But they sincerely, deep down, want peace! “Mideast: Hamas Offers Award For Captured Israeli Troops,” from ANSAmed, November 24 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – GAZA, NOVEMBER 24 – While the exchange of prisoners with Israel and the release from Gaza of Corporal Ghilad Shalit seem to be on the way to a solution – after […]
Fitzgerald: Instead Of Sending More Troops To Afghanistan, What Should Obama Do?
Obama is on the run. He has spent the past year in many separate, long trips all over the place. In Great Britain, he gave Gordon Brown some DVDs and Michele Obama in chummy fashion — nobody here but us queens — put her arm on the Queen’s shoulder. In Russia, Obama decided to hold […]
European Union rejects calls for “Palestinian” state, saying conditions are “not there yet”
That’s one way of putting it, with Hamas as intent as ever on destroying Israel, and Fatah’s remaining committed to armed “resistance” despite its attempts at putting on a friendlier face to the Western public. Not to mention the rampant corruption and misappropriation of aid for weapons. No, we’re “not there yet.” An update on […]
“Palestinians” to ask UN to recognize “state”
The objective here is not so much to get a state, although certainly a Palestinian state would serve as a useful base for their continuing jihad against Israel. (It would also be an international welfare state existing off jizya from the West.) The objective is to gain another resolution from the OIC-dominated UN that would […]
Hizballah: “Sure, we are rearming, we have even said that we have far more rockets and missiles than we did in 2006”
Just another round of the age-old jihad. “Report: Hezbollah rearming for imminent conflict with Israel,” from Haaretz, November 8 (thanks to Alexandre): Militant group Hezbollah is rapidly rearming and reinforcing positions in southern Lebanon in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, British newspaper the Observer reported on Sunday. “Sure, we are rearming, we have […]
Israel intercepts peaceful ship carrying peaceful rockets to peaceful Hizballah
Antigua spoiling for war with the Zionist entity! “Israeli Navy Captures Arms Shipment,” by Myra Noveck for the New York Times, November 4 (thanks to Bill): JERUSALEM — Israeli navy commandos seized a cargo ship early Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea that Israeli officials said was carrying rockets and ammunition bound for militants from Hezbollah. […]
Palestinians seethe as Clinton praises Israel, Clinton backs off
Dhimmitude from the Secretary of State. What did you expect? It isn’t as if she is Winston Churchill’s Foreign Minister. First there was this: “Palestinian anger as Hillary Clinton praises ‘settlement concessions,’” from The Times, November 2: The Palestinian leadership accused the US of caving in over Israeli settlements after Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of […]
Hamas rockets can now reach Tel Aviv
So says Danny Ayalon. But no doubt more Israeli concessions will make this problem go away, eh, Mr. President? “Israel Official Says Hamas Rockets Can Reach Tel Aviv (Update2),” by Gwen Ackerman and Calev Ben-David for Bloomberg, November 3 (thanks to all who sent this in): Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — The Islamic Hamas movement in […]
Ah, that explains it: OIC initiated the Goldstone Report
The egregiously pro-jihad and anti-Israel Goldstone Report turns out to have been initiated by the Organization of the Islamic Conference — which explains why it was egregiously pro-jihad and anti-Israel. The OIC, don’t forget, is the chief foe of the freedom of speech around the world today, and is making a concerted effort to criminalize […]
Rocket fired from Lebanon into Israel, Israel “shows restraint”
“It was the ninth reported attack on Israel from Lebanese territory since the end of fighting between Israel and the south-Lebanon-based Hezbollah in 2006.” “Israel shows restraint after latest rocket from southern Lebanon,” by David Harris for Xinhua, October 29: JERUSALEM, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Israel responded with limited fire towards the source of a […]