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Israeli PM in Favor of Making Things Easier for Terrorists

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

Arutz Sheva reported the following today: According to a report appearing in the British Daily Telegraph, during their White House meeting this week, US President George W. Bush called upon Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to authorize the entry of 1,500 armed PA (Palestinian Authority) security forces into autonomous areas throughout Judea and Samaria. This is [...]

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The Socialism of Fools?

Saturday, November 4th, 2006

In its (fairly complementary) review of the upcoming film Borat, Manohla Dargis writes: That Mr. Baron Cohen plays the character’s anti-Semitism for laughs is his most radical gambit. The Anti-Defamation League, for one, has chided him, warning that some people may not be in on the joke. And a sampling of comments on blogs where [...]

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Relative Statistics Regarding Muslim Deaths

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

On September 23rd, an article was published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv. The original, entitled And the World was Silent (hebrew) is here. It was translated into English by a blogger named Imshin (intro, page 1, page 2, page 3). Here is a quote from the first page of the article, giving a synopsis of [...]

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Woe Unto Israel – A Lament for Leadership

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006

Today, the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has showed the world his true colors — that the unity of Israel is unimportant to him. Olmert said: “Israel’s victory in Lebanon will give a new momentum to complete the disengagement from the Palestinians by evacuating most settlements in Judea and Samaria.” (Ynetnews) At a time [...]

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Can the UN be Trusted to do Anything in Lebanon?

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

As Israel is entering the third week of its offensive against Hizballah in Lebanon, many are speculating about possible exit strategies. Some things everyone agrees on: Someone will need to watch over Southern Lebanon to make sure that Hizballah (or their successors) are not able to rebuild their infrastructure. That someone cannot be Israel Israel [...]

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Anti-Israel Sentiment Predicts Anti-Semitism

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Much of the conversation relating to Israel today features some very polarized view points. Many commenters (myself included) are strong supporters of Israel, her policies and actions. Many other commenters have the exact opposite view: they are against Israel’s policies and think that Israel’s actions are wrong (or racist, genocidal, criminal, etc). Some people in [...]

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What Should Israel Do?

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Israel is in turmoil (what’s new?). On the one hand, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has just completed a tour of Europe in which he sought (and failed to receive) support for his long-announced plans for “convergence” – a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank. After European and American leaders failed to back this [...]

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Solving the “Refugee Problem” by Creating More Refugees

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

The latest talk from the leaders of the Israeli government is that they will be willing to withdraw from at least 90% of the West Bank in order to make room for a new Palestinian State (my objections to this are here). If this were to come to pass, somewhere between one hundred and two [...]

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A Referendum About What??

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006

The headlines have been awash in recent weeks regarding the referendum in the Palestinian-controlled areas of Israel. In short, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared that there will be a referendum in the upcoming future (the date keeps moving forward, but it looks like it will happen sometime soon). Hamas has been opposed to this [...]

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Pay For it Yourself!

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

One of the most popular topics in the media today relating to Israel is how the Palestinian Authority has no money and has not paid any of their workers in the past three months. And as the PA supports 35% of the families in Gaza, no paychecks is a pretty big deal. Who is to [...]

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