TagsTagsWonderful news: five years after being kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, Gilad Shalit has finally returned home.
As we wait for the latest outbreak of GOTP debating, I'd just like to say that it's pretty cool how all the right wing blogs are expressing gratitude to President Obama for standing by Israel and forcing Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the Palestinian statehood bid, then walking out on Ahmadinejad's ...
Republican Party, Debate, Fox News, Right Wing, Wingnutosphere, President Obama, Israel, United Nations, Obama Derangement Syndrome
Rick Perry clarified the reason behind his attack on President Obama's Middle East policies today; as a fanatical fundamentalist Christian, he must support Israel because the appearance of the Jewish state is supposed to signal the End Times and the second coming of Supply Side Jesus: Perry’s Theocratic Foreign Policy: ...
Rick Perry, Religious Right, End Times, Israel, Fanaticism, Theocracy
The Obama administration has promised to veto the Palestinian bid for statehood in the UN Security Council, but of course that doesn't stop the loons running for the GOP nomination from attacking him anyway, with the usual right wing nonsense that Obama has changed the US stance toward Israel (he ...
President Obama, Israel, Palestinians, Outrageous Outrage, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, United Nations
Israeli daily Maariv has published a poll of Israeli voters, showing that 57% think Netanyahu should have supported President Obama's initiative. Israel's daily Maariv published a poll showing about 57 percent of voters believe Netanyahu should have supported Obama's initiative, rather than opposing the president. This puts the US Republican ...
President Obama, Israel, Palestinians, Outrageous Outrage, Benjamin Netanyahu, Poll
In one of the most glaring examples of Republican Party cognitive dissonance, the GOP is positioning itself as the only true American friend of Israel -- but at the same time, moving more and more toward the pseudo-libertarian anti-Israel politics of Ron Paul and his son Rand, who strongly advocate ...
Ron Paul, Extremism, libertarianism, Far Right, Israel, Isolationism
George Mitchell, who recently resigned as President Obama's envoy to the Middle East, said today that Obama's statements on the "1967 lines" were not a major shift in policy. The question is, why have the mainstream media been working so hard to hype this as a huge departure from previous policies, ...
President Obama, Israel, Palestinians, Outrageous Outrage, George Mitchell
This is just what the Middle East needs right now: Glenn Beck Announces 'Restoring Courage' Event In Jerusalem, Says 'The Very Gates Of Hell Are Gonna Open Up Against Us'. Terrific. Beck's brand of high volume race-baiting and End Times paranoia ought to do wonders for the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Video
Glenn Beck, Freakazoid, Nut Sandwich, End Times, Religious Right, Israel, Palestinians
For the first time in many years a terrorist bomb has exploded in central Jerusalem, murdering one person and injuring at least 30. Interestingly, this was not a suicide bomber; someone apparently left a small bag on the sidewalk. Are Palestinian terror gangs running out of dupes willing to commit suicide ...
Palestinian terrorists infiltrated the Israeli West Bank settlement of Itamar late Friday night, and viciously stabbed to death a family of five in their beds -- including a three-month old baby. In response to this monstrous attack, Israel today approved the construction of hundreds of new housing units in several West ...
Tea Party hero Rand Paul says we need to end 'welfare' to Israel. “I think they’re an important ally, but I also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world,” he said. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to ...
Rand Paul, Kentucky, Ron Paul, Bad Craziness, Far Right, GOP, Budget, Foreign Aid, Israel, Antisemitism
Hosni Mubarak shuffled his cabinet around today, which placated absolutely no one. But the Egyptian military has so far pledged not to fire on peaceful protesters and seems to be signaling that Mubarak can't necessarily count on them for a crackdown. Video Meanwhile, many Israeli political commentators have harsh words for President ...
Egypt, Tunisia, Protests, Demonstrations, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, Israel
It was only a few years ago that Republicans were screaming "traitor!" at anyone who tried to undermine the office of the Presidency in such a blatant manner: Rep. Eric Cantor Tells Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu: New GOP Majority Will 'Serve As A Check On The Administration'. NEW YORK -- Rep. ...
Eric Cantor, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, President Obama, Republican Party, Hypocrisy
In Israel, the Education Ministry has fired chief scientist Dr. Gavriel Avital, a global warming denier and young earth creationist. Kudos! Letting someone like this be in charge of children's education is a recipe for ignorance and failure. If only Texas could figure that out. Sources familiar with the affair said ...
Evolution, Creationism, Education, Israel, Global Warming, Deniers
Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas met today at the State Department, shook hands, and managed to agree on something: to have some more talks. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet again on Sept. 14 and 15 in the Middle East, likely at the Egyptian ...
Israel, Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, PLO, Benjamin Netanyahu, Peace
Apparently we're on the brink of peace in the Middle East: U.S. officials: Abbas announcement imminent, details not yet finalized. Excuse me if I don't break out the champagne just yet. U.S. officials told Jewish community leaders on a private conference call this afternoon that they believe Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud ...
Israel, Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas, PLO, Benjamin Netanyahu, Peace
Here's an Associated Press video report on today's clash between Lebanese and Israeli soldiers that resulted in four dead: [Video] UPDATE at 8/3/10 1:55:10 pm: UNIFIL says IDF activity did not warrant Lebanese fire: UNIFIL forces who toured the site of Tuesday's deadly exchanges of fire on the northern border said the IDF's ...
President Obama has reportedly sent a letter to PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas, warning Abbas that unless he resumes direct peace talks with Israel, he risks losing US support for a Palestinian state.
Iran has been making a lot of noise about sending a flotilla of “humanitarian aid” to Gaza, but today the news is that they’ve canceled their plan. And after blustering for weeks about destroying the Israelis if they tried to stop the flotilla, Iran’s reason for canceling is: they’re afraid of ...
Here’s some fascinating tech news from Israel, where researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new type of organic electric battery made from boiled potatoes. Their findings have just been published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and detail uses of the batteries in the ...
The IDF is now releasing more of the video confiscated from the “peace activists” aboard the Gaza flotilla; here’s a recording made on the Mavi Marmara on May 30, 2010, in which IHH leader Bulent Yildirim gives a speech laden with jihadist symbology, telling the assembled activists not to be ...
Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, International Law, Blockade, Gaza Flotilla, Mavi Marmara
During the Gaza flotilla incident, there was a deluge of propaganda from pro-Palestinian sources claiming that Israel’s blockade was causing poverty and starvation in Gaza. But here’s an article and photo essay from noted pro-Israel shill the New York Times (ahem) with a perspective that might surprise you: Gaza, Through ...
This is an index of our most important posts related to the photos from the Mavi Marmara that were taken by a Turkish journalist/Islamist advocate, cropped to remove knives, blood, and bodies, and released to the wires by Reuters. Starting with Killgore Trout’s original post that broke the story in LGF ...
Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, Fact Checking, Fauxtography, Reuters, Cropping, Bias, Propaganda, Ethics, Turkey, Adem Ozkose
William Kristol’s article claiming that the Obama administration was planning to support an anti-Israel resolution at the UN was rapidly spread throughout the wingnutsphere, with the requisite expressions of outrageous outrage, rage, and more outrage. And once again, it’s a bogus story. The White House is sharply denying a claim by ...
Outrage, Outrageous Outrage, Nontroversy, Barack Obama, Israel, Gaza, Mavi Marmara
Turkish journalist Adem Ozkose was aboard the Mavi Marmara when it was boarded by the IDF, and he is the person credited with the photos that were misleadingly cropped by someone unknown. (And Reuters has ignored requests for more information and accountability, by the way, which means you can expect ...
Israel, Gaza, Palestinians, Fact Checking, Fauxtography, Reuters, Cropping, Bias, Propaganda, Ethics, Turkey, Adem Ozkose