06/30 Links Pt1: Why Flotillas Sail to Gaza, Not Syria; London Nazi Rally...
From Ian:Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians: Why Salam Fayyad Lacks Popular SupportIt is no secret that several senior Palestinian officials see themselves as potential successors to Abbas. Like his...
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What “Great Robbery”? Librarians Not Playing by the Book (Daphne Anson)
Back in the day, the American Library Association (ALA) concerned itself exclusively with such issues as librarians’ pay and conditions, actual and attempted censorship of materials held by or...
View ArticleWhat the US has thrown under the bus to get a bad deal with Iran
The Wall Street Journal reported:Iran secretly passed to the White House beginning in late 2009 the names of prisoners it wanted released from U.S. custody, part of a wish list to test President Barack...
View Article06/30 Links Pt2: Obama signs anti-BDS bill into law; IDF Appoints Special...
From Ian:Obama signs anti-BDS bill into lawAfter a grueling legislative battle, US President Barack Obama signed into law a controversial trade measure that also contains landmark legislation combating...
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White House gives moral support to boycotting Jews in Judea/Samaria
The State Department spokesman released this statement after President Obama signed the anti-BDS bill:The United States has worked in the three decades since signing the U.S.-Israel Free Trade...
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Hamas cell claims credit for murder spree
Arutz-7 reports:The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian terror group Hamas, has claimed responsibility for the shooting attack near Shvut Rachel on Monday night. Four Israeli civilians...
View ArticleHRW more biased against Israel than UNHRC report
As biased as the Davis report was against Israel, Human Rights Watch is worse.The first paragraph of HRW's description of the Davis report says:The commission appropriately highlighted the extensive...
View Article07/01 Links Pt1: Lawless Administration Won’t Enforce Law Against Israel...
From Ian:Eugene Kontorovich: New federal law fights European boycotts of IsraelIn plain English, this means U.S. courts cannot enforce judgements that doing business in or being based in the West Bank...
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Study: In Theory, Arab MKs Able To Represent Israeli Arabs, Not Palestinians...
Our weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page.Umm El-Fahm, July 1 - A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University say they have proven that at least...
View ArticleUNHRC report tried to justify Hamas firing rockets from civilian areas
The UNHRC Davis report wrote:473. International humanitarian law prescribes that parties to the conflict should take all feasible precautions to protect the civilian population and civilian objects...
View Article07/01 Links Pt2: Abbas Admits "Palestinian People" Don't Exist; Obama’s...
From Ian:Palestinian Authority Head Admits "Palestinian People" Don't ExistThe Palestinians are one of the more ridiculous historical hoaxes. If you believe the media, they're an ancient distinct...
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UNRWA releases new Gaza Pallywood propaganda film
Here is a brand new propaganda film from UNRWA:Why is it propaganda? Because every scene is staged not to reflect reality but to maximize fundraising.Gaza kids don't meet in the middle of the...
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Interesting Gaza fact hidden in a tragedy
Yesterday, 4-year old Hadeel Abu Salem Sbejh and her 3-year old sister Jana Omar Abu Sbejh drowned in a tragic accident in a swimming pool in the Maghazi "refugee" camp in the Gaza Strip.In other news...
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Multinational Sinai forces silent on the chaos around them
The Multinational Force and Observers group is tasked with keeping the peace between Israel and Egypt after the Camp David accords. As the Sinai explodes around them, they have been curiously...
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07/02 Links Pt1: Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children, dies at 106;...
From Ian:Nicholas Winton, savior of Jewish children, dies at 106Dubbed "Britain's Schindler," Winton almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, and kept quiet about...
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Michael Oren is tired of American Jews, and so am I (Vic Rosenthal)
Vic Rosenthal's weekly column:Rabbi Eric Yoffie is offended by Michael Oren, on behalf of (non-Orthodox) American Jews. These Jews, like America’s “first Jewish president,” turn out to be very easy to...
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"Obesity has become prevalent in the Gaza Strip"
I missed this Al Monitor story from a few months ago:Obesity has become prevalent in the Gaza Strip, as confirmed by the increasing demand on dietitians. Ata Qaisi, health care consultant and owner of...
View Article07/02 Links Pt2: Haaretz Editor Urges Boycott of all of Israel; Flotilla...
From Ian:Haaretz Editor Urges Boycott, Collective Punishment of IsraelisNot satisfied with demanding that the world boycott goods from Judea and Samaria, Ha'aretz op-ed writer Roy Isacowitz is now...
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Israel now more allied with Egypt than America is
From Times of Israel:Israel has been giving the Egyptian military a free hand to operate in northern Sinai against local jihadist groups, voluntarily ignoring an annex to the 1979 Camp David Peace...
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How the IDF decides on a target (and why @HRW and @UN_HRC and @Amnesty are...
Haaretz has a an accidentally excellent article with a terrible headline and perspective that describes the checks and balances that go into the IDF's decision to bomb a house.The headline is "After...
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