09/15 Links Pt2: Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism; Briton encouraged Arab armies...
From Ian:Ben-Dror Yemini: Anti-Zionism is anti-SemitismWe have yet to witness a military campaign devoid of anomalies, and Operation Protective Edge was no different. Rule of law presides in Israel,...
View ArticleEgyptian military expert says Judaism is not a religion but a system of theft
Albawabh News reports that Egyptian general Muhammad Ghabari, head of a military academy, has pronounced Judaism to be nothing more than a scheme for looting..Ghabari said that Judaism is not...
View ArticleKen Roth uses "antisemite" straw man to avoid answering critics. Time to grow...
This interview with Human Rights Watch's Ken Roth on Dutch TV reveals how Roth avoids answering the many substantial, provable criticisms of his clear anti-Israel bias.He simply claims that all his...
View ArticleEvidence mounts of child terrorists in Gaza, but no one reports it
Here is part of a Harvard Medical School podcast with plastic surgeon Sumner Slavin who, after spending time in the Middle East, started a fellowship program to teach plastic surgeons from the region...
View ArticleSynagogue in Brussels burned
Arutz-7 reports:A fire broke out in a synagogue in the Belgian capitals of Brussels Tuesday, in what appears to be a "criminal" act, according to reports.Belgian daily La Dernière Heure said that...
View Article09/16 Links Pt1: Obama's self-defeating fight; Iron Dome: Israel ends the...
From Ian:Caroline Glick: Obama's self-defeating fightAfter a week of talks and shuttle diplomacy, aside from Australia, no one has committed forces. Germany, Britain and France have either refused to...
View ArticleToday's fake Gaza "civilian"
Islamic Jihad's Al Quds Brigades has a long obituary for Ahmed Mohammed al-Majadia today, quoting his parents about Ahmed's love of jihad and his deep desire to become a martyr. His brother Mohammed...
View ArticleThose storming Jews!
I haven't been covering it lately, but there are daily articles in Arab media - not only from the Palestinians, but from Jordan and Egypt and the Gulf nations as well - decrying how Jews are "storming"...
View Article09/16 Links Pt2: War of Principles; Europe's Pro-Gaza Movement Cultivates...
From Ian:Alan Dershowitz: War of Principles: Fighting ISIS, other terrorist groups under democracy’s rule of lawWhen democracies seek to protect their citizens against new threats posed by terrorist...
View ArticleNo details on deal to allow building materials into Gaza
A deal was signed, but how exactly it would work is not being divulged.Probably because it is nearly impossible to stop Hamas from diverting cement to build tunnels.From the NYT:Momentum for the...
View ArticleFormer AP reporter follows up on anti-Israel bias in the media
Matti Friedman, who wrote a hugely important expose of how AP and the rest of the mainstream media reports from the Middle East, has written a followup article in Tablet. He discusses the positive...
View ArticleHamas profiting from "Gaza charities" - and from Gazans fleeing to Europe
Palestine Press Agency reports that Hamas gets a cut from the Gazans who are desperate to flee Gaza to try to migrate to Europe.According to their sources (which is in all likelihood Fatah) Hamas takes...
View ArticleAnother day, another Arab blood libel
From MEMRI:Following are excerpts from an interview with former Jordanian MP Sheik Abd Al-Mun'im Abu Zant, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on September 7, 2014:Abd Al-Muni'm Abu Zant: We have to understand...
View Article09/17 Links Pt1: What Does Hamas Really Want? Peace Negotiator Martin Indyk...
From Ian:Elliott Abrams: UNDOF fledAfter 40 years, the U.N. forces meant to separate Israel and Syria have fled their posts -- fled into Israel, for safety. International forces in the West Bank are an...
View ArticleHuman Rights Council Votes To Exclude Beheading From Mandate (PreOccupied...
More from the humor site PreOccupied Territory. Check out their Facebook page.Geneva, September 17 - The United Nations body tasked with monitoring and addressing human rights violations around the...
View ArticleHow sick is the UNRWA school system? Ask Chris Gunness! (UPDATE)
Chris Gunness'opening sentences describing the new UNRWA school year in Gaza prove a lot more than he intends.The opening of the school year in Gaza this week was the most harrowing in living memory....
View Article09/17 Links Pt2: Ayaan Hirsi Ali Met With Standing Ovation At Yale; Germany’s...
From Ian:Ayaan Hirsi Ali Met With Standing Ovation At Yale UniversityDespite a dishonest attempt by Yale's Muslim Students Association to sabotage a scheduled lecture by women's rights activist Ayaan...
View ArticleSyria says UN proves Israel-Al Qaeda connection
The Syrian SANA "news" agency is always good for a laugh.Syrian patient in IsraelHere's a story they ran that got picked up by the crazy conspiracy site Global Research:The United Nations (UN) has...
View ArticleRelative of Dutch "righteous gentile" was a Hamas terrorist
Last month there was a major news story about a Yad Vashem Righteous Gentile who returned his award to Israel after the IDF bombed a house with his innocent relatives inside.As a front-page New York...
View ArticlePeter Beinart's arguments against BDS apply to the "moderate" Palestinians as...
In Haaretz, Peter Beinart is upset over a proposed resolution by the CUNY Doctoral Students Council to boycott Israel. Being a leftist Zionist critic of Israel, Beinart (who supports boycotting...
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