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Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 16 Comments

The academic boycott of Israel organized by the BDS movement claimed a big success when the Guardian ran an article yesterday, Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel. That report set off a furious response, since the academic boycott of Israel is anathema to almost all...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 1 Comment

You remember Pallywood: Pallywood fakes Palestinian handcuffed to hospital bed Pallywood — the longest running series in the history of fiction What’s the difference between Pallywood and media coverage of Gaza? Abid Katib – Palestinian Shoe Fauxtographer? Looks like it has happened again, this time with regard to the Boston...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 06, 2013 6 Comments

The enormous mushroom cloud, the earth-shaking earthquake-like reverberations, the secondary explosions. We're heard a lot of noise from Syria, but relatively little about casualties. The NY Times reports over 100 dead soldiers: The attack, which sent brightly lighted columns of smoke and ash high into the night sky...

Posted by David Gerstman on May 05, 2013 8 Comments

Syria Explodes Professor Jacobson has previously reported on two Israeli strikes: one against Hezbollah and one against Syria. What's going on? Classic thing about the strike on Damascus is how it will be spun by Assad. He'll argue it's "PROOF" he's facing a takfiri-Zionist alliance.— Phillip Smyth (@PhillipSmyth)...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 4 Comments

For the details at the start of the bombing, take a look at last night's post, Reports – large explosions in Damascus (Update – Syria blames Israel), which has embedded videos and Twitter accounts.  The Twitter feed now is at the bottom of this post. This...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2013 3 Comments

French court: Jerusalem light rail project legal A French court ruled that Israel did not violate international law by building a light rail line in eastern Jerusalem. The ruling on March 22 by the Versailles Court of Appeals came in response to a lawsuit filed in 2007...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 22, 2013 4 Comments

1) The red line? Back in December, NBC News reported that Syria had loaded chemical weapons onto planes and was prepared to use them against civilians. Syria prepared to use chemical weapons against own people; military awaits final orders, US officials tell @nbcnews nbcnews.to/RCH3Cz— Breaking News (@BreakingNews)...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 14, 2013 17 Comments

Holocaust Memorial Day was commemorated last week. The day occasioned a number of remarkable stories. Orin Kerr wrote about his late father: The death march brought Aronek and his group to a death camp called Rieben in West Prussia. On the way there, they slept on church floors...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 12, 2013 2 Comments

1) How to fight asymmetric warfare Once again Charles Enderlein and Philipe Karsenty are back in court. Enderlein was the reporter who created the story of Mohammed al-Dura. Karsenty is the media critic who had the temerity to question the much honored "journalist." Back in 2008...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 08, 2013 2 Comments

1) The language of concessions The Washington Post reports Kerry presses Israel and Palestinians for concessions to pave way for peace talks: Kerry first visited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has resisted new talks for most of the past four years. His government had sought to file...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2013 2 Comments

Mandy will have an update on #OpIsrael either later tonight or in the morning. My suspicion is that we have another historic Palestinian victory inflicting severe injury on the Zionist entity, just like all their other victories. One of the victories attempted by the hackers was to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 07, 2013 12 Comments

John Kerry tagged team with Obama to extract a humiliating apology from Israel over the deaths of Turks who violently attacked Israeli soldiers lawfully boarding a ship breaking the lawful Gaza military blockade. The Turks and others in the Muslim world took the apology as a...

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