Archives for the 'Palestinians' Category
Dots, Not Connected
Published on 6 Nov 2009 at 1:10 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, America, Iraq, Islam, Jihad, Palestinians, military.
Not in time, anyway. The murders of 12 people and wounding of 31 others by one man with two handguns probably made a lot of things painfully obvious, and probably helped cut through a lot of clutter and red tape pretty quickly.
But when, within a matter of hours, the following facts and suspicions are widely reported, [...]
IDF Has a Whack At Sudan
Published on 27 Mar 2009 at 9:08 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, Palestinians.
Israel hit weapons smugglers in Sudan three times this year, reportedly targeting Iranian shipments headed for Gaza. ABC.
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Meanwhile, In IDF News
Published on 25 Mar 2009 at 9:58 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, military, sex.
The IDF isn’t just about killing terrorists. They’re also showcasing IDF cheesecake on their English language website. Miss Israel 2009 is no petty officer herself. Danger Room suggests the IDF’s focus on eye candy is a bid to change the subject amid questions over the behavior of IDF troops in Gaza. Looks more like IDF PR as usual.
Israel by the way is [...]
Can’t Buy Love
Published on 12 Mar 2009 at 10:36 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, terrorists.
You can rent it, though. For a while. Ha’aretz:
$900 million pledged by the United States to the Palestinians will be withdrawn if the expected Palestinian Authority coalition government between Fatah and Hamas does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, Western and Israeli diplomats said Wednesday.
During her visit to the region last week Secretary of State Hillary [...]
“Ass-Kissing Carnival” Pelted
Published on 8 Mar 2009 at 9:56 pm.
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Filed under Britain, Egypt, Palestinians, dummkopf!.
This is terrible. A Gaza relief convoy carrying America-bashing, Saddam-loving, Islamic extremism-embracing British MP George Galloway has been pelted with stones by naughty Egyptian children who also took advantage of a blackout to scrawl bad words and anti-Hamas slogans. AFP:
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Cold War
Published on 6 Mar 2009 at 9:09 am.
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Filed under Iran, Israel, Palestinians, saudi arabia.
MEMRI posits that is what has been going on, from Lebanon to Gaza, between Saudi Arabia and Iran. One caveat. While Hamas and Hezbollah are Iranian proxies, Israel is hardly Saudi’s. More a matter of enlightened self-interest in Saudi actions. And while Israel obviously considers world and Arab opinion in its actions, specifically their termination, Israel has [...]
Quick Israel Update
Published on 5 Mar 2009 at 9:58 am.
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Clinton whacks Israel plan to level Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem. LAT
Palestinian proceeds with plan to level cop car, bus in West Jerusalem. UK Telegraph
Matzav: Palestinians are allowed to drive tractors in Jerusalem?
Ha’aretz: If Israel were nicer, there’d be no anti-Semitism. (hey, that sounds familiar.)
Xinhua: Gaza militants fire back in response to Israel strike on militants [...]
Stimulating Gaza
Published on 2 Mar 2009 at 9:02 am.
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Filed under Obama, Palestinians, moronocy.
Hillary promises the $900 million Hamas Stimulus funds won’t go to Hamas. Reuters. I’m not sure how she plans on ensuring that. Anyone who might be inclined to act as a porkbu … sorry, culturally insensitive … falafelbuster got thrown off the rooftops of Gaza a long time ago. Any Palestinian Authority guy who shows up with [...]
Hamas Stimulus Plan
Published on 24 Feb 2009 at 8:54 am.
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Filed under Obama, Palestinians, UN, terrorists.
US plans $900 million for bomb-flattened Gaza. No worries, it won’t go to Hamas. It’s going to the UN! via Yahoo:
Palestinian Industry
Published on 22 Feb 2009 at 8:20 am.
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Filed under Palestinians, media, terrorists.
Hamas boots Al-Arabiya reporter from Gaza for reporting on tunnels, missile factories. Too bad the Bush admin never did the same back when NYT was giving big heads up to al-Qaeda. Any, via MEMRI, the tunnel script is a hoot, and along with the missile factory script, an eyeopener. Too bad the Palestinians haven’t figured [...]
Rant, Rave, Repeat
Published on 5 Feb 2009 at 11:19 pm.
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Filed under Palestinians, TV.
Two from MEMRI: An Egyptian cleric on the correct way to beat your wife. Meanwhile, Hamas TV scratches another kiddie show character. Assud the Rabbit won’t be down for falafel.* Stop me if you’ve heard either of those ones before. The wife-beating thing pretty much speaks for itself. It’s all about traditional, violent, 7th century family values. I don’t [...]
EmbarrHamasment
Published on 4 Feb 2009 at 10:14 pm.
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Filed under Palestinians, UN, terrorists.
This is actually kind of funny. The United Nations is PO’d at Hamas because the terrorist group ripped them off for a bunch of blankets and food meant for the poor. Money quote, via AP:
”Does anyone really think that the Americans, who are our single largest donor, or the Europeans, who are our largest multination [...]
Business As Usual
Published on 2 Feb 2009 at 10:18 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
In Gaza, as an Israeli missile proportinately whacks a terrorist vehicle involved in mortar-lobbing operations. via FOX. While PM Olmert talks up disproportionality, Israel’s defense minister says war is not back on. Reuters:
Energizer Hamas
Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 7:51 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, media, terrorists.
Still going! Hamas leader emerges from the rubble to declare victory. I’m getting the impression even the AP appreciates the absurdity:
Pragmatist On Irrationality
Published on 21 Jan 2009 at 9:50 pm.
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Filed under Arabs, Israel, Palestinians.
Solomonia with a good read from sociologist Sami Alrabaa, who puts his fellow Arabs on the couch re Hamas, Israel.
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Unfinished Business
Published on 19 Jan 2009 at 8:16 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
If all Hamas terrorists had been killed by the IDF, these Fatah members would be home by now. JPost:
High Road
Published on 18 Jan 2009 at 8:48 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Taken by the Israelis, yet again. Hamas obligingly invites its own destruction. NYT:
World Gone Gaza
Published on 17 Jan 2009 at 10:15 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Zomblog posits an Intifada gone global as peace demonstrations get violent around the marble. (The following news and views roundup as the Israeli cabinet mulls a unilateral ceasefire will be updated when I get back from taking my son to see “Defiance,” fine Jewish propaganda flick with lots of dead Nazis … UPDATE: Magnificent, inspiring flick. Something wrong [...]
Hamas “Surprised”
Published on 16 Jan 2009 at 7:59 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Captured Hamas terrorist, via IsraelNationalNews.com:
”Hamas took a gamble. We thought, at worst Israel will come and do something from the air - something superficial. They’ll come in and go out. We never thought that we would reach the point where fear will swallow the heart and the feet will want to flee. You [Israel] are fighting [...]
Media War
Published on 15 Jan 2009 at 8:06 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, media.
Ynet suggests Israel is losing it and suggests keeping the western media out of Gaza was a mistake. Anyone ever think Israel had a shot at winning the media war? Letting the handwringing Israel-bashers in would mean more of what we have seen from those that are already in there. News roundup kicks off with glad [...]
Time Short
Published on 9 Jan 2009 at 9:15 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Obama transition team signals to Israel they’d better get on with it and destroy Hamas quick. Because Obama plans to reverse the isolation policy and initiate diplomatic talks with the terrorist group. OK, that’s not exactly what the UK Guardian is reporting:
Gaza, Trash Heap of Moral Authority
Published on 8 Jan 2009 at 9:37 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
History’s running update on moral myopia, Gaza edition, kicks off with Jimmy Carter, who never failed to not stand up to a terrorist he didn’t like. Says none of this needed to happen and it could all be over tomorrow. If Israel would just trust Hamas. Washington Post.
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Martyrdom Opportunities Mulled
Published on 7 Jan 2009 at 10:12 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Israeli cabinet debates whether to finish the job in Gaza’s urban centers and honor Hamas’ deeply held shahid lust, or allow Hamas to live to fire missiles into Israeli neighborhoods another day. Roundup kicks off with Reuters:
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Weep No More
Published on 7 Jan 2009 at 8:53 am.
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All that international handwringing about the death and destruction Hamas has brought down upon Gaza? What a waste of time. Egyptian cleric Safwat Higazi on Hamas TV explains all. Martyrdom rocks! Never stop killing us, you sons of pigs and apes! Ha ha! I laugh in the face of other people’s deaths! It’s a barnburner. Goat-shed burner, whatever. [...]
War Crimes In Gaza
Published on 6 Jan 2009 at 11:19 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, media.
AP, of all terrorist-enabling, Israel-bashing news agencies, locates some Palestinians who confirm that Hamas was firing mortars from the vicinity of the school, and other aspects of the IDF’s story:
Bleeding, Leading
Published on 6 Jan 2009 at 8:55 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, media.
You’d almost get the idea that this was all Israel’s fault, from the coverage of new horrors emerging in Gaza. But before we get to the news, what looks almost like a Greenwald parody of Greenwald, while attempting to disparage Gaza war coverage, instead seems to have captured its spirit:
Last night, I was on The Hugh Hewitt Show to discuss the Israeli attack [...]
Heil Hamas!
Published on 5 Jan 2009 at 8:44 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Gaza roundup kicks off with Nazis and Hamas, as Hitler scholar Ron Rosenbaum at PJM compares and contrasts. Hamas gets points for honesty. Meanwhile, the hated Zionist entity gets points for greater humanitarian concerns and practices than the WWII Allies. OK, news via JPost:
We Regret To Inform
Published on 2 Jan 2009 at 1:16 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
The sheikh won’t be down for pita bread. JPost with the news, plus assorted product links of the hated Zionist entity:
French Humanitarianism
Published on 31 Dec 2008 at 8:20 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
UPDATE: VOA now reporting: Ceasefire rejected. Allah be praised.
Israel has rejected an immediate 48-hour cease-fire with Hamas, saying it will push ahead with its military assault on the Gaza Strip.
Israeli officials say Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his defense and foreign ministers made the decision after discussing the French-proposed truce during a meeting overnight.
Earlier:
Is there [...]
Boneheaded New World
Published on 30 Dec 2008 at 12:05 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
The modern battlespace is a trip. Roundup starts with important news of boneheaded meddlers, trying to run the blockade into Gaza, encountering difficulties. Atlanta Journal Constitution:
So, What Next?
Published on 29 Dec 2008 at 10:13 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants “war to the bitter end.” Hamas is on the run, its terrorist infrastructure and personnel being blown to bits as we speak. All good, but at the end of the day, all that gets you is a pile of rubble and a bunch of dead terrorists, international condemnation, and [...]
“War To The Bitter End”
Published on 29 Dec 2008 at 10:58 am.
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Filed under America, Israel, Obama, Palestinians, middle east.
Promises Israel’s defense minister re Gaza. I thought that was what Lebanon and prior incursions in Gaza were about. via Yahoo. In any case, the IDF is making it personal, taking out Hamas symbols of power.
Gateway rounds up the news with art, and adds this through-the-looking-glass news from Mosul: Israel blamed for suicide bmob at pro-Hamas rally.
Speaking [...]
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Earnestly Wrung Hands
Published on 28 Dec 2008 at 4:12 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, moronocy.
Glenn Greenwald: Killing people is wrong, and it is reprehensible that anyone would blindly support Israel’s efforts to get Hamas to stop doing it. Israelis out of Israel now! At least I think that’s what he’s saying.
American media opinionator Greg Mitchell at HuffPo, silent on missiles coming out of Gaza, decries American media opinion silence on missiles going [...]
Gotcha
Published on 28 Dec 2008 at 9:51 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Fooling Hamas … how hard could it possibly be? That was “Beat the stuff out of Hamas,” not “eat lots of stuff with hummus.”
OK, OK, killing terrorists is serious business. News and commentary roundup starts with Ha’aretz on the careful planning and critical deception campaign that reportedly preceded the current operation, with the desired effect of catching a lot of them [...]
Tragedy
Published on 27 Dec 2008 at 10:29 am.
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Filed under Palestinians.
There’s a lot of it raining down on Gaza, as the Palestinian experiment in democracy continues. Yesterday, the news was two Palestinian schoolgirls killed, when missiles intended for Israeli schoolchildren fell short. The lede on the Globe and Mail’s wire rewrite says it all:
JERUSALEM — Two Palestinian girls were killed yesterday by Palestinian rockets intended for Israel [...]
Heads Up, Hamas!
Published on 22 Dec 2008 at 9:44 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
It’s hammer time. AFP:
FuFu Kuku
Published on 8 May 2008 at 11:27 am.
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Filed under Palestinians, media.
What, no YuYu? A couple of great new characters at Hamas TV. FuFu and KuKu want to eradicate the Zionist Entity, you know the usual, but I like this part:
Iran = Hitler + Nukes, Hamas = Wall
Published on 5 May 2008 at 8:58 pm.
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Elder statesman Shimon Peres’ quick nuisance assessment. J Post:
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Hamas Hearts Obama
Published on 16 Apr 2008 at 10:47 pm.
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Filed under Iran, Palestinians, pols.
Anyone surprised? Cameron’s Corner at Fox:
Israel = Hamas
Published on 7 Apr 2008 at 6:33 am.
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Filed under Iraq, Israel, Palestinians, media, vietnam.
That’s the official NYT Radio position. Powerline.
Meanwhile, in other NYT distortions, Basra = Tet. Malkin.
Axis of Evil
Published on 9 Mar 2008 at 7:37 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
Ha’aretz: Jerusalem killer acted on a plot drawn up by Hamas and Hezbollah in Damascus.
Shinbet via AFP: Iran is acting through Hezbollah and Hamas.
Great Hamas Victory
Published on 3 Mar 2008 at 6:54 am.
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They only got half the crap pounded out of them. Ha’aretz:
Gaza Heats Up
Published on 2 Mar 2008 at 8:08 am.
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Israel, fed up with rocket attacks, wacks 54 in Gaza. “Militants” remain “defiant.” Abbas gets the lead quote, with his call for a reasonable response to irrationality. He’s not the only one trotting out the Nazi analogies.
Gazapalooza
Published on 27 Feb 2008 at 9:49 pm.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians.
As Israel swaps missiles for Hamas rockets. Tragically, an Israeli father of four, a Palestinian baby and other civilians are dead as a result of Hamas’ rocket harassment policy. It’s what Hamas wanted. Ha’aretz:
Field Trip
Published on 25 Feb 2008 at 6:45 am.
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Filed under Palestinians.
UPDATE: Hamas, a few links short of a human chain. JPost:
Gaga over Gaza
Published on 24 Feb 2008 at 8:18 pm.
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Hamas, in keeping with its Kumbayahist philosophy, is organizing “Hands across Gaza,” and the Israelis are worried about it. As well they should be. NYT:
The Palestinian Card
Published on 18 Feb 2008 at 11:38 am.
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Filed under Iraq, Palestinians, al qaeda.
More evidence AQ in Iraq is on the ropes. MEMRI:
Nahoul Martyred
Published on 13 Feb 2008 at 8:43 am.
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Filed under Palestinians, kids.
The Hamas bee needed an operation but the Egyptian Zionist lackeys wouldn’t let him in, and he croaked. Apparently that counts as a martyrdom, even if he wasn’t knocked off by a Zionist soldier like Farfour the Mickey Mouse knockoff. But his brother Assud the Bunny has returned from another Arab country. The story is short on details … [...]
Fox
Published on 27 Jan 2008 at 9:25 pm.
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Wants to watch henhouse. Hamas’ plans for new procedure re Gaza-Egypt border.
Chumbayah
Published on 26 Jan 2008 at 11:16 am.
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Filed under Israel, Palestinians, moronocy.
I’m pretty sure that’s how you’d spell that in Hebrew. Hard, throat-clearing “ch” sound. Check this out. They may dwell under the very rockets and suicide-bomb threat of Hamas, Hezbollah, etal, but Israeli lefties are every bit as clueless as their American counterparts. Jerusalem Post:
