne Anson)
December 1940. France had fallen six months earlier. The United States would stay wrapped in isolationism for another year. The British Empire stood alone against the Nazi barbarians.In Jerusalem,...
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Wits student leader says he loves Hitler
From the Wits Vuvuzela:Wits’ SRC president, Mcebo Dlamini caused controversy this weekend after he posted a Facebook status regarding whites and the state of Israel: “I love Adolf Hitler”. Following...
View Article04/28 Links Pt2: Anti-Zionism is racism; Why Is Pakistan More Legitimate than...
From Ian:Anti-Zionism is racismAnti-Zionism is anti-Semitism. Jew-hatred is not a result of the existence of Israel or of anything Israel does. The cause and result go the other way round. Israel is...
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After Hamas wins student elections, PA arrests Hamas students
I reported last week that Hamas had won student elections in Birzeit University, which had generally been pro-Fatah in recent years despite a strong Hamas presence.The PA apparently didn't think much...
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US reaction (and inaction) over Maersk Tigris sends a huge signal to Israel,...
Map depicting the MV Maersk Tigris’ original path toward the UAE and diversion after being intercepted by the IRGCN. (Source: marinetraffic.com)The best roundup of what happened yesterday in the...
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"Jews destroyed the Arab character of the Jewish Quarter" (NYT, 1971)
From the New York Times, May 29, 1971:It sounds ridiculous to claim that the Jewish Quarter had an "Arab character" after only 19 years, but isn't it equally ludicrous to characterize all of Jerusalem...
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