Bookworm on Mar 20 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel
Caroline Glick spells out what Obama has done:
Obama’s ultimatum makes clear that mediating peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not a goal he is interested in achieving.
Obama’s new demands follow the months of American pressure that eventually coerced Netanyahu into announcing both his support for a Palestinian state and [...]
Bookworm on Mar 15 2010 | Filed under: Health, Israel
Family commitments meant that I spent, perhaps, 5 minutes at my computer this weekend. That wasn’t what I’d planned, but that was what I ended up with. In today’s news cycle, of course, two days can be the equivalent of two decades. Certainly, when I turned the computer on this morning and checked out the [...]
Bookworm on Mar 12 2010 | Filed under: Israel
Jeffrey Goldberg catches Andrew Sullivan making egregiously erroneous statements about Israel’s history, this time by publishing at his site a series of maps that purport to show that Israel has no claim to most land she now holds:
The first map in the series of four is most egregious. It suggests that, in 1946, [...]
Bookworm on Feb 27 2010 | Filed under: Democrats, Iran
Several years ago, when Bush Derangement Syndrome was at its peak, I tackled the “he’s got his finger on the button and he’s going to blow up the world” meme that anti-war activists were so shrilly screaming. I pointed out that there was no evidence whatsoever to indicate that George Bush was an apocalyptic person. [...]
Bookworm on Feb 26 2010 | Filed under: Europe, Israel, Media matters
Finally, Israel lashes back . . . at the misrepresentations in the European media.
Anyone who speaks Hebrew, French or Spanish, will have a huge advantage over me when it comes to appreciating the videos at that site.
To learn more about the ad campaign if you don’t speak those languages, here’s a little [...]
Bookworm on Feb 24 2010 | Filed under: Israel, Religion
Brutally Honest brought to my attention the fact that the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUSA) has released a statement denouncing Israel in terms that a Hamas member or Ahmadinejad could easily love:
The Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUSA) is about to release a report which denounces Israel as a “racist” nation which [...]
Bookworm on Feb 09 2010 | Filed under: California, Israel
Bruce Kesler spoke with Tom Campbell directly about Israel, and the responses are more nuanced and less hostile than other reports indicate (see my earlier post, for example). Please check it out. The best voter is a fully informed voter.
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Bookworm on Jan 29 2010 | Filed under: Iran, Israel
I have predicted several times that, in a choice between Iran and Israel, Middle Eastern nations will back Israel, not because they have developed any fondness for her, but because they recognize that, while Israel makes a great rhetorical scapegoat, Iran is the real threat. I’ve also said that America’s weakness regarding Iran will hasten [...]
Bookworm on Jan 09 2010 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel, Palestinians
For anyone struggling to understand what has happened in the Middle East since the Oslo “Peace” Accord, I cannot recommend anything more highly than Evelyn Gordon’s Commentary magazine article, The Deadly Price of Pursuing Peace. The so-called peace process, by destroying Israel’s long-standing legal rights, caused her to lose focus and room to negotiate. The [...]
Bookworm on Dec 06 2009 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
With every passing post, I am more impressed by Evelyn Gordon’s opinings about Israel. Today’s post is another home run, this time showing, in clear language, that the Palestinian demand for a two-state solution is one more dangerous, expensive fraud, in an age of dangerous, expensive frauds.
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Bookworm on Nov 11 2009 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
I think Obama has done a good thing for Israel. With his abandonment of Israel, leaving Israel hanging out in the wind on her own, even the Israeli Left has been forced to face a reality they previously denied: Palestinians are not partners in peace. They are a force aimed at Israel’s total destruction and [...]
Bookworm on Nov 06 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Islam, Israel
The following video purports to prove that Obama is a Muslim.
I actually think the video does not make its case. Here’s why:
I believe Obama fears Islam’s wrath, not at a God level, but at a practical level. Muslims can hurt people. He thinks if he makes nice with them (praising them beyond reason, bowing to [...]
Bookworm on Oct 22 2009 | Filed under: Israel
Earlier this week, I wrote about my doubts regarding the administration’s sudden announcement about a spy for Israel. I should have read the articles more carefully. It turns out that a sting found someone who was willing to spy for Israel. Israel had nothing to do with it. I’m still distressed by the whole thing, [...]
Bookworm on Oct 15 2009 | Filed under: Israel
Please remind me what the 250 million Muslims pressing down on, and anxious to destroy, Israel have accomplished. I can’t remember. Israel, however, has generated more life-improving inventions than one can shake a stick at, and they’ve just added an another one to that lengthy roster.
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Bookworm on Sep 24 2009 | Filed under: Israel, United Nations
I’ve long been a Netanyahu fan — going back to the 1970s. He is a brilliant man, a strong executive, an effective communicator, and, as he showed at the UN, he has a moral compass. Obama could take lessons:
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Bookworm on Sep 02 2009 | Filed under: Israel
Would it be too tacky for me too say that I anxiously await comparable technological breakthroughs from the 250,000,000 Muslims surrounding tiny Israel?
Researchers in Israel say they have developed a computer program that can decipher previously unreadable ancient texts and possibly lead the way to a Google-like search engine for historical documents.
The program uses a [...]
Bookworm on Jul 30 2009 | Filed under: Israel
The U.S. Consulate is in “Jerusalem,” not “Israel,” the sovereign nation in which Jerusalem happens to be located. Nor is that a petty little detail. It’s pretty clear that the State Department, more in sync with Obama than anyone realized, doesn’t recognize Israel’s existence anyway. Every single item on its home page is about Palestinians. [...]
Bookworm on Jul 16 2009 | Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media matters
Most of the world’s media members, if asked, would undoubtedly identify themselves as sophisticates, who are too cynical and world-weary to take anything at face value. Their mental self-image almost certainly falls somewhere between wise-cracking Cary Grant (His Girl Friday) and idealistic Woodward and Bernstein. They care deeply, but they’ve seen it all. To which [...]
Bookworm on Jul 05 2009 | Filed under: Israel, Saudi Arabia
I’ve predicted in this blog that, if America continues to coddle Iran, Saudi Arabia will give Israel access to its air space, although it may well lie about that fact later. Iran’s bluster was fine with the Arab Muslim nations as long as they thought the U.S. would ultimately slap down any Iranian pretensions to [...]
Bookworm on Jul 05 2009 | Filed under: Israel
I was meant to post this video because, just today, it came to me in three separate emails and Sadie linked to it in a comment. I knew some of these facts, but only a small portion. The sheer volume of charmingly presented information will amaze you:
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Bookworm on Jun 30 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel, Palestinians
Israel stopped a contingent of Hamas supporters who tried to run a blockade bringing money and supplies into Gaza. Cynthia McKinney figures prominently in their number:
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists – including a San Rafael woman – trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and forced it to [...]
Bookworm on Jun 23 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel
I wish that those of us who worried last year about Obama’s hostility towards Israel had been wrong. It seems, however, that we were right — and it’s only going to get worse.
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Bookworm on Jun 19 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Israel
Things are not going well for Mr. Obama in Washington. (Please note the studied lack of an honorific in the way I am referring to the man in the White House. I don’t think he worked hard enough to earn it. The things we learn when we listen to our BabBoxer tapes.) I mean, what [...]
Bookworm on Jun 18 2009 | Filed under: Israel, Palestinians
Do you recall that, in France, Palestinians raided a grocery store and stripped the shelves of Israeli products, while store personnel and customers passively stood by and watched? Flush with their success in France, Palestinians, and their friends, are planning on “de-shelving” Israeli products here at home, and they’ve selected Trader Joe’s as their target.
As [...]
Bookworm on Jun 15 2009 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Iran, Israel
In one paragraph, Richard Baehr says so much:
Voters can be fooled, but they can tell the difference between a friend and a bully. Obama made the decision to bully Israel over settlements, and make it the focus of his Middle East strategy. The events in Iran over the weekend show the stupidity of the American [...]
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