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Putting the sob story in context
The New York Times has a long, sad story about children killed in Gaza. As the first few paragraphs are framed, not only should your heart be wrenched at the children’s death (which is always a...
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The military solution works
I would have missed this entirely if Patrick, my favorite Paragraph Farmer, hadn’t brought it to my attention. It spells out good news for Israel and reveals an important lesson for Americans: The...
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There’s an ugly irony here
A Palestinian human rights group is complaining about major abuses against Palestinian civilians. The malfeasors stand accused of “extra-judicial and willful killings and shooting at combatants and...
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Here’s how the story could have been reported, Part II
A few months ago, I took umbrage at a BBC news story that reported that Israel killed Palestinian children and only saw fit to mention, in the 5th and 6th paragraphs, that the children were fiddling...
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Random thoughts about Annapolis
Regarding Annapolis, I’ve had little to say. I feel as if I’m watching a car accident in slow motion, horrified by the spectacle, but helpless to do anything. I do have one hope, though, and one...
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Footage of Jewish history
Here you will find amazing film clips from almost one hundred years of 20th Century Jewish history, including images and testimony from Eichmann’s trial. It is a reminder that, while the Jews wanted...
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George Bush may well be right
Although I think he’s fallen into the stupidity trap that plagues all American presidents who get embroiled in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I actually don’t doubt the possibility that Bush will...
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The crystal ball was accurate once again
Here’s what I wrote yesterday: Laer does a fantastic post about Israel’s decision to cut of power to Gaza. I would be more impressed if it weren’t for the fact that I know that, in a day or two, when...
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What happens when the OTHER wall breaks
You and I never lost track of the fact that, even as Israel was being castigated for building a wall between herself and those who would blow her up, Egypt sat complacently behind a wall separating...
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Try a little tenderness . . . but only if you have a death wish *UPDATED*
A repeated thread in the comments lately has been the claim that the reason the terrorists are mean to us is because we’re mean to them. If we behaved more “morally,” they would inevitably yield to our...
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Although it’s been open for more than a year now, I went for the first time today to the newly rebuilt California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. My visit there was an interesting contrast to...
View ArticlePalestinian corruption — on your dime *UPDATED*
I’m sorry I didn’t blog today. I have a half finished post on my screen, but can’t seem to get it entirely finished. Sometimes, when that happens, I just abandon the idea and move on to other things,...
View ArticlePalestinians alone
Something is deeply wrong at the New York Times. I think that, perhaps, someone sensible slipped into their offices in the dark of night and published Efraim Karsh’s op-ed about the Palestinians, and...
View ArticleBoycott, Divestment, Sanctions = the death of Israel
If you ever hear about the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” movement (BDS), do not fall for the advertised claims that it is about peace. It is intended to destroy Israel and is actively hostile to...
View ArticleReality checking Tom Friedman on the Middle East
I really shouldn’t pick on Tom Friedman. If he was the average idiot holding forth in a bar or living room, I probably wouldn’t. But this average idiot has a forum — the New York Times — that gives...
View ArticleNo sex for terrorists *UPDATED*
I spoke this weekend to a law enforcement agent who works in domestic counter terrorism. He said what we all know: one of the ways in which Islamic radicals recruit previously apathetic young men is...
View ArticleYouTube shuts down Palestinian Media Watch
YouTube decided to shut down the Palestinian Media Watch (“PMW”) account, because it shows heinous and disgusting videos. The problem with YouTube’s decision is that PMW doesn’t create these heinous...
View ArticleLiberals — lording it over lesser beings *UPDATED*
If there is one defining characteristic of liberals, it is their sense that they are better than everyone else. Nowhere was that more explicitly illustrated than in Ron Schiller’s comments: In my...
View ArticleStatistical help wanted
On Facebook, I linked to Bret Stephens’ article about the slaughter of the Fogel family in Israel (which is behind a pay wall). In it, Stephens says that we in the West have essentially dehumanized...
View ArticleTerrible news out of Jerusalem
The world’s useful idiots never get it. Israel targets Palestinian soldiers, and is terribly troubled when she inadvertently kills the civilians amongst whom the fighters hide. The Palestinians...
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