January 15, 2008

Mean Ms. Treater

We all know that Ms. Magazine turned down a simple, dignified ad about women leaders in Israel, looking down its collective perky upturned nose at the filthy Jewish lucre proffered it by the American Jewish Congress. Ms. threw out a convoluted explanation of its action, which is not even worth a summary. The dust-up does, however, enable me to write that Mean Ms. Treater headline, a reference to a classic early song by Grand Funk Railroad.

I started thinking, if Ms. is so rich and successful these days that it doesn't need Jewish advertising, I wonder what magazines might happily welcome this or similar Israel ads? Herewith, my dream media schedule. Something tells me all these publications would prove a staunch friend of Israel or, at a minimum, a glad recipient of AJCongress advertising funds. Ad reps, start your dialing:

Outlaw Biker (and reach that highly influential prison demographic)

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Van | 01/15/08 at 10:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 11, 2007

Death to Kapos (!?)

I'm not one to click on banner ads, but an ad on Israel Insider made me pause, do a double take and then click. You find the ad on top of comments on stories, so I can't link to it. But the text says:

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KAPOS WHO CARVE UP THE JEWISH CAPITAL.

Clicking the link goes to the website of One Jerusalem. In contrast to the inflammatory ad, I didn't see anything on the well-done site calling for executions of Jewish politicians. So in one sense I was relieved and felt that the headline was more of a gruesome tease than a policy direction. The site says this:

Israel has upheld its moral and ethical obligations to the people of the world and has earned the right to retain sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, according to the present boundaries. Israel's decision, as a free and democratic nation, to designate a united and undivided Jerusalem as its capital, should be respected and recognized by the entire international community.

That's a position that's reasonable and free of berzerker overtones. But still . . . death to kapos?

By the way, in assembling this entry I learned that a website exists called www.kapos.org. Horrifying, you think, a sick joke. No, it's simply the website of the Kentucky Association of Pep Organization Sponsors. Could this be the most unfortunate acronym ever? To be clear, here's what KAPOS has to say for itself:

KAPOS was formed 52 years ago for the purpose of promoting and improving the art of cheerleading. Goals of cheerleading include leading the fans in an organized manner and encouraging teams to perform to their maximum potential, and hopefully win. Good sportsmanship and strong school spirit are essential elements in attaining these goals.

Van | 12/11/07 at 09:28 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 24, 2007

Connecting the Dots

Shiri Negari was one of the early victims of the 2nd Intifada, blown up on a bus in 2002. We were reminded of her today (photo by Michelle Malkin):

Judith | 09/24/07 at 06:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 20, 2007

Jonathan Pollard's Letter from Prison

Via my good friend Rabbi Baruch Melman, here is the text of a letter from Jonathan Pollard, written in 1990:

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Asher Abrams | 09/20/07 at 09:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Israel, Syria, and Iran

Two weeks after an Israeli airstrike against something or other in Syria, Israeli President Shimon Peres suddenly feels all warm and fuzzy toward the Syrians. Here's Ha'Aretz

"I do believe the nervousness in the relationship between Syria and ourselves is over," Peres told foreign journalists. "Why go back to rumors and speculation when we say clearly we are ready to negotiate directly with the Syrians for peace."

... Meanwhile, another indication that tensions with Syria have quieted somewhat is the fact that the Israel Defense Forces have announced that a round of officer appointments, suspended due to the rise in tensions, would resume. The appointments were halted about a month before the September 6 incident, due to fears of a possible war with Syria during the summer.

Commentary. As you know, I'm not any kind of Middle East expert, so what follows here is my strictly amateur analysis. Now we all know that there's been a lot of talk in the last couple of years about a Syrian/Iranian strategic alliance, which would make sense, because neither of those countries has very many friends left in the Middle East. Consequently, there's been speculation on the US/Israeli side about the desirability of trying to weaken the alliance by making peace overtures to Syria in order to woo it away from the Iranian orbit.

The debate within Israel has been between the camp that says "Iran or no Iran, Syria is our enemy - we'd be nuts to negotiate with them"; and the side that says "One thing at a time - Iran is Public Enemy Number One, and we need to keep them from establishing a beachhead on our borders."

So what has just happened is that Israel has taken Syria to the woodshed and whipped it like a naughty schoolboy. Then, to add insult to injury, they've publicly humiliated the Assad regime by saying, "... Oh, you were saying something about peace talks? Let's talk peace."

I think there's a message for everybody here:

For Syria: You are our bitches.

For Iran: Your so-called allies in Syria are useless to you. We can strike any point in Syria at any time. You are alone.

For the Israelis: This is what we mean when we talk about negotiating from a position of strength. We know you think your government are a bunch of wimps, but we do know what we're doing. When we say "let's negotiate with the Syrians", we're not talking about giving away the farm - so don't take us for fools. Our focus must be on prying Syria away from Iran, and that's what we're doing.

And it might be working. Here's Stratfor:

Most intriguing are the reports we have received from Lebanon claiming that a serious division has opened up in the leadership of Hezbollah over the prospect of Syria working out a peace agreement with Israel. To even hear of a division within Hezbollah over the subject is startling, let alone the fact that the group is taking the possibility of a peace treaty seriously.

Israel periodically raises the possibility of a peace settlement with Syria, usually not all that sincerely, so Peres' comment is not completely strange. The report on Hezbollah taking this seriously is more interesting, but remember that rumors always flow in Lebanon, and this one may not be true -- or Hezbollah is simply getting itself bent out of shape.

The report goes on to speculate on the possible role of Turkey, raising the possibility that something was entering Syria from Turkey "that the Israelis didn't want arriving" and noting that the Turkish government is interested in seeing Syria and Israel negotiate.

Cross-posted at Dreams Into Lightning.
Related.
Israel-Syria overflight roundup.

Asher Abrams | 09/20/07 at 10:57 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 17, 2007

How to get from Israel to Iran

Department of "Things that make you go hmmmmm."

4-Mile Creek says, "If I were going to attack Iran . . . . "

. . . . If the Israelis were to disguise their airplanes, and fly in there sometime around 2000 hrs, then capture the airfield personnel, it would be several hours before anyone knew something was going on. Even with the Royal Saudi Land Forces barracks just down the road in the main part of KKMC, it would be several hours after that before the Royal Saudi forces could mount an attack. With only one easily defended road from KKMC to KKMC airfield, it wouldn't be that hard for the Israelis to beat off an attack. It would then be at least six or seven hours (and more likely 24 hours) after that before any sort of Saudi reserve ground force could be mustered from outside of KKMC and brought to bear. As with the airfield, there is only one road into KKMC proper (it's the road visible coming into KKMC from the left), and it wouldn't be too tough for a light battalion to control that high-speed avenue of approach for at least another several hours.

All total, the Israelis would have anywhere from 12 to 24 hours to use a well stocked, well built airfield from which their F-15s would be able to be refueled, re-armed and launched to strike nearly anywhere in Iran. Israeli F-16s could fly CAPs over the airfield to deter any Royal Saudi Air Force response coming up from PSAB, and even if the RSAF did attack, their training is mostly in air-to-air combat, not air-to-dirt bombing in support of a ground attack. Add in a few SHORAD sites around the airfield, and the RSAF would likely not affect much of the fighting on the ground.

After using it for maybe a day, the Israelis could load up and quickly cross into Iraqi airspace and hotfoot it home at low level.

Read the whole thing. Hmmmmm.

Judith | 09/17/07 at 09:46 PM | 17 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 12, 2007

Ahoy, A New Human Rights Whale

I took a look at the websites of Amnesty USA and Human Rights Watch today and guess what? No Israel on the home pages! I almost plotzed with surprise.

Could it be that such groups have thrown so many harpoons at Israel over the years that they have decided that a new whale might be a juicier target (and one better suited for fundraising)? Amnesty features Darfur with home-page highlights on China, Mexico, the US, India, and Iran.

Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, gives China's Olympic crackdown big play, along with items on Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and South Africa (for the murder of lesbians). Overall, China is looking like the new Moby Dick.

I wonder if the civil war in Gaza finally made it ludicrous to come down on Israel all the time when the truly egregious human rights violations are going on in full view in Gaza.

I'm sure Israel will get back on the home pages, but for now I'll grant these groups some respect for hurling their harpoons at some big bad whales and leaving the minnow alone.

Van | 08/12/07 at 10:10 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 11, 2007

DC Fantasy: Gays Storm Jihadi Love Fest!

Stand With Us got a busload of folks together yesterday to attend the spirited pro-Israel counterdemonstration in Washington, to irritate the United For Peace & Justice crowd that showed up at the Capital.

This Jerusalem Post article gives a good overview of the day.

The Israel group numbered 200-300, not a bad showing, while the anti-Israel crowd was 3,000 to 5,000. But the BIG crowd, with the hard bodies, hot music and fun in the sun, was definitely at the Capital Pride Festival held in the very same area. The festival had terrific music -- I heard all-lesbian band Wicked Jezebel tear the stage apart playing "Barracuda" by Heart.

The highlight of the day came at the end, when the pro-Israel bunch lined Consititution Ave. while the anti-Israel bunch stomped by with their signs. A line of DC riot police, some on horseback and motorcycles, kept the snarling, snapping pro-Palis away from our hardy band, and a good thing, since they exhibited all the violent, spitting proclivities typical to large assemblies of their sort (I've seen them in action before, during the 2004 Republican convention in NYC). Fortunately, no physical violence happened.

And then I had my brilliant idea for the day.

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Van | 06/11/07 at 10:35 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 07, 2007

The definition of chutzpah.

Anonymous diplomat tells Israel to show "courage".

Asher Abrams | 06/07/07 at 08:11 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 25, 2007

Cinnamon Stillwell: N. CA Representative for Campus Watch

Having spent the last five years as a political columnist and more recently, a blogger, I've now decided to further my involvement in the battle of ideas. In particular, the one raging on American college campuses and most especially, Mideast studies. At this critical juncture in history, it's imperative that the next generation receive an accurate, unbiased education in this most crucial of subjects. To that end, I'm happy to announce that starting April 1, I'll be the Northern California Representative for Campus Watch.

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Cinnamon | 03/25/07 at 01:06 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 23, 2007

An Open Letter to Members of "Breaking the Silence"

Steve Erlanger - the Jerusalem bureau chief of the NYTimes - has a cavalier and condescending attitude toward the nation he is supposed to be reporting on, as evidenced by his statements at this media conference and his recent piece for the front page of the Times called Children of the Intifada, which was thoroughly fisked here by Prof. Richard Landes, who examines media manipulation at the blogs Second Draft and Augean Stables.

On Wednesday Erlanger defended his work on a radio show, followed by a critique by Landes. (You can listen here. Start at 32 min.) Landes' subsequent description of the show is accurate: Erlanger ends up agreeing with the hosts' critiques, while making weak excuses for Palestinian mendacity and for leaving pertinent facts out of his article. The overall impression is of someone out of his depth, unaware of same, and not caring a whole lot.

In today's Times Erlanger brings his obtuseness to bear on Breaking the Silence, a group which collects stories of malfeasance by IDF soldiers against Palestinians, and then the soldiers tour around college campuses and synagogues testifying to their misdeeds. A related group Combatants for Peace pairs an IDF soldier with a supposedly reformed Palestinian terrorist who demonstrate how peace can be achieved when the Israeli confesses his misdeeds and the Palestinian agrees with him. Such a pair were on the panel of the talkback after the Rachel Corrie play I attended in November, and you can hear their shpiel in the audio files in that post.

(I don't doubt that some IDF soldiers do bad things, which should be brought to light and stopped. But there is plenty of evidence that most of them - like our soldiers - do good things, which the BtS and CfP confessors don't mention. So the calculated effect of the project is misleading propaganda. In Jewish law, we call this loshon hora.)

I have solicited a post by our newest contributor Robert Friedman, who served in the IDF, on the IDF's rules of engagement and procedures for reporting and judging and punishing violations of same. In the meantime, I want to direct your attention to this petition for IDF vets, with 1100 signatures to date. I have reproduced their statement below, because I want to make sure people read it. If you have the opportunity to attend any BtS event, please consider photocopying the statement and distributing it to attendees. Please send the URL to Erlanger and his bosses, so they can actually engage in the "even-handedness" they profess, by printing it or interviewing some of the people who signed it.

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Judith | 03/23/07 at 05:28 PM | 4 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Faking the Silence

From our newest co-blogger, Robert Friedman:

Breaking the Silence is led by a young, sincere-sounding media hound who, in a presentation at Columbia University several months ago that I attended, claimed to be the only one in Israel speaking about military/ethical issues. What utter self-righteous & self-important nonsense - even if it is lapped up by Israel's detractors.

Below is a letter I just sent to the NY Times re: today's article by Steve Erlanger.

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Robert | 03/23/07 at 12:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 19, 2007

Zombie Captures San Francisco "Antiwar" Protesters in all their Glory

As expected, the streets of San Francisco were home to the usual bizarre assortment of "antiwar" protesters this past weekend. What that actually translated into were communists, pro-terrorists, Jew-haters, 9/11 conspiracists, acid-casualties from the 60s, brainwashed college students, a sea of bloody (literally) Palestinian flags, Che tattoos, lots of skin, and a few genuine, if confused, pacifists. And the America-hating "textbook" soon to be used in San Francisco public school classrooms, "Addicted to War," also made an appearance. As has been the pattern for the past few years, a group of brave counter-protesters showed up too.

The inimitable zombie parodies the lunacy of the local left with the usual revealing photos and clever commentary. Click here to venture down the rabbit hole...

Cross-posted at CinnamonStillwell.blogspot.com.

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Cinnamon | 03/19/07 at 11:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 14, 2007

Deep Inside the Mind of IDF Intelligence

Michael Totten has a long, mesmerizing Q&A with an IDF intelligence officer over at his blog. I can't summarize it, but it ranges widely, with pictures, too! Here is one comment from his IDF source, on defining what Israel gained from last summer's war:

But there are other sides to the coin. I think Hezbollah's leadership and the Iranians take Israel a little more seriously now. They did not agree to end the hostilities for no reason. Nasrallah himself said he did not expect that kind of backlash. I believe they have a different image of Israel now. They saw the way we handle the territories -- where we tense up over every soldier that gets hurt -- and they made sure we would know they're waiting for us in south Lebanon, and that it is going to be costly to send ground forces in there. But this was not the territories -- tanks were getting hit all over the place, there were some very costly battles -- and Israel seemed like it could go on for a while. If you ask me, that is the truest victory. Apparently Hezbollah and the Iranians thought rocket barrages on Northern Israel would weaken us - the opposite was true.

Van | 03/14/07 at 07:28 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 07, 2007

Lovely: German Bishops Compare West Bank to Warsaw Ghetto

Of all the people in the world who ought to be careful about making insensitive remarks comparing Jews to Nazis, you think high among them would be German Catholic religious leaders. Unfortunately that is not the case.

Yad Vashem lambasted a group of visiting German Catholic bishops on Tuesday for comparing the situation in the Palestinian territories with the Holocaust, calling the contentious remarks "political exploitation and demagoguery" and a gross distortion of history.

The sharp condemnation ... followed reports in the German press of comparisons made by senior German bishops between conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II and current conditions in Ramallah, resulting from Israeli military activities.

"The remarks illustrate a woeful ignorance of history and a distorted sense of perspective," Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev wrote in a Tuesday letter to Cardinal Karl Lehmann, who led the Conference of German Catholic Bishops on a 10-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Alcibiades | 03/07/07 at 02:03 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 01, 2007

Push the Button

[ UPDATE: More Teapacks videos added! Plus translation. ] The Israeli Eurovision entry that is causing such a stir. (And the usual double standard - see the end of this post.) Sort of the Pogues crossed with Gogol Bordello, brought . . . more »

Judith | 03/01/07 at 11:43 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 28, 2007

Bibi on Bill Maher

(Via Omri Ceren) As a result of this video and the last one I posted, I understand that Bill Maher exists to be a foil for serious people. As a defender of his said on some blog, he does invite . . . more »

Judith | 02/28/07 at 07:34 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 27, 2007

The tattered remnants of "End Israeli Apartheid Week"

[ UPDATE: Link fixed to Joel Pollak's apartheid debunking. ] "End Israel Apartheid Week" (our reports of the NYC events here) is over, but the aftershocks continue. First, if you want a thorough refutation of the apartheid charge, Joel Pollak . . . more »

Judith | 02/27/07 at 06:05 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Lawrence of Arabia Was a Zionist

Watching Peter O'Toole at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, one couldn't help but hearken back to that David Lean film classic, Lawrence of Arabia. O'Toole's T.E. Lawrence was the archetype British Arabist, but, according to historian Sir Martin Gilbert, . . . more »

Cinnamon | 02/27/07 at 01:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 21, 2007

"End Israel Apartheid Week" beyond NYC

We reported on our infiltration of "End Israel Apartheid Week" here in NYC: Part one. Part two. Part three. Part four. Part five. Unfortunately several other cities were targeted as well. (You can check out some of the PowerPoint presentations . . . more »

Judith | 02/21/07 at 11:46 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 20, 2007

Joseph Massad and Tanya Reinhart at "End Israel Apartheid Week"

The final installment of Pamela Hall's report from the trenches of the movement to delegitimize Israel. Read on to see (Chomsky protegee) Tanya Reinhart protest to Joseph Massad that Israel isn't racist, and Joseph Massad shut her down. Part one. . . . more »

Judith | 02/20/07 at 02:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 19, 2007

Podcast about delegitimizing Jewish history

I just did my first podcast interview as a guest of Fausta Wertz. Allyson Taylor from Stand With Us was also a guest. Allyson spoke about the recent "End Israel Apartheid" events and I spoke about the systematic campaign to . . . more »

Judith | 02/19/07 at 01:38 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 18, 2007

Yet more "End Israel Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues her infiltration of "End Israel Apartheid Week"in NYC. Part one. Part two. (includes downloadable flyers from Stand With Us and the David Project) Part three. Part five. Thursday evening we were back in Judson . . . more »

Judith | 02/18/07 at 09:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 16, 2007

Occupation

I forgot where I heard this joke, but after a week of scruffy kaffiyeh-adorned moonbats running around Manhattan yelling "End Israel Apartheid" . . . . a bit of comic relief is in order. An Israeli recently arrives at London's . . . more »

Judith | 02/16/07 at 12:02 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 15, 2007

"Digital Night" at "End Israeli Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues to infiltrate "End Israel Apartheid Week in NYC, along with representatives from Stand With Us and the David Project. Part one. Part two. (includes downloadable flyers from Stand With Us and the David Project) . . . more »

Judith | 02/15/07 at 09:24 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 14, 2007

"End Israel Apartheid Week" at Concordia

"End Israel Apartheid Week" is taking place simultaneously at other locations besides here in New York. Concordia University in Montreal has a history of anti-Israel actions, some of which have become violent; here's the latest: What was touted as an . . . more »

Judith | 02/14/07 at 11:23 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

More "End Israel Apartheid Week" in NYC

Kesher Talk friend Pamela Hall continues to report from the depths of Israel-hatred: Part one. Part three. Part four. Part five. I attended the last two events, (part 3 & 4) Monday and Tuesday evenings as part of the Israel . . . more »

Judith | 02/14/07 at 08:57 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 13, 2007

Where Are the Israelis?

Those of us who have written countless opeds and blog posts trying to push Israeli strength only to witness its continued weakness will find expression for their frustration in the words of Dr. Steve Carol: ...Where are the Israelis? Where . . . more »

Cinnamon | 02/13/07 at 07:26 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 12, 2007

Nonie Darwish returns to Brown

Last November Nonie Darwish, Arab defender of Israel, was scheduled to speak at Brown University, sponsored in part by the Brown Hillel chapter, which withdrew the invitation. The university extended another invitation and Darwish spoke at Brown on Wednesday. More: . . . more »

Judith | 02/12/07 at 07:25 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 11, 2007

A report from "End Israel Apartheid Week"

[ Welcome LGF readers! I'm enjoying your comment thread. If you go to the Monday event and you don't have a blog, email a report to me and I'll post it. - Judith ] Part two. Part three. Part four. . . . more »

Judith | 02/11/07 at 07:20 PM | 15 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 01, 2007

That's A Relief

President Jacques Chirac said this week that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger, and that if Iran were to launch a nuclear weapon against a country like Israel, it would lead . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/01/07 at 02:11 AM | 23 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 27, 2007

Render unto Christian Zionists

I participated in the recent conference call via One Jerusalem, with Pastor John Hagee, the driving force behind the Christian Zionist movement. You can read a richly linked intro to Pastor Hagee’s work and listen to the podcast at the . . . more »

Judith | 01/27/07 at 11:14 PM | 17 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 26, 2007

Everything Old is New Again

And now for some more Carter Derangement Syndrome: Cox and Forkum reprise their cartoon from 1/26/06 due to it recurring relevancy. To understand the reference to an overabundance of Carter Derangement Syndrome, please click here . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/26/07 at 11:52 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 25, 2007

Israel: A Stiff Necked Country

Israel: A Stiff Necked Country That's not my opinion, by the way; rather, its my translation of Jimmy's belief that Israel was "intransigent." I guess he believed he had the God's eye view, that he shared God's perspective and God's . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/25/07 at 06:42 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 14, 2007

Who Conquered the Middle East

A Cool animated map showing the progression of Empires that conquered the Middle East and when they did so. 5000 years in 90 seconds . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/14/07 at 05:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 13, 2007

From Michael Totten in South Lebanon

Michael Totten and Noah Pollack visit South Lebanon guided by Said and Henry, who work for the Lebanese Committee for UNSCR 1559, an NGO which closely advises the Lebanese government and the international community on the disarmament of illegal militias . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/13/07 at 06:47 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 31, 2006

Conference on Media as Theater of War: collected links

Hertzliya, Israel, December 17-18, 2006. This is the home page for my blogging about the conference on Media as Theater of War, the Blogosphere, and the Global Battle for Civil Society, Hertzliya, Israel, December 17-18, 2006. UPDATE: More links . . . more »

Judith | 12/31/06 at 11:47 AM | 10 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 28, 2006

The MTW Conference: in the audience

Hertzliya, Israel, December 17-18, 2006. All my posts about the conference are collected here, also links to other blogs writing about the conference. Richard Landes gazes upon his creation. Brett Schorr, conference manager extraordinaire, unflappable, and a really nice . . . more »

Judith | 12/28/06 at 02:20 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

The MTW Conference: Unofficial activities

Hertzliya, Israel, December 17-18, 2006. All my posts about the conference are collected here, also links to other blogs writing about the conference. You are probably all waiting to hear about the actual panels, but that's harder to write . . . more »

Judith | 12/28/06 at 07:15 AM | 4 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 25, 2006

Fantastic Discussion in the Comments

Following from the recent conference in Israel on Israel and media, there is a fantastic conversation going on in the comments on a post by Liza, particularly between Richard Landes and Don Radlauer on the problem of Israel and Israel's . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/25/06 at 09:12 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 21, 2006

Carter, Baker and The Wahabbi Lobby

It's funny how all those Jimmy Carter fans obsessing about the "Jewish/Israel Lobby" seem to have little to no interest in the Saudi Lobby. Otherwise known as the Wahabbi Lobby, this is the group that truly has its tentacles wrapped . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/21/06 at 02:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 17, 2006

Carter Refuses to Debate Dershowitz

After going on and on about the alleged lack of debate in the United States regarding the Mideast conflict, former President Jimmy Carter is now refusing put his own ideas to the test. According to the Associated Press: Former President . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/17/06 at 04:05 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Anti-Zionism is Anti-Semitism, And Carter's Fans Prove the Point

The barrage of hatemail in response to my Jimmy Carter column, not to mention some of the comments in a blog post on the subject, have proven that anti-Semitism, spurred on by the rise of so-called anti-Zionism, is alive and . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/17/06 at 03:52 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 11, 2006

"Helping someone with their olives is not the only way to save someone"

The Rabbis for Human Rights sponsored conference began in NYC today. Since some participants have come in from Israel/the PA teritories/etc for this conference, they have been touring synagogues, churches, and campuses with their message while they are in the . . . more »

Judith | 12/11/06 at 12:50 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 10, 2006

Denounce Judaism and Get an A

Ukranian immigrant and San Francisco Bay Area Jewish activist Aleksandra Fliegler speaks to the need for Jews to start standing up against anti-Semitism on college campuses and demonstrating pride and strength in their heritage. (To that end, B'nai B'rith International . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/10/06 at 08:00 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 07, 2006

Talking back to Rabbis for Human Rights

I got an email about this presentation by a member of Rabbis for Human Rights, whose position paper on torture I critiqued here. Even-handed Dialogue: Human Rights in Israel and Palestine Sponsored by: St. Bartholomew's Church, Palestinian Human Rights Group, . . . more »

Judith | 12/07/06 at 11:28 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 06, 2006

More Examples of Mob Rule on College Campuses

No sooner had my last SFGate column, "Mob Rule on College Campuses" come out, when bullying behavior reared its ugly head on America's college campuses yet again. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, one of the strongest anti-illegal immigration voices in politics, . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/06/06 at 02:44 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 28, 2006

Mideast "Peace Process" Makes for Surreal Headlines

In the surreal world of Mideast "peace processes," in which the media plays along with the charade that there are actually two sides involved, surreal headlines tend to come with the territory. Here's a recent few that come to mind: . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/28/06 at 03:02 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 16, 2006

Talking back to Rachel Corrie's parents

I wrote three weeks ago about the one-woman show "My name is Rachel Corrie", which is playing in NYC through the end of the year, and the ad hoc group which has been leafleting every performance. After Jewish friends stimulated . . . more »

Judith | 11/16/06 at 07:46 AM | 42 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 04, 2006

Vanity Fair's Sickening Puff Piece on Haniyeh

In recent years, I've read more romanticized profiles of terrorist leaders in the mainstream media than I'd care to admit. But Vanity Fair's sickening puff piece on Palestinian prime minister and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh takes the cake. Authored by . . . more »

Cinnamon | 11/04/06 at 02:32 PM | 4 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 02, 2006

Another day, another Palestinian ambulance smuggling bombs

Speaking of suicide bombers (see previous post) . . . . Via Omri Ceren is a video of an Israeli border-checking robot removing and detonating a suicide belt from a Palestinian ambulance. . . . more »

Judith | 11/02/06 at 01:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Spare change to help me get to the UN?

This homeless suicide bomber was found at a Halloween party on the West Coast. . . . more »

Judith | 11/02/06 at 01:17 PM | 4 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 27, 2006

Flying Pig Moment endlessly discussed in blogosphere

This post on LGF got 1064 comments. I think that's more than any other LGF post and that blog has been one of my daily stops since the comment threads averaged about 10. What was the topic? . . . more »

Judith | 10/27/06 at 12:20 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 22, 2006

Disengagement Article Published In New Book

Forgive the shameless self-promotion, but I wanted to share some good news. I'm pleased to announce that one of my articles is included in a new book, "United States and the World Face to Face: America's Best and Worst: Women, . . . more »

Cinnamon | 10/22/06 at 10:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Spooking the Spooks: More on the BBC

Anyone out there ever seen the BBC series Spooks? Also known, in the US, as MI5? I quite liked it in the first two seasons, although I had to spend an unreasonable amount of time filtering out its annoying BBC™ . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/22/06 at 07:17 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 19, 2006

Fauxtography Rules!

[With UPDATES at the bottom] Apparently it does in France where news suppression and journalism as propaganda has just won a victory. In appalling news from unfree France, on the first of the Al Dura trials currently ongoing in France, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/19/06 at 11:50 AM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 18, 2006

"My Name is Rachel Corrie": handing out flyers outside the theater

[ Welcome LGF readers. If you want to see some serious propaganda by the producers of this play, go here. ] Below is the report about handing out flyers on opening night of "My Name is Rachel Corrie" in NYC. . . . more »

Judith | 10/18/06 at 06:01 PM | 21 Comments | 6 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 17, 2006

"After the expulsion, no words will convince them that we intend to stay here forever."

The headline says:Israeli-American Nobel winner doubts Israel's long-term survival The article says, basically, that Israel is suffering from the same postmodern multicultural fatigue as Europe. . . . . . . more »

Judith | 10/17/06 at 07:44 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 16, 2006

BBC - The News Suppression Corporation

Not only is the BBC biased against Israel, which one can observe simply by watching it. But now it turns out, the BBC is going to court, using public funds supplied to them by the execrable license act (of which . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/16/06 at 11:14 AM | 5 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 15, 2006

Impregnated by a Terrorist: Susan Bendhiaoui Responds

The blog entry titled "Impregnated by a Terrorist: The Anne Murphy Story" has prompted a response from Susan Bendhiaoui, a British probation officer whom I mentioned in the entry. In fairness to her, I am posting her comments here, as . . . more »

Van | 10/15/06 at 08:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 11, 2006

The Welcome Wagon - Palestinian Style

Remember that dear old cultural institution that used to exist in the US, the welcome wagon. Whenever you moved into a new neighborhood, various delegations of people would arrive and welcome you to the neighborhood, with small gifts of food, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/11/06 at 09:49 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 10, 2006

Synchronicity...

never fails when it comes to leftist antisemitism. Monique Dols, who seems to have become official spokesman for those who initiated the anti-Minutemen Columbia University riot, appears to also have an interesting weakness for antisemitic conspiracy theory. . . . more »

Benjamin | 10/10/06 at 01:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 03, 2006

Impregnated by a Terrorist, Part 2: Anne Murphy, Then and Now

Last week's post,"Impregnated by a Terrorist," sparked some heated discussion in comments. It also brought to light more information on Anne Murphy, the impregnated pawn of terrorist Nizar Hindawi, who sought to blow up an El Al flight in 1986. . . . more »

Van | 10/03/06 at 12:01 AM | 1 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 29, 2006

Impregnated by a Terrorist: The Anne Murphy Story

[Update: More information about Anne Murphy can be found in this entry.] In new debates over profiling, airline security, and terrorism, the name of Anne Murphy sometimes surfaces. Inevitably described as Irish, pregnant, and Catholic, in 1986 Murphy innocently tried . . . more »

Van | 09/29/06 at 08:17 AM | 21 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 25, 2006

Tishrei 3: Blowing the shofar at the Western Wall

All Yamim Noraim posts here, including one post a day from Rosh Chodesh Ellul 5766 through Yom Kippur 5767. All chagim posts here, including one post a day from the first day of Sukkot through Simchat Torah 5767. (Each of . . . more »

Judith | 09/25/06 at 04:32 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 22, 2006

Where Exactly is the Line, Lisa?

We were remiss yesterday not to cover news of Columbia's invitation to Ahmadinejad to speak at the University at its World Leaders Forum. Eliana Johnon at the NYSun - still my favorite paper, even though for the last 3 weeks . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/22/06 at 10:49 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 18, 2006

Jewcifer

This is probably not any more appropriate for Ellul than Jews doing burlesque, but . . . . . . . . more »

Judith | 09/18/06 at 04:25 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 15, 2006

Hope in Europe?

A French high court gives a sympathetic hearing to media critics fighting for their right to call BS on propaganda ... and politicians across Europe stand up for Israel. Finally, don't call Nicaolas Sarkozy a cheese-eating surrender monkey. Neo brings . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 09/15/06 at 01:31 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 05, 2006

Speaking of Doomsday: The Samson Strategy

Since we're in an apocalyptic mood today, try reading this. Writing in Jewsweek, Shimshon Ben-Yosef has a disturbing vision of a Jewish response to a massive attack on Israel. He pushes the Samson Strategy to the far shores of justice . . . more »

Van | 09/05/06 at 04:38 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 04, 2006

Blacks and Jews, Blacks and Jews, That's What Makes the World Go 'Round

A new book, "Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century," by Cheryl Lyn Greenberg, a professor of history at Trinity College in Hartford, CT., is getting strong reviews (truth in blogging: Greenberg is a Princeton classmate of mine). . . . more »

Van | 09/04/06 at 01:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 29, 2006

Another double-standard: the Law of Return

So we knew that that Israel was being treated differently from any other nation in the global obsessive interest in its fence, along with a total disinterest in the many fences other countries have erected for similar purposes. So you . . . more »

Judith | 08/29/06 at 08:02 AM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 23, 2006

The Ghetto of History

I originally wrote this piece during the war in response to Richard Cohen's article referring to Israel as an "historical mistake". I think it is still timely and, unfortunately, will be for quite awhile. A great many voices have been . . . more »

Benjamin | 08/23/06 at 05:10 PM | 12 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 22, 2006

Okay, so it's now August 22 . . . .

[ UPDATE: Of course August 22, 2006 has its own blog. Via PJ Media, really thorough live-blogging. ] . . . . and Allahpundit says don't take Ahmadinejad's threat seriously or you'll look like a schmuck. If you want . . . more »

Judith | 08/22/06 at 12:02 AM | 1 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 08, 2006

Human Rights Watch scapegoats Israel again

Human Rights Watch is predictably holding Israel responsible for most of the civilian casualties, and accusing Israel of "war crimes". HRW has a history of bias against Israel, for examples its active participation in demonizing Israel and Jews at the . . . more »

Judith | 08/08/06 at 09:47 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 05, 2006

Truth in Advertising: A Fitting Logo For the BBC

BBC has been test marketing its new logo: [Hat Tip: Stephen Pollard] . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/05/06 at 10:27 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 29, 2006

Mad Mel redux

We had occasion to write a lot about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" when it came out. That and our coverage of "Munich" may be the most thorough fiskings of films you have ever seen. So now that . . . more »

Judith | 07/29/06 at 08:56 PM | 3 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 27, 2006

Did Kofi set the UNIFIL personnel up?

UPDATE: Has anybody heard a word out of Kofi about Hizballah attacking his troops and Israel rescuing them? I guess that doesn't fit his "narrative." RELATED: UN ambulances ferrying around Gaza gunmen - just a reminder of the UN's neutrality . . . more »

Judith | 07/27/06 at 12:46 AM | 13 Comments | 6 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 26, 2006

A Little Northern Sanity

Thank God for Stephen Harper, PM of Canada. He's right up there with John Bolton! Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday he doubts Israel's deadly attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon, which killed a Canadian observer, was . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/26/06 at 05:00 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

More News You Won't Hear in the MSM

[ UPDATE: The UN personnel were ordered to stay put until Kofi Annan told them to leave. Which he never did. ] [ UPDATE: Belmont Club has a timeline of UNIFIL actions over the past week. ] As all . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/26/06 at 11:24 AM | 2 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 25, 2006

Auto-manipulator of world opinion

UPDATE: Cartoon in the Huffington Post by David Mamet. (Via Dave Bender) . . . more »

Judith | 07/25/06 at 02:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 24, 2006

Israeli solidarity rally in London

[Other reports from rallies and lists of upcoming rallies here and here.] UPDATE: Video from the rally - Live video link up with mayor of Northern Israel moshav Peki'in (sitting in bomb shelter with many other Israelis): Chief Rabbi Sir . . . more »

Judith | 07/24/06 at 10:42 AM | 7 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 23, 2006

A Little Perspective Is a Marvelous Thing

Does everyone remember this accusation and how bad it made Israel look? Nazareth: No one told us, the Arabs, to take shelter... Residents of predominantly Muslim and Christian town accuse government of failing to sufficiently instruct residents on what to . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/23/06 at 10:57 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 22, 2006

Pajamas Media: An Army of Davids

It's a mixed blessing, but wars often stimulate technological advancement and social change. Just last week I quoted a news story from 2003:Reporters across the Gulf - including hundreds "embedded" with American troops -- planned to file stories using laptops . . . more »

Judith | 07/22/06 at 03:19 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Latest upcoming Israel rallies

Singing "Hatikvah" at the Columbus OH rally for Israel: J-Blogosphere has umpteen listings of pro-Israel rallies all over the world, in alphabetical order by city, including reports and multimedia from previous rallies. Ours below are in chronological order, with upcoming . . . more »

Judith | 07/22/06 at 03:14 PM | 1 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 20, 2006

The Forward hasn't heard of centrist and right bloggers

Via Canonist: The Forward thinks that bloggers are avoiding writing about the Israeli-Hizbullah war. That's because the only bloggers mentioned in the aricle are left-of-center bloggers. I just sent them a letter: . . . more »

Judith | 07/20/06 at 04:00 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Zapped Again

Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain, recently appeared wearing a Palestinian kaffiyeh. Madrid - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has come under criticism for posing with a Palestinian scarf on his shoulders after accusing Israel of using force . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/20/06 at 10:34 AM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 19, 2006

This week's pro- and anti-Israel rallies

I got most of the following info from this and this LGF thread. Also huge list of rallies sponsored by Stand With Us. I'm going to list the upcoming rallies first, in chronological order, then link to pix from previous . . . more »

Judith | 07/19/06 at 06:08 PM | 10 Comments | 8 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Soledad O'Brien ™CNN Milks the Narrative for All It's Worth

CNN seems to believe that Soledad O'Brien, one of their morning anchors, is only capable of going on location in situations where she can repeat the Katrina meme. They saw how "well" she did with that one [read puerile], in . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/19/06 at 12:47 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 18, 2006

Anti-Israel demo in NYC needs a counter-protest

If you want to counter-protest the anti-Israel demo this afternoon, you better get on it, it starts in an hour and a half. (My apologies for not posting this sooner, my life got in the way.) Demonstration at Israeli Mission . . . more »

Judith | 07/18/06 at 02:59 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Israel is the correction of a mistake

Email correspondent Ben responds to my previous post. Israel is not a mistake, but the correction of a mistake. Richard Cohen's telling and deliberate omission- the Jews of the Middle East, from Morocco to Iran- points us towards the single . . . more »

Judith | 07/18/06 at 02:53 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Blogs are now an accepted news source

Gulf War One was the first war reported from cable TV. The Iraq War was the first war in which the internet was a communication tool taken for granted. From March 2003: Hours before the United States attacked Baghdad yesterday, . . . more »

Judith | 07/18/06 at 12:27 AM | 8 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 17, 2006

Cliff May on the Israel-Hizbullah war

I love posting links to Cliff May's stuff at the Corner. He consistently nails the salient point with a few pithy words. A recent sample: Why calling for a UN peacekeeping force on the Lebanese border is way stupid. (Let's . . . more »

Judith | 07/17/06 at 07:33 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 14, 2006

Israel Gives Syria Ultimatum

The moment we have been waiting for. London-based Arabic language newspaper Al-Hayat says Israel gave Syria 72 hours to stop Hizbullah’s activity, bring about release of kidnapped IDF troops. ‘Israel will not end military activity until new situation created that . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/14/06 at 08:43 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 13, 2006

The Same War

What is Iran's Current Aim in Sparking the Middle East to Erupt? Remember last month when the world was so focused on Iran's nuclear ambitions? Heard any talk about that recently? It's a way to distract attention from their pet . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/13/06 at 10:16 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

World War IV, hopefully without nukes

Via Pamela: Years from now, the kidnapping of Corporal Gilad Shalit will be regarded like the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Against the backdrop of Kassam rocket fire on Israelis living within range of the Gaza Strip, it was the fate . . . more »

Judith | 07/13/06 at 06:01 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 11, 2006

WWII or Vietnam?

On a muggy Manhattan July day, Pamela covered two protests on opposite ends of town. I saw her at the NYTimes rally and she looked pretty wiped. She really deserved her Elvis Costello concert. Interesting tidbit from her coverage of . . . more »

Judith | 07/11/06 at 01:22 AM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 10, 2006

Jews Take to the Streets: "Free Gilad Now!"

Around 1,000 people rallied on Second Avenue in New York at noon today across the street from the Syrian Mission to the UN. They demanded the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Speakers including publisher Morton Zuckerman and New . . . more »

Van | 07/10/06 at 01:49 PM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 06, 2006

Counter-protest opportunity

These "from the river to the sea" folks are going to be in the UN neighborhood today. There will be at least a few Protest Warriors engaging in shouting matches with them. A CALL TO ACTION: DEMONSTRATION AT THE UN . . . more »

Judith | 07/06/06 at 02:37 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 01, 2006

Yet one more anti-Israel protest

Turns out the A.N.S.W.E.R. et al protest in front of the Israeli consulate was yesterday afternoon. My informant confused it with the protest in front of the NYTimes, scheduled for July 10. So many protests, it's hard to keep track.... . . . more »

Judith | 07/01/06 at 10:32 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 30, 2006

Israeli consulate protest - NOT TODAY

At this point it looks like the protest at the Israeli consulate has been rescheduled. (Unless they are faking us out.) When we get more information on a new date, we'll let you know. Hopefully with more notice. . . . more »

Judith | 06/30/06 at 04:10 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 29, 2006

Friday, June 30: Counter-protest in front of Israeli Consulate, NYC

UPDATE: NOT HAPPENING TODAY AFTER ALL - WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. (Via email) I don't know of any formal counter-protest planned, but if you can get over there with a sign, you can stand across the street from these guys . . . more »

Judith | 06/29/06 at 10:43 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

NYT's Keller: Now, About Our Coverage of the Holocaust . . .

[Sources tell us that Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times, is feeling rather potent these days with his scoops on the U.S.'s telecom and financial monitoring programs. Emboldened, he's preparing a memo like the one below to . . . more »

Van | 06/29/06 at 11:30 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 28, 2006

Flyover Country

Israel Air Force performed a flyover above Assad's palace in Syria while Assad was at the site. The planes swooped low over the summer residence of Assad, on Syria's Mediteranean coast. Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas, lives in . . . more »

Alcibiades | 06/28/06 at 04:35 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 27, 2006

Fence hypocrisy updated

Back when the righteous old world was doing its best to make Israel feel guilty about building a barrier to snipers and suicide bombers (recently it's slowed down a bit as the critics have lost their illusions about the perpetrators), . . . more »

Judith | 06/27/06 at 03:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 21, 2006

Shrapnel

Via Solomonia, some examples of the damage done to the human body by bomb-shattered metal fragments in the service of murderous politics. As the intifada got worse and worse in 2002 and 2003, I saw a few news stories showing . . . more »

Judith | 06/21/06 at 07:04 PM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 20, 2006

Steven Rose doesn't smell so sweet

From the NY Jewish Week, a carefully uncritical article about one of the originators of the UK boycott of Israeli academia, who is - big surprise - Jewish. I sent it to Adloyada because she is following that story. She . . . more »

Judith | 06/20/06 at 10:38 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 13, 2006

Pallywood: Getting inside the news cycle

The Israeli government seems to have learned something from the Palestinian PR manipulations of Muhammed al-Dura and Jenin and Sharon's walk on the Temple Mount, where lies sprinted several times around the globe before truth shuffled out of bed. Decades . . . more »

Judith | 06/13/06 at 06:52 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 31, 2006

The Politics of Boycotting

There is good news of a sort on the British teaching union, NATFHE's, boycott of Israel. The AUT, the union that passed the boycott last year, then decisively rescinded it in a much larger vote, sent out a press release . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/31/06 at 08:17 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 26, 2006

True at a meta level

From the Corner: A man arrives from Europe at Ben Gurion International Airport with 2 large bags. The customs agent opens the first bag to discover it is full with money in different currencies. The agent asks the passenger, "How . . . more »

Judith | 05/26/06 at 12:26 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 24, 2006

Hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

Iran tests its Shihab 3 missile. Bush says, Not so fast, buddy! (Comment from that site: "I remember a Bugs Bunny short where he gets slapped in the face with a glove. He then proceeds to return the slap, but . . . more »

Judith | 05/24/06 at 12:58 AM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 22, 2006

The latest academic boycott of Israel

Joseph Skibell - a novelist and professor at Emory University - addresses the latest academic boycott of Israel: Must an American novelist really lecture his British academic colleagues on the dangers of McCarthyistic political tests? Must an American really remind . . . more »

Judith | 05/22/06 at 09:56 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 07, 2006

A Cole cornucopia

Recently Iowahawk gifted us with a Juan Cole edition of his parody skillz, but Prof. Cole has trumped Iowahawk by parodying himself. As we know, Christopher Hitchens' challenge to Cole's understanding of Farsi led to a flame war between the . . . more »

Judith | 05/07/06 at 11:33 AM | 1 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 23, 2006

A New Development in the AIPAC Case

Condoleezza Rice to be subpoenaed. In the quest to prove that the Government is overreaching and attempting to criminalize an area of behavior long considered normative among Washington Lobbyists, the Defense team of the two former AIPAC officials accused of . . . more »

Alcibiades | 04/23/06 at 11:31 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 19, 2006

Let my people go!

All Pesach entries here. I was amiss in not mentioning before the Velveteen Rabbi's wonderful haggadah, in the fine tradition of activist haggadahs, marbled with contemporary poetry, which emphasize the theme of political liberation. Save a copy for next year. . . . more »

Judith | 04/19/06 at 10:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 17, 2006

A confidence-building measure to develop mutual trust so that the peace process can proceed

Lisa Goldman was near the suicide bombing in Tel Aviv today and has a long post about it with photos. More links from her friend, fellow blogger, and seder host Allison. Michelle Malkin has the best link roundup, and more . . . more »

Judith | 04/17/06 at 07:21 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 10, 2006

If the Passover Story Were Reported by The NY Times

I got this via email a few years ago. Although a few of the names have changed, unfortunately it hasn't aged much. The cycle of violence between the Jews and the Egyptians continues with no end in sight in Egypt. . . . more »

Judith | 04/10/06 at 05:21 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 05, 2006

Iran's Borderline Provocations

Michael Ledeen points out that British newspapers are now publishing the news that Iran has set up terror camps to target the troops in Iraq. A NETWORK of terror camps has been set up in Iran to train insurgents to . . . more »

Alcibiades | 04/05/06 at 11:03 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 19, 2006

School For Propaganda

Writing in FrontPage Magazine, Lee Kaplan reveals the mechanics of the propaganda operation that is the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), when it hosted its fifth annual divestment conference at Georgetown University. He and many members of his organization - Stop . . . more »

Alcibiades | 03/19/06 at 07:23 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 08, 2006

When Mad Messianists Meet

Ahmadinejad and the anti-Zionist sect Neturei Karta agree on one thing. To bring the Messiah - either the Jewish or Islamic version - you must first destroy the state of Israel. Which makes it perfectly natural for them to meet . . . more »

Alcibiades | 03/08/06 at 10:58 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 05, 2006

Jews support the arts

[ UPDATE: What were these people thinking??? ] Apropos of the Rachel Corrie play: The NY Theater Workshop director states that the delay in mounting the New York production has nothing to do with pressure from the Jewish community. The . . . more »

Judith | 03/05/06 at 10:20 AM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 14, 2006

Oy Gevalt: Israeli Publisher Announces Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest

(Note: This is a real story, not a spoof) Who knows from anti-semitism better than the Jews? An Israeli publisher has announced a contest involving anti-semitic cartoons, vowing to show the Iranians how it's really done. Amitai Sandy, graphic artist . . . more »

Van | 02/14/06 at 11:02 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 13, 2006

The annual migration of the ISM

The International Solidarity Movement used to have their annual conference in the fall, but this year it got moved back a few months and will take place at Georgetown U next week. I had been collecting links about the ISM . . . more »

Judith | 02/13/06 at 08:46 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 10, 2006

Moronic convergence Dept.

This blog has been following two controversies (among others) about distorting Jewish history: The MESA-ization of Columbia University (especially by Professor Joseph Massad), and the film Munich. These issues converge in a review of Munich by the flower of the . . . more »

Judith | 02/10/06 at 12:07 AM | 0 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 07, 2006

More Mindboggling Timing

Even a world awash in the Great and utterly contrived Cartoon Jihad of 2006 could not keep the earnest men and women of the General Synod, the established legislative body of the Church of England, from performing their righteous duty . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/07/06 at 09:28 PM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 11, 2006

Columbia Still Unbecoming: Ah, Lisa Anderson!

When Alcibiades posted about the latest doings at the Columbia Middle East Studies Department, the name "Lisa Anderson" rang a bell. She is the subject of an article that is part of a series on Columbia University by Campus Watch. . . . more »

Judith | 01/11/06 at 08:00 PM | 1 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Columbia Still Unbecoming

Previous entries on this topic can be found in the category to the left, Israel vs. the World Look for the title: "Academic Integrity and the Middle East." Two new items today about the politics of Middle Eastern politics at . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/11/06 at 11:07 AM | 0 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 09, 2006

Meet the new PLO diplomat

Last month I handed out cluepons to two deserving individuals, and one of them was recently profiled in the Forward : Afif Safieh, the new head of the Palestine Liberation Organization's diplomatic mission in Washington. Safieh is an intellectual who, . . . more »

Judith | 01/09/06 at 07:59 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 06, 2006

Sharon too "salty" for Madeleine

This is amusing: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she was surprised at the transformation, based on her dealings with Sharon, then the foreign minister, at U.S.-hosted peace talks on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1998. "He was one of . . . more »

Judith | 01/06/06 at 07:25 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 05, 2006

The coming showdown with Iran

(We've been following the gathering threat of Iran's nuclear ambitions here.) Ironically, given his reputation, Ariel Sharon counseled diplomacy in dealing with Iran, over the objections of Israel's military: In February 2005, the U.S. announced it would sell 500 conventional . . . more »

Judith | 01/05/06 at 07:21 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 03, 2006

The positive side of the Palestinians

One more bit on preening kidnap "victim" Kate Burton (via Bloghead): I was aware there was a risk and still took the chances and put my parents at risk. In retrospect I think I shouldn't have done that, but I . . . more »

Judith | 01/03/06 at 08:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 25, 2005

Hanukkah: Universalism or particularism?

All Chanukkah entries can be found here. Liberal modern Jews grappled with the zealousness of the Maccabees in a blog discussion several years ago (read each piece in full to appreciate the full arguments, and Jonathan's comment thread is also . . . more »

Judith | 12/25/05 at 09:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 21, 2005

Al hatshu'ot ve'al hamilchamot

I like this idea. A tyrant rules over Iran today and his mad quest for nuclear weapons is now matched by a murderous rhetoric against the Jewish people and the state of Israel. . . . Yet, there is . . . more »

Judith | 12/21/05 at 10:00 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 16, 2005

Working on mysteries without any clues

A friend sent me this cluepon a while back and I've been saving it for the right occasion. I am donating this cluepon to two people who were at the same luncheon, in the spirit of harmony and reconciliation. Like . . . more »

Judith | 12/16/05 at 07:16 AM | 1 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 08, 2005

The UN erases Israel one more time

Alcibiades hearts John Bolton. I do too. He's not as sexy as my other neo-con crushes, Paul Wolfowitz and Clifford May, but his boldness in defending my people melts my heart. And he has his work cut out for him. . . . more »

Judith | 12/08/05 at 02:03 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 02, 2005

American Jewish Support for Israel Weakening

This article doesn't state this; but that seems to be the tacit conclusion from the poll. US Jews are strong supporters of Israel but usually tend to refrain from defending Israel publicly. This is one of the main conclusions of . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/02/05 at 12:45 AM | 4 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

December 01, 2005

Border Realities

Michael Totten provides a service in taking pictures up and down the Israel-Lebanon border, highlighting, among other things, Hizbullah's presence at the border. He points out towards the end the Hizbullah picture, facing into Israel, with the severed head of . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/01/05 at 12:42 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 18, 2005

The Cost of Weakness - Here and In Israel

By all means, let's preserve the Noble Lie - that Abbas is a "good" Partner for Peace. I'm just wondering aloud about the price Israel and her citizens now have to pay for the perception of Bush as weakened. Soccer . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/18/05 at 12:04 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 28, 2005

Amir Taheri Explains Iran

Amir Taheri has an important column in today's NYPost explaining what lies behind the recent threat against Israel by Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/28/05 at 12:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 27, 2005

UN-sponsored bigotry

Anne Bayefsky is a human rights lawyer. Stop laughing - she's a real human rights lawyer. Which means that she has also become an ongoing critic of the UN. She has doggedly exposed the rampant antisemitism of the UN-sponsored Durban . . . more »

Judith | 10/27/05 at 01:48 PM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 21, 2005

A Cantata For Liebowitz Rachel

A play and the revival of that play all in a space of mere months isn't enough to celebrate the wonder that was Rachel Corrie. Now she rates a cantata, too! Can sainthood be far off? On 1 November the . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/21/05 at 10:34 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 07, 2005

God Speaks to Bush, Encore Performance

[UPDATE: Apparently this story is two years old. ] [UPDATE II: I wonder if the BBC, or the Guardian or the independent know that Nabil Shaath also reported about the 500 Palestinian martyrs massacred by the Israelis at Jenin? Course, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/07/05 at 12:41 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 06, 2005

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

And speaking of God, or that is to say, God speaking to us, apparently President Bush confessed to Nabil Shaath, the Foreign Minister of our friend Abbas over in Gaza, that God speaks to him: Nabil Shaath says: "President Bush . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/06/05 at 11:23 AM | 4 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 14, 2005

Melanie Phillips On A Roll

Melanie Phillips has been on a roll since her return from her summer hiatus regretting the British apathy to fighting Islamist extremism in their midst. Yesterday, in Britain's descent into madness (1), she discusses the feeling of besiegement of Jews . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/14/05 at 08:28 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 09, 2005

The Final Days of Arafat

Ha'aretz is running an abridged version of the final chapter in Arafat's life from the revised edition of The Seventh War by journalists Avi Isacharoff and Amos Harel. It includes previously unrecounted details of Arafat's last days, as well as . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/09/05 at 02:41 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 21, 2005

Apparently We Weren't The Only Ones Who Found Condi Tone Deaf

Last Wednesday, the first day of forcible expulsions from Gaza, I suggested that Condi's tone in a speech that day stating that Gaza was just the beginning of the Israeli withdrawals was rather aggressive and tone deaf. I usually like . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/21/05 at 08:51 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Ah, Equal At Last!

Arab Women in Gaza Have the Honor to Compete with Men... ...in the Jihad.Hamas revealed over the weekend that dozens of women in the Gaza Strip have joined its armed wing, Izzaddin Kassam, and were preparing to carry out attacks . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/21/05 at 01:15 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 12, 2005

Temple Mount blogburst: Jihadism and reality

Tisha B'Av Temple Mount blogburst main page. Shrinkwrapped writes about Memory and History, and propaganda wars. In passing he notes that Destroying and burying the past of one's enemies is an old tradition for Jihadist Islam. Many Mosques were once . . . more »

Judith | 08/12/05 at 03:33 PM | 1 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 05, 2005

Moral equivalence

Before everyone starts wringing their hands about how low us Jews have fallen because one of us snapped and murdered some people in cold blood [insert "of course it was a reprehensible deed . . ." rhetoric here], let Omri . . . more »

Judith | 08/05/05 at 03:28 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 18, 2005

Learning curve

I previously noted how Daniel Pearl's father had some discouraging encounters with Muslims, after investing much time and effort in "dialoguing" about "peace." Melanie Phillips reports that Pearl is now being much more confrontative. Speaking of learning curves, Melanie also . . . more »

Judith | 07/18/05 at 08:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 05, 2005

AUT update

The British academic boycott of Israeli academics is facing a huge backlash. The American Association of University Professors condemns it. (Although the AAUP is not averse to getting into bed with anti-Israel academics.) (Via Norm, who also posts two . . . more »

Judith | 05/05/05 at 07:25 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 03, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: outside agitators

Previous entries on this topic here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and description of the conference and speakers here. The original complaint of the Columbia students was very precise. It did not accuse anyone of antisemitism. . . . more »

Judith | 05/03/05 at 05:10 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 17, 2005

More good news for Jews

Previous good news entry here. Solomonia posts emails from people who attended a talk by veteran Palestinian spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi, at Yale. The good news is that Ashrawi is getting so mellow in her old age that some more . . . more »

Judith | 04/17/05 at 09:48 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 14, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: Jewish campus disagreements

Previous entries on this topic here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and description of the conference and speakers here. Predictably, the activism of the Columbia students who made the movie and raised the issues has put them . . . more »

Judith | 04/14/05 at 09:35 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 12, 2005

Oy, more antisemitism watch

After a short break for good news, back to the muck. Previous entry in this series here. (But I will put up another good-news post soon.) Another British boycott of Israeli academics is gaining steam, this time recapitulating the . . . more »

Judith | 04/12/05 at 07:25 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 10, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: the press controversy continues

Previous entries on this topic here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and description of the conference and speakers here. Campus-J's stringers at Columbia and Columbians for Academic Freedom are on the front lines of this controversy; check both . . . more »

Judith | 04/10/05 at 02:39 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 04, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: the continuing controversy

Previous entries on this topic here, here, here, here, here, here, and description of the conference and speakers here. Campus-J's stringers at Columbia and Columbians for Academic Freedom are on the front lines of this controversy; check both sites . . . more »

Judith | 04/04/05 at 07:36 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 02, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: More Letters to the Editor

I wrote the Jewish Week a letter in response to their inaccurate reporting from the Columbia U Conference on Academic Integrity and the Middle East. They didn't print mine, but they did print these last week, and another one . . . more »

Judith | 04/02/05 at 10:43 PM | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 31, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: the report

Previous entries on the Columbia U Conference on Academic Integrity and the Middle East here, here, here, here, and here. Video clips of all the speakers are now online! . . . more »

Judith | 03/31/05 at 06:06 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 26, 2005

Letter to the editor, cont.

Last week I sent this letter to the Jewish Week criticizing their coverage of the Columbia U Conference on Academic Integrity and the Middle East. They didn't print my letter but they did print these: . . . more »

Judith | 03/26/05 at 08:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 15, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East: Letter to the Editor

The Jewish Week published this report on the Columbia conference on Academic Integrity and the Middle East. I just sent them this letter: . . . more »

Judith | 03/15/05 at 12:14 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 14, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East, cont.

Previous entries in this series here and here. The Forward puts a lot of spin on its report of the Columbia conference, showcasing the students' complaints that their nuanced positions about Columbia in particular are being swamped by a . . . more »

Judith | 03/14/05 at 08:01 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 09, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East - the students

Previous entry in this series here. Mary has posted her report, with pix. She has details of Phyllis Chesler's speech (including the unimaginative and boorish heckling and canned "protest" at nonexistant "censorship"), and Charles Jacob's speech (which he shared . . . more »

Judith | 03/09/05 at 07:29 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 07, 2005

Academic Integrity and the Middle East - the speakers

Last Sunday, several of us NYC Liberal Hawks attended a free all-day conference at Columbia University on Academic Integrity and the Middle East, sponsored by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. The events that precipitated the conference were . . . more »

Judith | 03/07/05 at 11:59 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 09, 2005

Snapshots from anti-terrorist New York

As Condi Rice barnstorms through Europe making the case for political change in the Middle East, the issue of Europe's ideological romance with Islamism comes into sharp relief. The always perceptive Nelson Ascher lays out a gloomy but realistic . . . more »

Judith | 02/09/05 at 11:00 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 02, 2005

Small favors

Gaddafi the Younger at Davos, as related by Jay Nordlinger.. . . Then he says something utterly fascinating: We Arabs have lost all our wars against Israel because Israel is democratic, and we are undemocratic. In other words (Gaddafi . . . more »

Judith | 02/02/05 at 08:40 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 14, 2004

Snapshots from the post-Arafat era.

Israel plans for the next phase. Some advice for the Palestinians. Three assessments of Arafat's legacy. The Norwegian Turd is at it again. . . . more »

Judith | 11/14/04 at 01:59 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 12, 2004

The Arafat funeral circus

Lots of links from Tim Blair on Arafat's chaotic funeral, note especially the peculiar reminiscence by John Le Carre. (He used to be one of my favorite writers; I need to re-read some of his novels and see if . . . more »

Judith | 11/12/04 at 03:21 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 11, 2004

Ding dong Part II

(Part I here.) Yassir Arafat: 1929-2004, the bio. Jacques Chirac hails Arafat as man of courage. Kofi Annan is deeply moved. Guys, that kind of tactless simplistic talk will create enemies and alienate potential allies. You want to be . . . more »

Judith | 11/11/04 at 08:31 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 04, 2004

Ding dong

Lots of news reports that Arafat is dead or close to it. Okay, Palestinians, your future belongs to you. No more patronage and intimidation from Arafat & Co., because his underlings will be fighting too much to keep the . . . more »

Judith | 11/04/04 at 03:34 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 29, 2004

Apikorus

*Sigh* Just read it. (In case you haven't connected the dots, that's this guy.) (via Protocols) . . . more »

Judith | 10/29/04 at 02:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 27, 2004

The end of an era, soon

The Arafat resume, with links.Arafat goes to a fortune teller and asks: "On what day will I die?" The fortune teller said: "It will be on a Jewish Holiday." Arafat said: "Which one? Rosh Hashanah? Passover?" The fortune teller . . . more »

Judith | 10/27/04 at 11:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 14, 2004

The annual fall migration of the ISM

It's October, and long time Kesher Talk readers know what that means. No, I'm not talking about crisp fall days, flame-colored leaves, or the World Series. I'm talking about . . . The annual ISM Conference! That's right, the . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/04 at 03:07 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

September 01, 2004

Bat Kol

Allah says everything about Arun Ghandi that needs to be said. . . . more »

Judith | 09/01/04 at 04:07 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Environmentally conscious terrorists

Rabbi Lazer Brody's most recent post features an unsettling story about disappearing scrap metal in southern Israel, and the way in which it's being 'recycled.' . . . more »

William | 09/01/04 at 01:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 31, 2004

Again

Benjamin Kerstein lives in Beersheva. Today there were two simultaneous suicide bombings on buses there. This is what Benjamin saw. . . . more »

Judith | 08/31/04 at 03:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 26, 2004

More "oppressive apartheid racist dehumanizing" fences

Imshin points out some discrepancy in terminology.Here is a fence, built to keep apart two peoples of two different religions, two peoples who are not able to live together. What is it called, this fence? Is it called an . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 03:55 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 07, 2004

The Fence, cont.

Daniel Gordis, an American-born Israeli, writes about viewing the Fence with a Palestinian co-worker. She shows him her Arab town in hopes he will recoil at how oppressive it is, but he has a different reaction. . . . more »

Judith | 08/07/04 at 09:41 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 15, 2004

H.Res. 713 - Condeming ICJ interference in the Palestinian-Israel conflict

The House of Representatives passed this resolution this morning. Check out how your representative voted. . . . more »

Judith | 07/15/04 at 02:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 13, 2004

It hurts to cry, it hurts to laugh

Tman in Tennessee on the latest Palestinian child abuse:Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda Here I am at, Camp Intifada Bombs we're building, belts we're making And we may get to kill some Jews if it stops raining. . . .Some . . . more »

Judith | 07/13/04 at 04:27 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 09, 2004

The International Court of Justice has ruled on Israel's security fence

The pdf of their ruling can be found here--the meat of their argument starts on page 57. UPDATES [ from Judith ] : . . . more »

Judith | 07/09/04 at 01:09 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 02, 2004

Good news from Israel

Still going through the backed-up email. This one deserves its own post. Josh Harvey - who gave us the wonderful chart about the Israeli fence - just posted a new chart, which correlates the course of the Intifada since . . . more »

Judith | 07/02/04 at 06:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 18, 2004

Chutzpah Dept. revisited

Remember the 1900 sq. ft. houses UNRWA was building in Jenin? Well, the fed-up contractors are leaving. . . . more »

Judith | 06/18/04 at 04:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 02, 2004

The results are in

Portrait of a successful counterterrorism effort:"Everybody�s either dead or in prison," says Nidal Jallad, who is hanging around the store shortly before Aweideh makes his entry. "It�s over. We�ve had enough. All we want now is for the prisoners . . . more »

Judith | 06/02/04 at 03:35 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 20, 2004

Palestinians attempt to kidnap American reporter

Let's see if this story gets any traction. . . . The reporter doesn't seem to think it very noteworthy, since he buried it at the end of his article, which was mostly detailing as much alleged** Israeli killing . . . more »

Judith | 05/20/04 at 01:09 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 16, 2004

Send this to everyone you know

Via Meryl, a chart tracking construction of the Israeli fence and aggressive military action against terrorist groups with attempted and successful suicide bombings. It shows vividly how successful attacks have decreased as the fence has been completed and terrorist . . . more »

Judith | 05/16/04 at 10:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

May 05, 2004

Double Standards Dept.

Earlier this year I noted a number of fences that the "international community" (primarily the EU and the UN) didn't seem to have a problem with, in contrast to their horror and disgust at Israel's desire to keep out . . . more »

Judith | 05/05/04 at 08:21 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 28, 2004

The tortoise and the hare

Lies have already encircled the globe countless times on the alleged "Jenin massacre." Truth finally gets out of bed and puts on its shoes, in the form of a TV documentary about the grossly irresponsible media response to the . . . more »

Judith | 04/28/04 at 12:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Steyn. Nailing it as usual

What a strange world the Middle East is. For 10 years, in northern Iraq, the Kurds have run a pleasant, civilised, pluralist, democratic de facto state, but external realities require them to be denied one de jure. For the same . . . more »

Judith | 04/28/04 at 11:53 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 27, 2004

From the horse's mouth

Lynn B attended a talk in Philadelphia, by a Palestinian journalist who now lives in Israel and works for the JPost. Everything you wanted to know about tyranny under Arafat, including suppression of real journalism, summary executions, celebrating 9-11, and . . . more »

Judith | 04/27/04 at 06:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

The Swiss giveth and the Swiss taketh away

Apparently even the 67 armistice lines aren't "legal" enough for the Swiss government.Zurich (JTA) � Switzerland boycotted a ceremony honoring a Swiss citizen who saved Jews during World War II because it was held in a Jerusalem neighborhood that . . . more »

Judith | 04/27/04 at 10:03 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 25, 2004

Slightly less wacky than Vannunu

It is often amusing to watch political events move faster than ideology can keep up: . . . more »

Judith | 04/25/04 at 09:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 22, 2004

Ding dong Dept.

Speaking of Rantisi, Protocols notes a fawning portrait in the NYTimes: The Nicest Terrorist I Ever Met. . . . more »

Judith | 04/22/04 at 12:04 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 18, 2004

Ding dong the witch is dead Dept.

Yasher koach, IDF. Allah has all the links you need. . . . more »

Judith | 04/18/04 at 09:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 04, 2004

Traitors

Naturei Karta are the small gaggle of ultra-Orthodox Jews who regularly appear at anti-Israel rallies supporting the anti-Israel movements. They believe it is blasphemous to establish a Jewish state until the coming of the Messiah. This used to be mainstream . . . more »

Judith | 04/04/04 at 01:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

April 01, 2004

Fence Hypocrisy Dept.

Via LGF: Say No To Washington's Apartheid Fence!!!!!!! . . . more »

Judith | 04/01/04 at 12:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 31, 2004

Welcome to America

Email from Dave:I wanted to inform you that PBS is running a series called Independent Lens: The New Americans on March 29, 30, and 31st. The series chronicles the lives of different immigrants who are trying to make a new . . . more »

Judith | 03/31/04 at 10:39 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 28, 2004

Voices of reason

Ghost Dog over at Islamicate has an interesting take on why Israel was justified in assassinating Yassin. Also, a fascinating post on why he, as a Muslim, isn't grieving for Yassin: he's grieving for the diminished chances of peace . . . more »

Judith | 03/28/04 at 07:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 27, 2004

Speaking truth to power Dept.

Statement by Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman, to the UN."There cannot be peace and terror. There cannot be peace and Hamas." Mr. President, In three and a half years of Palestinian terrorist attacks that have murdered hundreds of innocent Israeli . . . more »

Judith | 03/27/04 at 11:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 23, 2004

This is short notice but . . .

TODAY, Tuesday, March 23, 2004 5:00-6:00 pm The Israeli Consulate 42nd and 2nd Avenue New York City Amcha has just found out that the International Action Center, along with groups such as ANSWER-NY and New Jersey Solidarity (infamously led . . . more »

Judith | 03/23/04 at 04:10 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 22, 2004

Ding dong the witch is dead

Rest in pieces, Sheik Yassin, you despicable SOB. UPDATE: Roger rounds up some commentary. So does Charles. The European tut-tutting has predictably begun. Hypocrites. No shit, Sherlock. . . . more »

Judith | 03/22/04 at 12:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

March 01, 2004

The Aftermath of Terror

Rabbi Lazer Brody gives some interesting advice to a family dealing with psychological fallout from a rocket (launched from Gaza) exploding in their nice, quiet, Israeli suburb. You won't get this perspective on CNN. . . . more »

William | 03/01/04 at 05:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 26, 2004

Put up or shut up

I posted last month about the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm, whose mayor said about the proposed fence:[Terrorist attacks coming through Umm al-Fahm] caused the greatest image debacle to the city. Therefore, we have mixed feelings about the . . . more »

Judith | 02/26/04 at 04:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Terrorist victims are disgusting, says Hague mayor

As the farcical show trial of Israel's security fence continues, Israeli protest groups are creating quite a stir. . . . more »

Judith | 02/26/04 at 02:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 19, 2004

Action Alert - February 24th

A Pace University student is organizing a pro-Israel presence at a large anti-Israel panel that will be taking place there on Tuesday, February 24th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM called THE WALL: BORDER OF PEACE? From the email: . . . more »

William | 02/19/04 at 11:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 18, 2004

A very cold $2bil/yr. peace

Interesting information from Tacitus:A couple of my Arab co-workers (one specifically employed as an Arab specialist, the other, well, just Arab) were chatting near me, and one of them mentioned all the risks that the Egyptian government was taking . . . more »

Judith | 02/18/04 at 11:53 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Um . . . never mind . . .

The International Court of Justice hearing on the inhumane oppressive racist apartheid Israeli wall? Stick a fork in it - it's done. . . . more »

Judith | 02/18/04 at 04:25 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 11, 2004

The fashion for fences

Saudi Arabia just decided it needs to install a fence on the border with Yemen. I demand that this oppressive racist violation of international law be taken up by the International Court of Justice in the Hague! These fences . . . more »

Judith | 02/11/04 at 02:02 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 10, 2004

It hurts to laugh

If you can "imagine" being a suicide bomber: . . . more »

Judith | 02/10/04 at 07:08 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

February 03, 2004

Killing your parents and asking the court to have mercy because you're an orphan Dept.

Palestinians complain that Israel isn't providing more medical services. Excuse me while I get out the world's tiniest violin . . . . . . more »

Judith | 02/03/04 at 03:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 30, 2004

Eyewitness

Jerusalem Post editor Bret Stephens on the recent suicide bombing in Jerusalem: . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/04 at 03:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 29, 2004

Different ways of approaching reality

The Bush administration looks at the facts and learns from mistakes:The "road map" for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict died last Thursday. The funeral took place in the office of Condoleezza Rice in the White House, during a pleasant conversation . . . more »

Judith | 01/29/04 at 10:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

My right and left hand are not communicating with each other Dept.

The good news: The UK council of Christian and Jewish leaders jointly released a letter denouncing antisemitism disguised as anti-Israel-ism. The bad news: One of the signers of the letter accepts an award from Yassir Arafat. . . . more »

Judith | 01/29/04 at 06:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 25, 2004

Selective indignation Dept, part II

Guess who gets to testify against Israel about the fence, in the Hague? . . . more »

Judith | 01/25/04 at 12:05 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

"I Know Art When I See It," cont.

One last post about the Swedish art-unplugging affaire: Have you noticed that most people's politics are not that different from their parents'? You sort of expect political artists - who style themselves iconoclastic rebels against received wisdom, daring seekers . . . more »

Judith | 01/25/04 at 11:08 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 24, 2004

Just in case you still trust the New York Times

Tim Blair links to an account by an editor of the Spectator of the many changes forced upon his (solicited) op-ed by Times editors. Tim excerpted a few paragraphs, but you really have to read the whole thing to . . . more »

Judith | 01/24/04 at 08:08 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 22, 2004

"I Know Art When I See It," cont.

Even Mother Nature contributed to culture-jamming the controversial Swedish art exhibit on suicide bombing, when the red-dyed water froze solid, upending the terrorist's cute little boat. (You kinda have to wonder about the smarts of this Israeli expat artist . . . more »

Judith | 01/22/04 at 02:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 21, 2004

Enough is enough, Part III

The "I Know Art When I See It" Affair continues to produce more culture jamming. Elizabeth reports: An Israeli artist went to the plaza outside the museum today and brought a small white fiberglass tub, filled it with red . . . more »

Judith | 01/21/04 at 03:29 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 17, 2004

Enough is enough, Part II

Meanwhile, at the other end of the globe:A university student who attempted to buy a book on the Holocaust last week was abused by a bookstore employee, who told her "the Jews are committing genocide against the Palestinians. And . . . more »

Judith | 01/17/04 at 09:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Enough is enough

Good for him. PS Richard A. Heddleson suggests:A much better response would have been to call in the Swedish ambassador to Israel, speak not a word to him and have him view pictures of real vicitims of Palestinian atrocities . . . more »

Judith | 01/17/04 at 06:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 12, 2004

Selective Indignation

Kate Raphael - scourge of the Israeli "apartheid" "wall" - had better start planning the itinerary for her round-the-world tour. According to this site, there are many walls that demand Kate's attention: . . . more »

Judith | 01/12/04 at 01:19 AM | 1 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 10, 2004

Queers for terrorism

So last month Kate Raphael of Berkeley was arrested for protesting the nasty "apartheid" wall that keeps Palestinian suicide bombers from murdering Jewish grandmothers in restaurants. (And if you think assassinating terrorist leaders and building a wall doesn't keep Israelis . . . more »

Judith | 01/10/04 at 09:35 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

January 08, 2004

Benny Morris redux

Roger and Allison are surprised by Benny Morris' latest opinions on the Palestinian-Israeli situation. Actually, Morris - formerly the poster child for revisionist Zionist history - has been re-revising his views since the start of Intifada II, but bloggers aren't . . . more »

Judith | 01/08/04 at 11:46 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

November 29, 2003

Andrew Wilkie and his ilk

Remember clueless creepy British antisemite academic Andrew Wilkie? He's the one who got caught. If you don't think this will affect you personally, think about what the world will lose if Israelis are excluded from global intellectual endeavor. Remember who . . . more »

Judith | 11/29/03 at 10:30 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 27, 2003

Tony Judt revisited

Last week I rounded up some critiques of Tony Judt's bone-headed piece on Israel - bone-headed in factual errors as well as its central thesis - and I wanted to add this masterful fisking by Leon Wieseltier, in whose . . . more »

Judith | 10/27/03 at 12:09 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

October 14, 2003

I know you're a racist aparthied state, but what am I?

Tony Judt says In a world where nations and peoples increasingly intermingle and intermarry, where cultural and national impediments to communication have all but collapsed, where more and more of us have multiple elective identities and would feel constrained if . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/03 at 12:05 PM | 0 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 03, 2003

When Bad Neighbors Require Good Fences

Israel isn't the only country which has built a fence to keep people out. The border security fence is comprised of many sections totaling scores of miles. Some sections are concrete, others sheet metal. The barrier is three layers deep . . . more »

Judith | 08/03/03 at 01:22 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 02, 2003

Creepy antisemitic British academics, part II

Some updates on the Andrew Wilkie case, which I reported on last week: So far, the best letter to Oxford about the case. States all the issues succinctly and thoroughly. Thank you, Andrew. Excellent update at Jewsweek (via Buzz Machine), . . . more »

Judith | 07/02/03 at 10:32 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

July 01, 2003

The Christopher Hitchens of the Israeli Left

Israeli historian Benny Morris lectured at Berkeley recently, and flabbergasted leftists there who apparently were not aware that he had been re-evaluating his views for the past three years. (What - they don't read the Guardian?) . . . more »

Judith | 07/01/03 at 11:43 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

June 29, 2003

Creepy antisemitic British academics Dept.

Tom Paulin, Mona Baker, and now . . . Andrew Wilkie, Nuffield Professor of Pathology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, UK. funded by the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine have just got a grant from the Wellcome Trust and . . . more »

Judith | 06/29/03 at 12:35 PM | 0 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world