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Ex-WaPo Ombudsman alleges Media Matters organized email campaign against Jennifer Rubin

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 15, 2013 21 Comments

"organized email campaigns against her by leftie groups like Media Matters"

Israel to recruit students as it gears up for social media battle

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 14, 2013 4 Comments

It appears Israel is gearing up for its own citizen army to defend itself – on social media. From the Jerusalem Post’s article, Government to use citizens as army in social media war: The Prime Minister’s Office has a far-reaching plan to utilize students and...

Media Matters to declare victory over Limbaugh regardless of reality

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2013 13 Comments

"Even if Limbaugh wins in the end, he loses."

Jewish Voice for Peace seeks to divide and conquer support for Israel

Posted by David Gerstman on August 07, 2013 4 Comments

Devastating Report from NGO Monitor on the tactics of the "Jewish wing of the [Palestinian solidarity] movement"

Twitter UK Chief Apologizes to Female Victims of Online Abuse

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 03, 2013 11 Comments

The general manager of Twitter UK, Tony Wang, sent a series of tweets Saturday, apologizing to women who have experienced abuse on its site. I personally apologize to the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through. — Tony...

And then there were none (of the pre-Oslo Arab killers of Israelis left in prison)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 27, 2013 25 Comments

Another in my ongoing posts from Israel: Today was a rest day, with the only real activity some time at the beach in front of our hotel in Tel Aviv. The Mediterranean Sea was warm, and the waves and undertow strong. It was great to...

In what alternate universe is the Trayvon Martin case a civil rights landmark?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 20, 2013 95 Comments

I headed off to JFK Airport for my trip to Israel on Friday not long after Obama gave his surprise speech on the Florida jury verdict finding George Zimmerman not guilty of Second Degree Murder and Manslaughter in the killing of Trayvon Martin. The presidential statement...

EU v. Israel

Posted by David Gerstman on July 18, 2013 14 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 7-18-2013

Rolling Stone’s Boston Bomber Cover Flops

Posted by Mandy Nagy on July 17, 2013 35 Comments

This isn’t going over so well. When I was a teenager, I used to wait anxiously for my issue of Tiger Beat to arrive (yes, I’m ashamed to admit that). I think some folks have it right – this Rolling Stone cover is more like...

Palestinian incitement against Jews remains the fundamental problem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 07, 2013 22 Comments

We’ve made this point time and again, the Palestinian culture of incitement is the core problem You will not see western boycotts, divestments or sanctions for the type of incitement against Jews routinely put out by Palestinian media and institutions. Anti-Jewish incitement is an accepted...

The Durable al-Dura Case

Posted by David Gerstman on June 27, 2013 8 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 06/27/2013 - The Durable al Dura Case

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/09/2013 – The Palestinian do-over mentality

Posted by David Gerstman on June 09, 2013 5 Comments

Erekat’s Latrun gambit In commemoration of the 46th anniversary of the start of the Six Day War, the New York Times published a press release for the Palestinian Authority, On Anniversary of Arab-Israeli War, a Palestinian Plea: It was here on the wooded slopes of...

More evidence #StopRush has failed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2013 15 Comments

I have covered the #StopRush and various affiliated boycott campaigns against Rush Limbaugh organized and run by Media Matters as extensively as anyone: Media Matters astroturfed the Limbaugh secondary boycott Independent Rush boycott group coordinated with Media Matters Evidence of Media Matters coordination disappears from “independent” anti-Rush group...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/05/2013 – Erdogan’s straits

Posted by David Gerstman on June 05, 2013 8 Comments

1) Talkin’ Turkey Claire Berlinski provides the recent background for the foment going on in Turkey: Of late, almost every sector of the electorate has felt unease about one part or another of Erdoğan’s agenda. Restrictive new alcohol legislation, rammed through parliament, as usual, with...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/04/2013 – Songs in the Keys of Right

Posted by David Gerstman on June 04, 2013 4 Comments

1) Music lives in Israel Arsen Ostrovsky interviewed Zubin Mehta about performing Israel: According to Mehta, “it’s hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel’s success in classical music.” He adds “the amount of culture going on in...

Conservatives no longer suffering government intimidation in isolation

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 31, 2013 12 Comments

There has been a no-holds barred assault on conservatives and the Tea Party movement by the Obama administration since day one. Peaceful political protesters were called terrorists, political donors were bullied, tax records were leaked, secondary boycotts by supporters of the administration sought to deprive...

“Fight and win the battle for truth” about Israel

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2013 8 Comments

Via Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Tuesday against what he described as a rising trend of anti-Semitism around the world, calling for an international effort to combat the phenomenon. Addressing delegates in Jerusalem for the Foreign Ministry’s fourth annual anti-Semitism conference,...

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