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Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 03, 2010 4 Comments

Today is al-Quds Day, the day on which the anti-Israel rejectionist front hopes for the destruction of Israel and the liberation of Jerusalem.  On this day, Mahmood Ahmadinejad gave a speech in celebration of al-Quds Day declaring that "the Zionists are groups of hypocrite racists who have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2010 10 Comments

...Who's this guy saying nice things about Bush on our Iraq success bashing Bush over our economic failure?--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Obama's McChrystal Dilemma In One SentenceObama's Gulf Speech In One SentenceJewish History In One Sentence Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 25, 2010 3 Comments

Not in New York City.  In Beirut, by other Muslims, following shooting between Shiite Hezbollah and Sunni militias:Shortly afterward, Shi’ite supporters of Hizbullah and sister organization Amal set fire to a Sunni mosque in the nearby neighborhood of Basta, according to an AP photographer.Salah, a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2010 14 Comments

Except that throughout much of the world, it is not.  Read Christopher Hitchens's post, A Test of Tolerance:Let us by all means make the "Ground Zero" debate a test of tolerance. But this will be a one-way street unless it is to be a test of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2010 0 Comments

From the Lebanese website Naharnet:"Israel once again penetrated Lebanon's mobile phone networks on Tuesday, sending text messages to citizens announcing a tangible reward for information about the fate of Israeli airman Ron Arad, NBN television reported." It is hard to believe that the Israelis actually...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 23, 2010 4 Comments

Ethan Bronner of The New York Times has a classic piece on the opening of a luxury mall in Gaza.How does one balance the endless propaganda that Gaza is a concentration camp and that Israelis are committing genocide, with the reality that Gaza exceeds most...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2010 3 Comments

...for thinking that the election of David Cameron in Britain might make a real difference in the direction of British policy.I was wrong. In a speech in Ankara, Turkey, Cameron did his best imitation of Barack Obama's apology tour:... let me turn to the prejudiced...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2010 3 Comments

I am not someone who tries to keep track of how many of my predictions have come true. That sort of gamesmanship by hindsight is beneath me.And I don't try to settle scores with people who criticize me. That would be petty.So it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 13, 2010 7 Comments

Harry Reid has a failed record on Iraq for which he never has been held accountable. Reid voted for the war, then falsely claimed he was misled, then tried to defund the war, then declared the war lost, and then stubbornly refused to acknowledge the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2010 2 Comments

The decision by Israel to "ease" the blockade of Gaza has evoked pretty strong opinions as to whether it represents a wise strategic move by Israel (my view) or a caving in which strengthens Hamas.One thing is clear, however, the easing of the land blockade...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2010 2 Comments

Israel has announced an "easing" of the land blockade on Gaza, a largely symbolic step since large quantities of humanitarian and other supplies already enter Gaza.While The NY Times and others portray this as a loss for Israel, which had to bow to world pressure,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 19, 2010 3 Comments

The Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition has found its most successful tactic -- the use of human shields in the form of Western Useful Idiots backed by Islamist Martyrs-in-Waiting to confront Israeli soldiers in the hope that Israel will be forced either to weaken its defenses or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2010 2 Comments

Thanks to Solomonia for posting this 1956 cartoon about Israel's aggression. (Added) The cartoon shows Egyptian Gamal Abdel Nasser repeatedly taunting Israel's David Ben-Gurion, and in the last segment Ben Gurion finally hits back. The cartoon appears to be an allusion to the 1956 Suez...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2010 5 Comments

Helen Thomas' comments that Jews in Israel should go back to Poland and Germany perpetuated the falsehood that Israel is a European implant, which fits nicely into the narrative of the Islamist-Leftist anti-Israel coalition.In fact, as I documented before, there was an exchange of populations...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2010 5 Comments

In 2006 Richard Cohen of The Washington Post wrote a column arguing "[t]he greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake."The argument, that Israel should not have been created as a Jewish state because the Muslim...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2010 17 Comments

Remember Joe Biden's comment that hostile forces would test Obama in his first six months?Well, whatever tests have come before, the big test is about to take place, as Russia, Iran and Turkey are uniting to break American influence in the greater Middle East and...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2010 3 Comments

The "Freedom Flotilla" to Gaza, organized and financed by Turkey, purports to address the poor health conditions in Gaza.One critical measure of public health is infant mortality (children who die before reaching 1 year of age), because it reflects a wide range of underlying heath...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2010 2 Comments

Is it any wonder why our foreign policy is failing at a miserable pace?Hillary Clinton just announced that Iran may attempt to pull a "stunt" to derail U.N. sanctions efforts: Clinton said she fully expected Iran to "pull some stunt" in the coming days to...

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