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Guardian Columnist Calls Out The Anti-Israel Left, But Not His Own Paper

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2009 0 Comments

The Guardian newspaper in Britain devotes endless articles and op-eds to criticising Israel. The paper is worth reading if only to keep up to date on what the anti-Israel left is thinking. Few if any columnists are more critical of Israel than Jonathan Freedland. Yet...

A Call For Bloggers To Investigate The Possible “Gaza Racist Graffiti” Hoax

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2009 2 Comments

In the past few days, and particularly in the last day or two, photographs of “racist” graffiti allegedly left behind by Israeli soldiers in Gaza is surfacing. The photos (see right) I have seen mostly are attributed to an unidentified photographer for Agence France Presse...

Must Israel Use “Proportionate” Force Against Hamas?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 16, 2009 2 Comments

It is always a little dangerous when law professors opine on areas of law with which they have little familiarity. That is why I have stayed away from the issue of whether Israel must use “proportionate” force against Hamas. Although I suspected that the term...

Emergency Alert: Islamic Jihad Seizes Israeli Soldiers’ Hot Dogs

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 10, 2009 1 Comment

This just in: First, the bad news – Islamic Jihad has seized the hot dogs of invading Zionist-entity soldiers. Next, the good news – The hot dog wrappers were empty. Then, the really good news – “Meanwhile, the IDF has boasted somewhat more impressive achievements...

U.S. In Massive Arms Resupply To Israel Days Before Obama Inauguration

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 09, 2009 2 Comments

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting that the U.S. has arranged for a charter ship “to carry 325 standard 20-foot containers of what is listed as ‘ammunition’ on two separate journeys from the Greek port of Astakos to the Israeli port of Ashdod in mid-to-late...

Providence Journal Columnist Compares Israel To Auschwitz Prison Guards

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 08, 2009 0 Comments

In a guest column in The Providence Journal, Susanne Garrison Hoder of Tiverton, Rhode Island, “founder of the Interfaith Peace Initiative,” compares Israel to Auschwitz prison guards: “The new movie The Reader is a powerful drama about a young man who discovers that a woman...