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Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird gave a very strong speech (embedded at bottom of post) yesterday at the United Nations against the "nonmember" status for "Palestine," in violation of the Oslo Accords. Damn fine speech by #Canada.— Act for Israel (@ActForIsrael) November 29, 2012 Canada is following...

Yesterday was other-worldly, watching the sick march of hypocrisy on display at the U.N. for the vote in the General Assembly to grant "Palestine" nonmember state status. Of course, "Palestine" already declared independence in 1988 and that declaration was recognized by almost all of the 138 countries that voted "yes" yesterday. What was other worldly was watching the speech of the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.  I watched it live.  I haven't been able to find a link to the text, but it was unreal, talking about the inalienable rights of peoples to a state.  This is the same Turkey which brutally supresses the Kurdish independence movement both inside Turkey and neighboring states, and which has threatened in the past to go to war if Kurds in neighboring Iraq established their own state. The same Turkey whose Prime Minister declared Israel a "terrorist state" because it defended itself against hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza, even though Turkey retaliated against Syria when a handful of shell landed on Turkish territory, and which repeatedly has launched retaliatory attacks against Kurdish rebels in Iraq. The same Turkey which has threatened military action over Israel's exploration for natural gas in conjunction with Greek Cyprus. The same Turkey which continues to occupy the northern part of Cyprus. The same Turkey which threatened to send warships to break Israel's military blockade of Gaza, a blockade which even the U.N. found to be legal. The same Turkey whose Islamist ruling party has been methodically destroying secular institutional counterweights. There was a parade of hypocrites yesterday, but none more so than Turkey.

Around 5 p.m. today the U.N. General Assembly will vote to grant "Palestine" non-member status. For what is the General Assembly voting? Definitely not for a state. "Palestine" clearly does not qualify. Definitely not for a government.  Who controls?  Hamas? Iran? Islamic Jihad? Mahmoud Abbas? Definitely not for peace. ...

Ehud Barak, Israel's current Defense Minister, announced he is retiring from politics. The Times of Israel provides this brief bio: Born on a kibbutz in 1942, Barak was central to the early successes of the IDF’s most elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, and is the most decorated...

Iron Dome has been declared the only real Israeli winner in the recent Gaza fighting. But it has a big brother coming on line soon, Magic Wand (aka David's Sling): The IDF is in the final stages of laying the groundwork to deploy the "Magic Wand" missile...

Israel and Hamas, via Egypt and the U.S., have reached a "truce."  Via AP: Israel and the Hamas militant group reached a cease-fire agreement Wednesday to end the fiercest round of fighting in nearly four years, promising to halt attacks on each other and ease an...

Israel caught Hamas off guard.  While Hamas reasonably could have expected retaliation for stepped-up missile fire, it did not anticipate the nature of the retaliation -- the assassination of the head of Hamas' military wing and the bombing of numerous long-range missile depots. The lesson of Lebanon...

Once again the radical (and mainstream) left is misguidedly attacking Israel, the democratic nation that respects human rights and freedom, while promoting the Islamic totalitarian nations that surround them. Thursday, Rebel Pundit captured on video a typical leftist march condemning Israel outside the Obama headquarters in...

Some headlines.  Also check out our Israeli blog friends, and the Twitter feed below. ‘Anonymous’ escalates cyber-war against Israel and pro-Israel groups Cabinet OKs 75,000 reservists for possible Gaza operation Senior Hamas terrorist Ahmed Abu Jalal killed in an Israeli air strike in the Maghazi district in central Gaza. Iran’s...

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 executed a...

In addition to taking a look at our Blog Friends in Israel, I've created this Twitter widget of news sources for the latest. I have not embedded the #PillarOfDefense hashtag because hastags can get hijacked by hostile Twitter users. The other problem is unreliable reports, so I've...

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 forward to try...

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 known as...