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