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Goldstone Report: It's A Missile! No, It's A Mortar! No, It's An Air To Ground Rocket!!

2009-11-20T12:24:00.002-05:00

The blog Harris ad hoc addresses the issues surrounding the attack on the al-Maqadmah mosque, 3 January 2009: in this case the changing story between the Goldstone Report and Judge Goldstone himself, about what actually happened.After laying out and analyzing the various relevant paragraphs from the report--and Judge Goldstone's different version presented at the Brandeis debate--Harris

A Myth In The Making: Israel Broke The Cease-Fire On Novermber 4, 2008

2009-11-20T09:44:00.004-05:00

In conjunction with the Goldstone Report accusing Israel of war crimes, there has been a move to blame Israel for the breaking of the truce which led to the commencement of the war itself.Typical is this opinion piece from The Irish Times by David Morrison of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign:IN JUNE, Israel agreed a six-month ceasefire with Hamas. Until December 27th, no Israeli,

Goldstone Reports's Col. Desmond Travers: 'Hey, They Never Laid A Glove On Me!'

2009-11-19T10:30:00.006-05:00

But not a glove has been landed on the report itself … It cannot and will not be buried. It will not go away.Col. Desmond Travers, participant in the Goldstone fact-finding missionAnd neither will the analyzes, criticisms and refutations of that very same Goldstone Report--critiques that Col. Travers claims do not exist.Among the sources of analysis online is Understanding The Goldstone Report,

State Department: Obama Administration Has Accomplished More Than 8 Years Of Bush

2009-11-18T15:11:00.002-05:00

That is simply too good not to check. First, here is the actual comment, from yesterday's daily press briefing with State Department spokesman Ian Kelly:QUESTION: Could you give us just a brief synopsis of the progress that Senator Mitchell has made in his months on the job?MR. KELLY: Well, I think we have – we’ve gotten --QUESTION: Yeah, maybe if the --MR. KELLY: -- both sides to agree on this

What Does "Pro-Palestinian" Really Mean? (You May Be Surprised)

2009-11-18T10:27:00.003-05:00

And the fact that being pro-Palestinian may be so very different than what the self-proclaimed pro-Palestinian 'activists' are doing, offers a clear indication of what is actually going on.What Does "Pro-Palestinian" Really Mean? by Khaled Abu ToamehIn recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of non-Palestinians who describe themselves as “pro-Palestinian” activists. These

Mahmoud Abbas Enters The Twilight Zone

2009-11-17T15:04:00.006-05:00

Submitted for your approval...Meet Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority--a position he has threatened to resign from for years.And yet Mr. Abbas has found himself strangely drawn to power, claiming that after his 4 year term expired this past January--that he can still continue in office, based on a technicality.Mahmoud Abbas: torn between quitting his job--or staying

Finding The Solution To The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict--Far From The Madding Crowd

2009-11-17T11:45:00.003-05:00

But a resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd-----The Middle East is not a problem. A problem implies there is a solution. The Middle East is a mess.Paraphrase of George Will on "This Week With David Brinkley", from years agoElyakim Haetzni writes in YnetNews that the key to solving the

The Goldstone Report: A Run Of The 'Mill' Deception

2009-11-17T06:13:00.002-05:00

Perhaps the most invidious accusations made by the Goldstone Report is its claim that Israel initiated and carried out Operation Cast Lead with the malicious intent to punish the Palestinian civilians in Gaza and commit war crimes.CAMERA has now updated its analysis of the Goldstone Report--The Goldstone Report: A Study in Duplicity--to include a refutation of the claim that Israel's attack of

Israel's Response To Palestinian Threat To Have UN Declare A State: Unilateral This!

2009-11-17T05:31:00.004-05:00

In response to the Palestinian threat to ask the UN to recognize a Palestinian state, Israel's reaction has progressed beyond vague threats of retaliation to more concrete ideas.While Minister Eli Yishai has urged taking action on the diplomatic front:Minsiter Uzi Landau was a bit more unbending. "The unilateral Palestinian move is a hostile initiative. I think it is brazen," he said. "The

PA: Obama Would Not Veto UN Recognition Of Palestinian State (Updated)

2009-11-17T04:52:00.005-05:00

Aaron Klein writes in WorldNetDaily:A top Palestinian Authority official told WND that the PA reached an understanding with the Obama administration regarding a Palestinian threat to unilaterally ask the United Nations to recognize a Palestinian state outside of negotiations with Israel.Ahmed Qurei, former PA prime minister and member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee

How To Start Your Own Palestinian State (Infrastructure Not Included)

2009-11-16T16:13:00.006-05:00

Anyone can start their own country! That doesn't mean that people will recognize it, but hey, they generally won't stop you from trying--as long as they don't see it as a threat. So if you'd like to do your own thing in your own country, here's how to establish a micronation.WikiHow: How To Start Your Own CountryIsraeli Prime Minister Netanyahu made it very clear that Israel opposed the apparent

US Won't Let Israel Mark Assassination Of Meir Kahane

2009-11-16T14:59:00.004-05:00

I suppose that this should not really come as a surprise. After all, granted that the US was unsuccessful in undermining the standing of Netanyahu's coalition, nevertheless, the US will take steps to do what it can to dissuade any steps that would strengthen the right wing in Israel.So when it was suggested in the Israeli Knesset to mark the assassination of Meir Kahane, the results were to be

Goldstone Takes Another Step Back From His Report

2009-11-16T11:50:00.003-05:00

For all that gathered information, though, he said, “We had to do the best we could with the material we had. If this was a court of law, there would have been nothing proven.”“Ours wasn’t an investigation, it was a fact-finding mission,” he said, sitting in his Midtown Manhattan office at Fordham University Law School, where he is currently visiting faculty. “We made that clear.”“And I wouldn’t

J Street And Soros And NIAC (Oh My!)

2009-11-14T21:42:00.002-05:00

It now seems that there is more to NIAC (National Iranian American Council) than the question of its role as an unregistered lobbyist group.Following in the wake of Eli Lake's exclusive comes Ben Smith of Politico with further revelations:According to the documents, George Soros's Open Society Policy Center pays the annual salary of the NIAC staffer who heads the Campaign for a New Policy on Iran

Put Aside The Israel Lobby--What About The MUSLIM Lobby?

2009-11-13T13:05:00.007-05:00

In CAIR's Inner Workings Exposed, Daniel Pipes writes about Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld that's Conspiring to Islamize America, a book by P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry, based on the undercover work of Gaubatz's son Chris who in 2008 spent six months as an intern at CAIR's headquarters in Washington, D.C.--during which, he acquired 12,000 pages of documentation and took 300 hours

From The First Gulf War--To The Fort Hood Massacre: Time To Face Some Facts (Updated)

2009-11-13T11:31:00.004-05:00

It would be inappropriate to malign or even question the loyalty of the hard-working Muslim men and women wearing the uniforms of the United States. But it would be equally irresponsible to ignore the amassing evidence that subversive and combustible elements with radical Islamic persuasion have infiltrated our military, often putting our personnel at bigger risk in their own bases than from

Assad Pulls An Arafat On Peace Prospects With Israel (Updated)

2009-11-13T11:18:00.006-05:00

Then again, maybe Bashar learned the trick from his father...To know if Syria is serious about peace with Israel, all you have to do is check the news.What could be simpler?Today, according to Reuters, Syria is ready to roll:Syria urges firm U.S. plan on Middle East peaceSyrian President Bashar al-Assad said that U.S. President Barack Obama should come up with a firm plan of action to renew peace

Goldstone Refuses To Debate Dershowitz

2009-11-12T10:42:00.002-05:00

"I have yet to hear what the flaws of the report are. I'd be happy to respond if I know what they are."Judge GoldstoneTechnorati Tag: Goldstone Report.

Obama Channels Jack Benny

2009-11-12T07:15:00.005-05:00

Is anyone else reminded of the old Jack Benny routine when they read this:'Obama must choose - Israel or Iran'Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the US to choose between Israel and Iran on Tuesday night, according to Iranian state media.Speaking in Istanbul at the 25th Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) of the Organization of the

Obama's New Tack On Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Try The Old Tack

2009-11-10T16:39:00.004-05:00

Emanuel Rahm stood in today for Obama, explaining that the Obama administration is still committed to Israel:Speaking to a couple of thousand members of the UJC/Jewish Federations of North America at the Wardman Park Marriott a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the group, Emanuel argued that Obama's commitment to push the Israelis and Palestinians to negotiate the

How Has The US Policy Messed Up The Israeli-Palestinian Situation? Let's Count The Ways

2009-11-10T11:02:00.004-05:00

Actually, Elliotl Abrams is nice enough to do it for us. In Dazed and Confused:The Israelis can’t figure out U.S. policy. For that matter, who can? he writes:First came an instant attitude of hostility on the part of the Obama administration toward Israel’s new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, even before he had taken office on March 31 and despite his efforts to create a centrist coalition.

A Lesson On The Difference Between Israel And The Palestinians That Speaks Volumes

2009-11-10T01:06:00.003-05:00

Israel has arrested an alleged terrorist--who is Jewish:The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israel Police have arrested an American-born Jewish settler who is allegedly behind an unprecedented series of deadly terror shootings and bombings spanning over a decade, in which two Palestinians were killed and Israel Prize Laureate Prof. Ze'ev Sternhell was injured. According to the Shin Bet, he

Just How Many Times Has Abbas Threatened To Quit?

2009-11-09T21:05:00.004-05:00

According to the New York Times, Future of Palestinian Authority Is in Question, but let's face it: John Podhoretz is much closer to the truth--The Times Indulges a Palestinian Temper Tantrum.Seriously, it's not as if this is the first time Abbas has threatened to quit.Or the second.Or the third.Or even the fourth.Let's review...March 18, 2008Exclusive: Abbas threatens to quit peace talks, revive

A Chart Of Islamist Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

2009-11-08T22:14:00.006-05:00

I've been following TheReligionOfPeace.com for a number of years, but always concentrated on its list of Islamist terrorist attacks worldwide. Now someone has drawn my attention to the list they keep of Islamist terrorist attacks against the US:Islamic Terror Attacks on American Soil We recently got taken to the mat by a polite, young Muslim living in the U.K. who took issue with our

Is This Latest Honor Killing Different?

2009-11-05T14:58:00.000-05:00

Mark Steyn writes about the latest honor killing:Noor Almaleki, whom I wrote about over the weekend, has died, the latest western victim of a Muslim honor killing. If there were a Matthew Shepard murder every few months, Frank Rich et al would be going bananas about the "climate of hate" in our society, but you can run over your daughter, decapitate your wife, drown three teenage girls and a