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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 forward to try...

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 known as...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 07, 2012 35 Comments

This headline at DEBKAfile is spot on, Barack Obama wins reelection: Mid East faces nuclear Iran, Brotherhood grip: The prospect of another four years of Obama in the White House fills some Middle East nations, including the Persian Gulf and Israel, with trepidation. They envisage a foreign policy...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2012 8 Comments

More on the inconvenient history of refugees in the Middle East. From the Times of Israel, Egyptian authorities reportedly seize 1.7 million documents proving Jewish ownership of assets in Cairo: Egyptian authorities confiscated some 1.7 million documents reportedly proving Jewish ownership of land and assets in Cairo....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 25 Comments

The video below, Absolutely Uncertain (h/t @SGLawrence) already has over 800,000 views on YouTube. I understand Irina's point, the trust in Obama has been shaken, and now she is uncertain about Obama's commitment to Israel. I'm not uncertain.  I am certain that in a second term, freed...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 27, 2012 16 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, using a drawing of a bomb as a visual aid to express the Iranian nuclear program. He drew a red line where he believes the UN should intervene. Netanyahu: I brought a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 25, 2012 23 Comments

Obama's comment about "noise" in the Middle East -- meant to refer to Israeli concerns about Iran -- has distracted from the most dangerous play in Obama's 60 Minutes interview Sunday. "Noise" was not the problem, it was that Obama set up Israeli "noise" as inconsistent with...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 46 Comments

Not really surprising, but there still are stupid supporters of Israel who believe that removing Jerusalem from the DNC platform was just a technical error. Via Haaretz, White House declines Netanyahu request to meet with Obama The White House declined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 19, 2012 10 Comments

As detailed here many times, there are just as many Jewish refugees from Arab countries as there are Arab refugees from Israel.  The Jewish refugess are the refugees whose name the United Nations dare not speak. Israel finally is starting to put on the table the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 12, 2012 39 Comments

Muslim Brotherhood member President Mohamed Morsi has sacked the senior Egyptian military command, the primary secular counterweight to Islamist fundamentalist control of Egypt. As reported by The Times of Israel: Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi fired Defense Minister Mohammed Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Anan on Sunday afternoon,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 31, 2012 60 Comments

The right to be offended is the foundation of our democracy. And the blogosphere. Thanks to reader Amy, who writes: I'm vacationing in Washington state, but here in the agricultural area of the Yakima valley, people are more conservative than the liberal coast--and it shows. Love your blog!...

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 per capita,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 29, 2012 76 Comments

Let me be as clear as I can be.  Anyone who supports Israel must vote for Romney.  Obama, in complete control of foreign and military policy, will be unrestrained by electoral considerations in a second term, and will impose his vision of a Middle East settlement...

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