Blogs
BDS Fails, August 2016
This is the latest installment of an ongoing series of posts documenting BDS fails. Political BDS Fails 1. Benjamin Netanyahu accepts invitation to be the first Israeli PM to visit Australia Benjamin Netanyahu has...
Irony: ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas
Before getting to the news item at hand, a personal preface: I am frustrated that Westerners don't perceive the obvious point that burqas and niqabs, both of which cover not only the head but the whole...
Analyzing a New UN Report for Truth and Lies About Israel
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has issued a "Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory." Here is the first paragraph of the executive summary: In...
Palestinians Complain Their Textbooks Aren’t Anti-Israel Enough
There was a wave of complaints by educators and parents about the newest official Palestinian Authority textbooks, according to Palestine Today. Some of the complaints were about basic errors -- such as mixing up Bethlehem and Gaza City on...
A New Guardian ‘Journalist’ Is Revealed to Be an Anti-Zionist Extremist
The magazine Private Eye noted the “oddly partisan” nature of a Guardian article ("Corbyn joins seatless commuters on floor for...
Palestinian Payments to Terrorists Are in the News — But Not at the BBC
The Times of Israel’s Raphael Ahren reports: The German government has for the first time admitted that...
The Dismissal of a $655 Million Terrorism Judgment Against the PA Sets a Bad Precedent
JNS.org - An Israeli legal rights NGO and an attorney, who together won the largest judgment...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Movement for Black Lives Officially Joins the Anti-Israel Bandwagon
August saw dramatic BDS developments as the Movement for Black Lives' accusations that Israel committed “genocide”...
The Crown Heights Riots, 25 Years Later
There is no shortage of reminders these days about how easily peace can turn into violence....
BDS Fails, August 2016
This is the latest installment of an ongoing series of posts documenting BDS fails. Political BDS Fails 1. Benjamin Netanyahu accepts invitation to be the first Israeli PM to visit Australia Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted...
Irony: ISIS Imposes a Partial Ban on Burqas
Before getting to the news item at hand, a personal preface: I am frustrated that Westerners don't perceive the obvious point that burqas and niqabs, both...
Analyzing a New UN Report for Truth and Lies About Israel
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development has issued a "Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied...
Palestinians Complain Their Textbooks Aren’t Anti-Israel Enough
There was a wave of complaints by educators and parents about the newest official Palestinian Authority textbooks, according to Palestine Today. Some of the complaints were about basic errors...
A New Guardian ‘Journalist’ Is Revealed to Be an Anti-Zionist Extremist
The magazine Private Eye noted the “oddly partisan” nature of a Guardian article ("Corbyn joins seatless commuters on floor for three-hour train journey," Aug. 16th), which characterized the Labour Party...
Palestinian Payments to Terrorists Are in the News — But Not at the BBC
The Times of Israel’s Raphael Ahren reports: The German government has for the first time admitted that the Palestinian Authority likely grants financial support to terrorists and...
The Dismissal of a $655 Million Terrorism Judgment Against the PA Sets a Bad Precedent
JNS.org - An Israeli legal rights NGO and an attorney, who together won the largest judgment ever against the Palestinian Authority (PA) in America, say a...
SPME BDS Monitor: The Movement for Black Lives Officially Joins the Anti-Israel Bandwagon
August saw dramatic BDS developments as the Movement for Black Lives' accusations that Israel committed “genocide” alienated Jewish supporters. Hacked files showing that the Open Society...
The Crown Heights Riots, 25 Years Later
There is no shortage of reminders these days about how easily peace can turn into violence. Protests turn into disturbances very easily -- all too often resulting in...
‘Reporters for Al Quds’ Head Lies in the Huffington Post, and No One Cares
Someone named Saleh Zaytoun, who heads an organization called "Reporters for Al Quds," wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post in Arabic which showed that his organization...
Federal Court Throws Out Huge Judgment Against Palestinian Authority for US Terror Victims
A Federal appeals court tossed out a $655 million civil terrorism judgment against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Wednesday, ruling that...
Bizarre: Arab News Sites Claim Naftali Bennett Having Affair With Lebanese Porn Star
Mia Khalifa is the pseudonym for a recently retired Lebanese porn star. She attracted controversy and death threats when she wore a hijab in one of her...
The War for Israel on College Campuses
There are a lot of exciting things about starting college: no more curfews, indulging in food and drink, meeting new people. There are scarier thoughts,...
‘They’re All Crazy!’ — The Language We Use When Reporting on Terror Attacks
“But I don’t want to go among mad people, Alice remarked. Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here.” -- Lewis Carroll, Alice...
