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Posted by Joel Engel on November 18, 2012 22 Comments
I criticize the president frequently here. So let me now praise him for remarks he made today regarding Israel’s attacks on Hamas’ positions in Gaza.  Via the New York Times: Speaking on Sunday from Bangkok, President Obama condemned missile attacks by Palestinian fighters in Gaza...

Posted by Joel Engel on November 16, 2012 15 Comments
Outside of Google Docs, the word collaborator refers to someone who cooperates with an enemy in a time of war. Gazans in general and Hamas in particular consider themselves to be at war with Israel.  Via the New York Times: Masked gunmen in Gaza summarily...

Posted by Joel Engel on November 16, 2012 16 Comments
You can count on the New York Times for the latest in conventional wisdom’s preferred narrative.  But this attitude typically reaches its apotheosis when Times reporters do their best to be evenhanded about fighting in the Mideast. Israel and Hamas widened their deadly conflict over...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 15, 2012 24 Comments
You know Pallywood, the Palestinian industry devoted to manipulating the Western press through fake injuries and damage from Israelis. It’s back in Gaza, once again. Via Honest Reporting (h/t Right Scoop): Don’t think it’s just during war. This video shows how Palestinians push their children...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 14, 2012 29 Comments
With Israel on the cusp of a major conflict in Gaza and maybe beyond, pay a visit to and say a prayer for our blog friends in Israel, who are updating the events: Israel Matzav — also known as Carl in Jerusalem. Anne’s Opinions — also...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 14, 2012 16 Comments
In an Israeli airstrike, after almost non-stop rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. Via Times of Israel: The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday bombed a car in Gaza City, killing Ahmed Jaabari, the head of Hamas’s armed wing — the equivalent of an army’s chief...

Posted by Joel Engel on October 05, 2012 34 Comments
The estimable Walter Russell Mead has a disturbing story about the so-called Free Gaza Movement. The website of the Free Gaza Movement, a sponsor of the Gaza Flotilla, lists some impressive celebrity endorsements. One of the most impressive names on the list is that of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 18, 2012 22 Comments
I have written a number of times about the persecution of Jews in the Swedish city of Malmö by Islamists with the connivance of anti-Israeli leftists, including the Mayor: Malmö Syndrome All Swedes Are Malmö Jews Now Not Just Malmö This Islamist-Leftist coalition manifesting itself in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2012 29 Comments
The cycle of perpetual outrage and victimhood continues. Mitt Romney pointed out something obvious, that Israel has a record of economic success unmatched by those under Palestinian Authority control, attributing it to cultural and other factors: “As you come here and you see the GDP...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 06, 2012 14 Comments
We have featured Pallywood here many times, the industry build on faux. From numerous instances of fauxtography to wildly exaggerated reports of massacres, this industry is devoted to building the narrative of perpetual Palestinian victimhood.  From the archives: Abid Katib – Palestinian Shoe Fauxtographer? (funny how...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 31 Comments
Via Professor Bainbridge, the Presbyterian Church once again is considering a divestment of Israeli companies as part of an ongoing attempt to boycott everything Israeli: Once again, the Presbyterian Church (USA) is considering divesting from certain companies that do business with the Israeli government. As I explained the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 01, 2012 17 Comments
but in Israel. Via Times of Israel, IDF Staff Sergeant Netanel Moshiashvili was killed early Friday morning in a gunfight with a Palestinian infiltrator near the Israel-Gaza border. The terrorist group Islamic Jihad first confirmed its connection to the incident, but later denied it. The...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2012 77 Comments
The successful Navy SEAL raid which killed Osama bin Laden is becoming one of the central themes of the Obama campaign. Almost every other sentence out of the mouth of Joe Biden (who opposed the raid) is about “bin Laden.” We know that bin Laden was...

Posted by Anne Segal on April 25, 2012 46 Comments
Yesterday we learned that Representative Allen West (R-FL) was disinvited from an NAACP fundraiser in his home state of Florida. Last week, West had commented that “I believe there’s about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party.”...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 13, 2012 25 Comments
Flytilla 2012 is another stunt in which anti-Israeli activists from Western countries will attempt the air equivalent of the Gaza Flotilla, arriving en masse at Israel’s Ben Gurian airport, ostensibly to make their way to the West Bank. In reality, it is a publicity stunt done...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 08, 2012 43 Comments
On March 11, Nicky Larson wrote a column for The Independent (Ireland) hitting on virulent anti-Israel sentiment in Ireland: I used to hate Israel. I used to think the Left was always right. Not any more. Now I loathe Palestinian terrorists. Now I see why...
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