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What will be done to Syria?

Posted by David Gerstman on August 25, 2013 34 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler - 08/25/2013 - When is a red line not a red line? When there's no precedent.

NY Times to Israel – butt out of Egypt

Posted by David Gerstman on August 19, 2013 25 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 08/19/2013 - The New York Times faults Israel for looking out for its own interests

Attention Deficit Peace Processing Disorder

Posted by David Gerstman on August 16, 2013 6 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler - 08/16/2013

Is John Kerry “concern” trolling Israel?

Posted by David Gerstman on August 14, 2013 12 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 08/14/2013

Obama admin using media against Israel

Posted by David Gerstman on August 02, 2013 18 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler - 08/02/2013 - How the Obama administration is playing Israel in the Mainstream Media

The More Israel Gives, the More the Palestinians Take

Posted by David Gerstman on July 24, 2013 16 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 07/24/2013

Is USA indirectly arming Hezbollah?

Posted by David Gerstman on July 11, 2013 9 Comments

Mideast Media Sampler 07/11/2013

Debating the Egyptian “Coup”

Posted by David Gerstman on July 06, 2013 17 Comments

1) Debating the coup at the New York Times Much of the editorial opinion and some of the reporting in the mainstream media has opposed the Egyptian military’s forcible removal of Mohammed Morsi as President of Egypt. Actually, surprisingly, there’s a debate about it on...

The Folly of the Peace Processors

Posted by David Gerstman on July 04, 2013 15 Comments

1) When all else fails focus on Israel I’m not sure that the editors of the New York Times realized how absurd the title of this recent article on the Middle East sounded, Chaos in Middle East Grows as the U.S. Focuses on Israel. Surely...

Mideast Media Sampler – 06/12/2013 – Richard Falk running the UNHRC Asylum

Posted by David Gerstman on June 12, 2013 2 Comments

1) How can you tell the difference between a terrorist organization and a liberal democracy? The title is a trick question. In international fora, the terrorist organization gets a lot more respect. Last week the Ireland led the way to prevent the European Union from...

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...

Obamacare innovation: who does it benefit?

Posted by David Gerstman on May 30, 2013 11 Comments

The other day, when I was researching my post about Thomas Friedman and Obamacare, I contacted an old blogging buddy of mine – I was on the Watcher’s Council with him a few years ago – Scott Kirwin (aka The Razor). Scott views Obamacare through...

Electric car company “A Better Place” has gone to a better place

Posted by David Gerstman on May 28, 2013 16 Comments

A Better Place, the Israeli electric car company, filed for bankruptcy after burning through over $800 million. Painful Bankruptcy For Better Place: Dec 31 Cash $34M, Assets $149M. Liabilities $915M. Fin's http://t.co/4jtyp06jX7… pic.twitter.com/JxMXnAkfOX — PrivCo (@PrivCo) May 27, 2013 Unlike other electrical vehicle makers, A...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/08/2013 – Where the terror supporters are

Posted by David Gerstman on May 08, 2013 1 Comment

1) Guess the source A) In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel appears to have given new life to the fledging Islamic movement in Palestine. For two years, the Islamic Resistance Movement (known by...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/07/2013 – The “Syria is not Iraq” Conundrum

Posted by David Gerstman on May 07, 2013 7 Comments

1) Bill Keller’s truism Former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller states the obvious, “Syria is not Iraq.” In short, Keller argues that he trusts President Obama’s instincts. However since he offered a mea culpa for having once supported the Iraq war,...

Mideast Media Sampler – 05/01/2013 – New York Times Op-Ed Index for April 2013

Posted by David Gerstman on May 01, 2013 0 Comments

Final total – Anti-Israel – 3 / Pro-Israel – 6

Mideast Media Sampler – 04/15/2013 – Deflating J-Street

Posted by David Gerstman on April 15, 2013 2 Comments

1) Bursting the balloon When I saw the following headline at the Baltimore Jewish Times I was worried, ” J Street Carved Out A Place In The U.S.-Israel Advocacy.” The article, written by managing editor, Maayan Jaffe starts by faithfully recounting all of J-Streets claims....

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