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LGF Archives: April 2002

Tuesday, April 30, 2002

awe-inspiring new hubble photos

Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 12:37:46 pm PDT

Western science rules. (This official Hubble site may be overloaded today because everyone in the world wants to see these photographs. You can find low resolution versions of the images at Yahoo.)

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the UN’s israel obsession

Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:11:58 am PDT

In the Weekly Standard, David Tell writes about the U.N.'s Israel obsession. No fewer than four separate administrative units within the U.N.--two of them directly supervised by Kofi Annan's governing secretariat--do nothing but spend millions of dollars annually on the production and worldwide distribution of propaganda questioning Israel's right to ...

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guilty until proven guilty

Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 9:18:42 am PDT

Here’s a good editorial at the Jerusalem Post spelling out why Israel is refusing to cooperate with the UN “fact-finding” mission: Guilty until proven guilty. The great diplomatic accomplishment of the Arab world has been to transform global forums into nests of Israel bashing. The UN General Assembly resolution declaring ...

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poisonous meme alert

Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 9:00:38 am PDT

An idiotarian has been apprehended attempting to spread a poisonous meme in our comments areas. No, you don’t have to run Norton Anti-Virus immediately. I’m talking about the latest anti-Semitic hoax perpetrated by the Loony LaRouche Left, the “Israeli art student spy ring” scam. This page has the complete text of ...

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the inmates are running the asylum

Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 3:07:49 am PDT

Here’s the Chairman of the Arab Psychiatrists Association and head of the Department of Psychiatry at 'Ein Shams University in Cairo, recipient of the 1990 Egyptian State Prize, offering a carefully considered professional analysis of George W. Bush: "Your stupidity is reflected in your facial features. Your face reminds me ...

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Monday, April 29, 2002

back online

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 7:39:00 pm PDT

AT&T dropped my connection for most of the day, thank you, no extra charge, so I’m just catching up. Almost a hundred emails, none of them calling me bad names! Score! Desmond Tutu, whassup?

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LA times wakes up

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 3:19:58 pm PDT

After a flood of angry letters and subscription cancellations, the LA Times has finally printed a story acknowledging that they screwed up by not covering the Israel Independence Day rally that drew more than 40,000 people. (Other papers say more than 60,000, but let’s not quibble.)

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please be seated

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 2:45:19 pm PDT

The US has regained its seat on the UN Human Rights Commission. Whoopee. Woohoo.

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petro-grovelling

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 10:13:58 am PDT

Bill Quick is ready to admit the rope-a-dope theory—that Dubya and Powell were playing a masterful game of global realpolitik despite all evidence to the contrary—was hopelessly optimistic. I never believed it, but I can’t take very much pleasure in being right. For the past two months, as Bush has let ...

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snake in the grass

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 8:52:09 am PDT

Daniel Pipes’ reply to a CAIR smear campaign exposes their sleazy, dishonest tactics. This page also contains a useful list of articles about CAIR’s troubling record of sly support for extremist Islam.

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amnesty international travesty

Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 8:08:06 am PDT

Heather Mac Donald says Amnesty International’s strangely vehement reports on US human rights “violations” do make sense—when you realize that they don’t seem to want to admit 9/11 ever happened. Nothing so outrages the civil libertarians and rights advocates as the fact that most of the detainees are Muslims from ...

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Sunday, April 28, 2002

hot topics

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 7:12:46 pm PDT

The talented folks at Israel Insider have set up a reference page for the Jenin “refugee camp” issue, with background information from lots of sources.

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this bomb’s for you

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 3:53:05 pm PDT

Jihaaaad!

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unh! can’t stand myself!

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 1:08:18 pm PDT

Hey, wait a minute! What happened to being a martyr? Israel and the Palestinians agreed Sunday to accept a U.S. proposal that would place six wanted men in a Palestinian jail under the watchful eyes of American and British guards — a deal that would end the month-old Israeli siege ...

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new! improved!

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 12:57:38 pm PDT

When I saw Jeff Jarvis mention Nick Denton’s cool new Google site search feature, it reminded me that I’ve been meaning to do that too. The custom search program I wrote is getting dog-slow as the entries accumulate, since it’s just a brute-force search-every-file algorithm. And rather than try to ...

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skyscraper bomb plan

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 10:54:01 am PDT

We haven’t been hearing much from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine lately. That may be because they were busy planning something really big. Israeli military sources said Sunday that the IDF's operations in Qalqilyah on Saturday prevented one of the largest terror attacks planned against an Israeli ...

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today’s PSA

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 8:44:34 am PDT

Today’s Saudi search engine hit: “saudi girl ass photos.” This could become a regular feature. Then again, maybe not. Welcome, poor stressed-out horny Saudi guys. Sorry, but in the not-too-immortal words of Bono, you still haven’t found what you’re looking for. And I have some more bad news for you. When I ...

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israel says no

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 8:22:49 am PDT

The Israeli Cabinet says “NO” to the United Nations.

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the jordan option

Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 7:33:07 am PDT

Yossi Klein Halevi proposes a solution: the Palestinians should return to their 1967 borders. In other words, turn the territories over to the Hashemites... and call it Jordan.

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Saturday, April 27, 2002

e. nough responds

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 5:48:50 pm PDT

United States representative Edward Nough responds to Amr Moussa’s statement point by point: WASHINGTON, April 27 (LGF) - The United States warned the Arab League on Saturday that the U.S. could take punitive steps, and perhaps even withdraw its protection of their crude oil supplies, if the Arab League remained ...

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reach out and touch someone

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 5:27:58 pm PDT

A message to the guy from Saudi Arabia who just found us with a Google search for “Saudi women nude:” The all-seeing American Eye is watching you do that dirty thing you’re doing. And reading between the lines of your WHOIS lookup, so is the Ministry for the Protection of Virtue and ...

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fly the sandy skies

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 3:42:26 pm PDT

Just noticed this: the Saudi telethon host who called for Muslims to enslave Jewish women might have been with the Clown Prince on his trip to the USA. (It’s a little hard to tell; the text is rather ambiguous.) Al-Buraik, a Wahhabi cleric, is closely tied to Prince AbdulAziz Ben ...

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arab league rattles sabers

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 2:37:38 pm PDT

Arab League chief Amr Moussa now feels “humiliated and depressed” enough to threaten the United States. DUBAI, April 27 (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa warned the United States on Saturday Arab nations could take punitive steps, and perhaps even cut crude oil supplies, if it remained "blatantly biased" ...

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enslave at your own risk

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 10:06:17 am PDT

That Saudi Sheikhazoid who wants to enslave Jewish women should remember the story of Judith and Holofernes. (Via Anne Wilson.)

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man bites dog

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 9:36:35 am PDT

You know things are getting really bad when even Mary Robinson starts to notice. GENEVA - The top UN human rights forum ended its annual session yesterday with activists charging that it had fallen hostage to abusive states that ganged up to stop scrutiny of Iran and Chechnya and ignore ...

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home invasion and mass murder

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 7:55:18 am PDT

In another display of sheer depravity, Palestinian terrorists disguised as IDF soldiers snuck into a West Bank settlement and went from house to house shooting women and children as they slept, killing 4 people ... including a 5-year old girl. One or more attackers cut through the defensive perimeter fence ...

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polishing the snake

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 7:34:23 am PDT

Aided by American shills Qorvis Communications, the Saudi entity is spending millions on a PR campaign to polish their image in the US. Of course, vigorous polishing may make the surface of a turd a bit shinier, but it won’t improve the smell. I saw this ad yesterday: "Read the editorials, ...

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saudis directly finance terror

Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 7:06:35 am PDT

Documents found by the Israelis in Palestinian offices in the West Bank show direct payments of blood money to the families of suicide bombers and other terrorists—from the Saudi Arabian government. The Saudi Arabian government paid more than $5,000 each to families of suicide bombers and other Palestinians killed in ...

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Friday, April 26, 2002

lake effect v3.whatever

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 8:31:09 pm PDT

Hey! Dan’s back!

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saudi misogyny

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 7:22:06 pm PDT

I present this item without comment. Draw your own conclusions. When Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah met with President Bush this week to discuss the violence in the Middle East, someone asked air traffic controllers to keep female flight controllers from handling his plane.The request, officials from the National Air Traffic ...

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abu and the ball

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 5:30:05 pm PDT

It’s time for a picture of a baby elephant playing with a big yellow ball.

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the view from inside

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 1:43:53 pm PDT

An insiders perspective from the Jenin camp. Fighting in Jenin was like none they had experienced. The streets were death traps. Every alley was booby-trapped; every exposed space was surrounded by enemy snipers. The enemy wore no uniform, blending in with the civilian population. Suicide bombers roamed the streets; every ...

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why don’t you pillage?

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 12:10:59 pm PDT

As the Clown Prince poses for the cameras, back home the mask is off. The host of that recent two-day Saudi telethon—you know, the telethon that Abdullah assured Bush was for peaceful humanitarian purposes, not suicide bombers, nope, no way—told his audience that the money raised would go to Palestinian fighters. ...

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wank of the day

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 10:45:10 am PDT

The United States proposes military tribunals for foreign nationals accused of terrorist activities, and the The Daily Wanker squeals in horror. Yasser Arafat, hastily and under duress, rigs up a “military trial” for the murderers of an Israeli Cabinet Minister (who he’s been harboring in his malodorous office) and The Daily ...

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what actually happens

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 9:40:54 am PDT

From Louis Rene Beres, here are some facts we really need to understand about the anti-human savagery practiced by Palestinian terrorists: On the Radiology of Suicide Bombing. What actually happens, medically, to victims of Palestinian suicide bombings? This question has been expertly addressed by an American physician who had come ...

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those people

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 9:10:37 am PDT

It’s Friday. That means it’s Krauthammer time (can’t touch this): Europe and ‘Those People.’ Just when Europe had reconciled itself to tolerance for the passive Jew -- the Holocaust survivor who could be pitied, lionized, perhaps awarded the occasional literary prize -- along comes the Jewish state, crude and vital ...

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a war of resolve

Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 7:42:59 am PDT

Bernard Lewis is worried that with our recent actions in the Middle East we may be showing the same indecisiveness that led to September 11. The assault of Sept. 11 was surely intended as the opening salvo of a war of terror that would continue until its objectives were obtained--that ...

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Thursday, April 25, 2002

a cancer on the face of the universe

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 7:07:17 pm PDT

Rand Simberg’s column at Fox today is stellar (in more ways than one). But even better is the email he’s been receiving from outraged human-hating environmental dim bulbs.

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blogs in the media, part 3

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 3:57:16 pm PDT

Part 3 of Eric Olsen’s very cool series “Blogs in the Media” is up; a great overview of media coverage of the “warblogging” (a word I loathe) phenomenon.

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what the hell is wrong with these people?

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 9:21:46 am PDT

Remember the Saudi ambassador to Great Britain who wrote a poem glorifying mass murder? He’s standing by his little ode to Jew-slaughter, and refusing to apologize. LONDON (AP) - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain has defended his poem praising Palestinian suicide bombers and said he would only change it if ...

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these are our allies?

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 9:05:21 am PDT

An outrageous story about Saudi harassment of MSNBC’s Dr. Bob Arnot recalls the brutal suppression of the press under Communism: Saudi Arabia’s illusory press freedom. I LEFT JEDDAH on a Saudi Arabian Airways flight headed for the city of Riyadh and then on to Dubai. During a stopover in Riyadh, ...

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the real war crimes

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 7:45:21 am PDT

Also in the New Republic, Robert Hochman points out that war crimes definitely occurred in Jenin: Shifting Blame. The large loss of life in Jenin is a tragedy, no doubt. But against whom should we direct our moral outrage? In Jenin, terrorists sprinkled bomb-making factories, storehouses of weapons, and combatants ...

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this s--- is f----- up

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 7:37:29 am PDT

Martin Peretz writes about a couple of poets who think Jew-killin’ is big fun: The Poet and the Murderer. Well-intentioned European friends (and even some younger members of my own family) implore me to understand that it is the imagery of these tough Israelis with guns that is inciting anti-Semitism ...

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saudi plans to berate bush

Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 7:05:44 am PDT

The New York Times has an article about Clown Prince Abdullard that goes on and on about how a “person familiar with the Prince’s thinking” says the chief oil tick will be warning George Bush about Arab reaction to US support of Israel. The Times has shown many times that they ...

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Wednesday, April 24, 2002

UN responsibility for terror

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:36:31 pm PDT

One of our readers is asking the right questions: The pertinent questions that should be asked are: Who is to be held accountable for allowing terrorists to act with impugnity within U.N. funded refugee camps? Does the U.N. sanction terrorism against Israel? Are bomb-making factories allowed in U.N. refugee camps? ...

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endemic hypocrisy

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:33:25 pm PDT

Here’s a great column by Mitch Albom: Terror, Mideast and hypocrisy. We can tell the Israelis to stop, but we wouldn't stop. We can tell them to negotiate, but we wouldn't negotiate. We can see their dead and say it hurts as much as ours, but we don't mean it. ...

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mirth and jollity

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 7:43:26 pm PDT

Rarely do I laugh this hard: Abdullah to do some straight talking. Crown Prince Abdullah will today meet President Bush in Crawford, Texas. Observers believe that the Saudi crown prince’s main objective is to provide Bush with some clear insight, directly and frankly, on the present situation in the Middle ...

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another european darkness?

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 7:00:18 pm PDT

A must-read column by Ron Rosenbaum about the frightening rise of anti-Semitism around the world. Are we going to see a Second Holocaust—with Arabs as the murdering monsters this time?

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arabs describe the battle

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 6:21:26 pm PDT

MEMRI has translations of Arab media reports on the battle of Jenin. I was struck by how similar many of these accounts are to Israel’s. About those “civilian non-combatants”: Sheikh Abu Al-Hija said, "Even the youths had a significant role in the uprising. They refused to leave the camp before the ...

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grade: F

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 6:00:57 pm PDT

A great column by John Leo: Mideast Reporting Flunks Fairness Test. "He kept bleeding" was a large front-page headline in the April 3 Washington Post. The story was about a wounded Palestinian who died in Bethlehem after Israeli forces refused to let ambulances into the fire zone. The Israelis said ...

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clueless in seattle

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 4:02:20 pm PDT

In a stunning display of utter cluelessness and naivete, an op-ed in the Seattle Post Intelligencer refers to “Palestine” (a country that does not exist) three times: Bring all parties to peace conference. And what’s to make of this? Arab nations have a vital role to play, and not just ...

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bilk like an egyptian

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 2:58:21 pm PDT

The Egyptian Prime Minister has told other Arab states, “Sure, we’ll go to war against Israel for you—if you give us $100 Billion.”

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terrorists in church

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:38:16 pm PDT

Those poor Palestinians who took refuge in the Church of the Nativity (well, actually, they’re armed and they shot their way in) are robbing the church and beating their hostages, according to three monks who escaped.

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the big lie of jenin

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 11:37:16 am PDT

Jonathan Gurwitz writes about the latest Palestinian Big Lie.

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new! improved!

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 10:42:25 am PDT

I did some work on the “recent comments” feature this morning. Instead of filling up the list with every comment posted, it now lists the most recent comments in each topic only once. This makes it much easier to scan the list, and prevents less active topics from scrolling off ...

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scheer absurdity

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 9:26:06 am PDT

Robert Scheer is at it again. I have to admit I’ve lost interest in tearing apart idiotarian articles like Scheer’s; and Pejman has already carpet-bombed this one anyway. But I couldn’t let this opening sentence slide: The claim, hotly expressed in thousands of angry e-mails and subscription cancellations, that the ...

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IRC anti-semitism

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 8:03:06 am PDT

Here’s a little background information on one of the UN’s “fact-finding” team members, the former president of the International Red Cross Cornelio Sommaruga. Addressing a meeting of the International Red Cross (IRC) Dr. Bernadine Healy, the brave president of the American Red Cross, attacked the IRC, then headed by Sommaruga, ...

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11 interesting minutes

Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 7:20:39 am PDT

Once in a while, the automatic newsfeeds over there on the right provide some inadvertent entertainment. As I write this, there are two BBC headlines: At 11:12 am: UN presses ahead with Jenin inquiry. At 11:23 am: UN puts Jenin inquiry on hold. That must have been an interesting 11 minutes.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2002

blogspot sucks

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 7:46:06 pm PDT

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Blogspot? Well, I do. A lot.

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10 white men at the arctic round table

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 7:34:15 pm PDT

I just have one question. Who is Kathleen Parker, and why have I never heard of her before? Just because you don't think you have a mind-control chip in your brain doesn't necessarily mean that at this precise moment 10 white men aren't seated at a round table in an ...

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implausible denial

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 6:51:02 pm PDT

The House of Saud denies that they’re moving troops to Arabia’s northwest border. “Routine exercises,” they say.

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bug-eyed

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 6:40:14 pm PDT

As I’ve been reading about the “fact-finding” team that the United Nations Terror ... oops, I mean Security Council wants to send to Jenin, I’ve been increasingly convinced that letting these people in would be a huge mistake for Israel. Well, Israel apparently has come to the same conclusion, and ...

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puppets only a mother could love

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 6:14:44 pm PDT

Hey everybody! It’s a puppet show!

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the ripple effect

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 5:49:52 pm PDT

A tremendously moving essay by Kelly Hartog looks at the ripple effect caused by the death of one man. Living through the last 18 months has been nothing short of hell for everyone in this country. It is rare these days that anyone here exists who has not been directly ...

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NPR’s split personality

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 3:43:42 pm PDT

Eric Olsen at Tres Producers has some very interesting observations about the anti-Israel bias of NPR, which has become so prevalent lately that I almost never listen. (And my radio used to be stuck on NPR.) Scroll down to read everything.

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little green nostradamus

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 3:25:02 pm PDT

Back on January 4, in an entry about the decision to try alleged 20th hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui in a criminal court, I wrote: This is a very misguided decision, and I hereby predict that it’s going to come back and bite someone on the ass. Well, defend your buttocks, people, ...

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saudi double talk

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 12:15:16 pm PDT

Rich Lowry has a great piece about Saudi double talk.

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what’s that smell?

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 11:00:17 am PDT

Police in Berlin are advising Jews to avoid wearing anything that might make them look Jewish, so they won’t be attacked by Arab thugs. Despite this, they say Berlin is “safe.” Well, it’s not quite the same as the Second World War, when Jews were forced to wear the yellow star. ...

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israel’s ajax

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 10:45:25 am PDT

Another great Victor Davis Hanson essay, on Ariel Sharon—the brutal, uncompromising warrior: Israel’s Ajax. No one will admit that Sharon's warmaking was necessary to save lives and establish peace — and far more humane than the fighting that is characteristic of the Russian, Indian, and Pakistani armies — and all ...

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death cult overdrive

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 8:46:36 am PDT

Three more Palestinians were lynched today. I didn’t think my disgust for Palestinian death worship could get any greater—but then I read this: In Hebron, a large crowd quickly gathered around the corpses lying in Salam Street. One of the bodies was strung up by one leg from an electricity ...

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lileks on dumbenschanz

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 8:26:00 am PDT

James Lileks gets right to the heart of the sickness we saw last weekend at the pro-death demonstrations in Washington DC. I heard some clips today from a rally held by the Washington Monument in support of the PLO and Hamas. Part of the merry anti-Globo puppet parade. It’s just ...

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everything is israel’s fault

Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 8:09:25 am PDT

Now this ... this ... is just insane. Yesterday I linked to the video footage of three Palestinians who were shot by Al Aqsa for supposedly “collaborating” with Israel. At the time I thought it likely that Western media would ignore this, or cover it up under pressure and threats from ...

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Monday, April 22, 2002

hezbollah takes aim

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 6:33:37 pm PDT

Here’s a solid factual piece about the dangerous game Hezbollah is playing on the Lebanese border: Hezbollah Takes Aim, Again.

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hurry up, ken and matt

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 6:09:28 pm PDT

Yesterday in Los Angeles (well, actually Van Nuys) 60,000 people showed up at the Israel Independence Day Festival. Guests included Governor Gray Davis, Allan Keyes, the Israeli Consul General, and lots of local politicians and celebrities. Pretty hard to ignore a crowd that size. But not if you’re the Los Angeles ...

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whosoever blesses them

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 5:37:22 pm PDT

Run, do not walk, to the Weekly Standard and read Larry Miller’s excruciatingly funny new column right now: Whosoever Blesses Them. A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still don't get it, I now offer you the story of the ...

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is al qaeda getting dirty?

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 4:46:23 pm PDT

According to CBS News, Abu Zubaydah has told US interrogators that Al Qaeda knows how to build a radioactive bomb (a so-called “dirty bomb”) and smuggle it into the US. Very disturbing information. There’s no way of knowing whether he’s just being a scary terrorist boogeyman or if there’s real ...

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doesn’t evidence usually precede conclusions?

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 1:23:32 pm PDT

In a comment about Palestinians murdered for “collaborating” with Israeli forces, a reader asks, “Where are Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International?” Well, you can’t expect them to be everywhere at once, you know. Those organizations have a very full agenda right now. Having concluded that Israel has committed war crimes, ...

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cameras in the courtroom

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 11:13:06 am PDT

At Yahoo, the AP videos page has footage of those suspected Palestinian collaborators who were shot by masked Al Aqsa goons, writhing in agony on the ground as a large crowd stands around and watches.

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moderate friends of terror

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 9:25:25 am PDT

Daniel Pipes looks at CAIR’s disturbing record of support for Islamic extremism: “Moderate” friends of terror. One indication came in October 1998, when the group demanded the removal of a Los Angeles billboard describing Osama bin Laden as "the sworn enemy," finding this depiction "offensive to Muslims."The same year, CAIR ...

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UN human wrongs commission

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 8:55:43 am PDT

Speaking of that august body, the UN Human Rights Commission, today they rejected a proposal to censure Iran for minor little infractions like, oh, torture, executions by stoning, amputations, and stifling freedom of the press. Little things like that. And look who’s supporting Iran: Iran is not a member of the ...

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palestinian justice

Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 8:36:09 am PDT

<sarcasm>I’m sure the UN Human Rights Commission will be outraged about this</sarcasm>. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Masked militiamen shot three alleged Palestinian informers for Israel in a downtown square in this Palestinian city on Monday. A large crowd gathered to watch the men writhing on the ground in pain.One of ...

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Sunday, April 21, 2002

zooming in

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 7:52:37 pm PDT

Because JPEGs speak louder than ASCII, here is the complete sequence of aerial photographs of the combat zone in Jenin to which I linked earlier today.

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the axis of terrorism and evil

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 4:34:21 pm PDT

The Jerusalem Post reports that a group of 113 Saudi Arabian “intellectuals” (yes, those are mockery quotes), including prominent writers for Saudi newspapers, has issued a statement: "We consider the United States and the current American administration the nurturer of international terrorism with distinction and it, along with Israel, form ...

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aerial photos of jenin

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 1:19:11 pm PDT

Aerial photographs of Jenin, showing the true size of the combat zone in relation to the camp.

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interview with dennis ross

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 1:05:09 pm PDT

Here’s an interview with Former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross, who participated in the failed Camp David peace talks. ROSS: The ideas were presented on December 23 by the president, and they basically said the following: On borders, there would be about a 5 percent annexation in the West Bank ...

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idiots in DC

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 12:35:11 pm PDT

The Washington Post has an article with scenes from the Dumbenschanz demonstration in DC. They protested Citibank, derided Coca-Cola and held signs that read "Starbucks" with a thick red line through it.Except, Starbucks had something they needed: bathrooms.Or, to be more precise, the Starbucks at 18th and H had ...

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out of the shadows of horror

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 11:41:40 am PDT

Listen to the story of Christopher Baumann, a New York City cop, as he remembers September 11: Pushing people, yelling at them to move north, urging them not to look back, Baumann, 39, could not follow his own orders and thus saw things on Sept. 11 he wishes he hadn't ...

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death worship in gaza

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 9:50:36 am PDT

If support for Palestinians is eroding in the US (and it is, according to every poll I’ve seen), it’s because of stupid, evil attitudes like this: Just around the corner, Hassan Abu Shob was hosting a party for his 15-year- old son, Haithem, who died last Thursday trying to infiltrate ...

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UN fait accompli mission

Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 8:08:04 am PDT

That paragon of virtue, the United Nations Security Council, has voted unanimously to send a fact-finding mission to Jenin. This is like sending PETA to investigate whether animal experiments are being conducted humanely. An interesting detail that hasn’t shown up in Western media: Israel agreed to the mission only if Terje Roed-Larsen ...

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Saturday, April 20, 2002

can i charge this semtex on my visa?

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 6:12:21 pm PDT

I think it’s hilarious that the Arabic News web site has pop-under advertisements for Visa cards, home loans, and DVD rentals.

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quisling-land

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 5:44:51 pm PDT

Fredrik Norman translates an article from Norway’s Dagbladet that says Zalman Shoval (counselor for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon) told UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen to “Go home to Quisling-land.” Dude. That’s harsh. And yet, so fully deserved.

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dumbfounded

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 2:50:48 pm PDT

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa is perplexed. Feel his pain: Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa described as strange and incomprehensible US President George Bush's statements in which he praised Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon as a man of peace.The least that could be said about Bush's statements is that ...

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bitter lessons

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 2:14:48 pm PDT

Even the New York Times is reluctantly coming to the conclusion that Jenin was a battle, not a massacre: In Rubble of a Refugee Camp, Bitter Lessons for 2 Enemies. What precisely happened will not be known at least until the debris is sifted and the residents — many of ...

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disgusted

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 1:33:19 pm PDT

Radley Balko went to the anti-globo puppet show looking for idiots to mock. But instead of having snarky mean fun, he wound up disgusted.

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electro-hugo

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 10:08:10 am PDT

Congratulations to Patrick Nielsen Hayden, who’s been nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Professional Editor category.

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arab hate jamboree

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 9:10:01 am PDT

A roundup of the vitriol in today’s Arab News: Israel rejects Bush call for probe. A complete lie, as the article makes clear four paragraphs in. Dateline: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM. Saud calls for Middle East peacekeepers. The Saudi Foreign Minister says Israel is committing war crimes, calls for an international peacekeeping force. Snort. ...

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a fact-finding mission

Sat, Apr 20, 2002 at 7:43:56 am PDT

The UN Security Council, an organization dominated by nations that trade in slaves, hack off the heads of gay people, brutally repress women, fill their government-controlled media with vicious anti-Semitic propaganda, and finance and support terrorism throughout the world, is going to send a “fact-finding mission” to Jenin. This ought to ...

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Friday, April 19, 2002

palestinian chemical weapons

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 6:18:53 pm PDT

Evidence that the Palestinians were preparing to carry out chemical attacks, translated from Ma'ariv by IMRA: 12 liters of poisonous bromine hidden in Arafat’s compound. The Palestinians, perhaps with Iraqi inspiration, have begun preparing a chemical arsenal for their war against the Jews. I have learned from information brought to ...

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pournelle and rosenberg

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 5:40:46 pm PDT

Here’s a great back-and-forth essay discussion between Jerry Pournelle and Joel Rosenberg: The Middle East. A crash course in history, leavened with hard-headed pragmatism.

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little green nostradamus

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:58:50 am PDT

A good piece by John Derbyshire at NRO: Attitude Adjustment. But even though he makes a good point here... My personal approach to Middle East commentary is that in a matter as deep, fraught, and tangled as this, it is not a bad idea to see what really well-credentialed commentators ...

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backpedal watch

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 11:28:00 am PDT

Terje Roed-Larsen seems to be trying to back away from his bogus “massacre” accusations: UN envoy denies accusing Israel of massacre in Jenin camp. At a press conference held Friday at the American Colony hotel in East Jerusalem, United Nations envoy to the Middle East Terje Roed-Larsen said that he ...

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the world upside down

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 10:15:41 am PDT

All right! The site is loading fast, I’m finished with the dentist for a little while, and Victor Davis Hanson has a fantastic new column at the National Review: The World Upside Down. I had a conversation not long ago with a European, who typically so, began with the pained ...

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arab fantasy land

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 9:58:23 am PDT

Mark Steyn, right on the mark as usual: It's time to snap out of Arab fantasy land. I'm sure the Middle East can always use another squalid corrupt dictatorship, but at the very least it ought to be a viable squalid corrupt dictatorship. An Arafatist squat on the West Bank ...

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zippy!

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 9:34:34 am PDT

Hey now! I’m starting to think our web host may have done something to remedy the sluggishness we’ve been experiencing. The site is flying right now.

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o ye with heads of air

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 9:18:31 am PDT

Oh, great. The anti-globo bozos are showing up in Washington DC this weekend with their puppet heads. It will be interesting to see the difference between the pro-Israel rally and this charade, especially if the pro-Palestinian groups turn out in force; I think there’s a potential for violence. Hope I’m ...

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roed-larsen distorts the truth (again)

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 9:06:31 am PDT

UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories Terje Roed-Larsen has accused Israel of refusing to allow rescue teams into Jenin while the battle was going on. Here’s an interesting detail from IMRA: Col. [reserves] Didi Yedidya, commander of Fifth Battalion that operated in Jenin, explained that during the entire period, ...

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the return of vichyism

Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 7:44:06 am PDT

An excellent essay on anti-Israel views in Europe, by Bret Stephens: The return of Vichyism. ...Capitulation has long been the hallmark of European governance. If French, German and Italian unions routinely go on strike, it's because they have learned that the government will likely give in to their demands. Ditto ...

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Thursday, April 18, 2002

letters of protest

Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 6:42:44 pm PDT

The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent letters of protest to the EU countries that signed Monday’s resolution condoning Palestinian terrorism.

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attempted massacre

Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 5:22:51 pm PDT

In an extraordinary article for Egypt’s Al Ahram, Jonathan Cook interviewed one of the “engineers” from Jenin—a master bomb-maker from the City of the Bombers, who escaped in the final days of the battle. This man’s own words, published in an Egyptian government-controlled paper, irrevocably refute hysterical Palestinian claims of an ...

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kicking the monkey

Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:35:42 am PDT

If you’re wondering what happened to Protein Wisdom, I got this note today from Jeff Goldstein: Just thought I'd drop you a note to let you know my site is going to be down for a coupla' days because of some Network Solutions snafu. I'm thoroughly bummed, but there's ...

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another big idea

Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 11:00:54 am PDT

Remember Thomas Friedman’s last proposal to save the Middle East (aka the Saudi Peace Scam)? A smashing success, wasn’t it? ...What? It wasn’t? Well, not to worry, because Friedman’s been thinking about it some more, and now he has it figured out. In the Washington Post, though, Robert Kagan doesn’t seem to ...

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suspiciously foot shot

Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 8:51:41 am PDT

At OpinionJournal (requires registration) Michael Rubin says the United Nations goes beyond mere rhetorical support for terror, starting with those UN-managed refugee camps: The U.N.'s Refugees. UNRWA operates 27 refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza, and another 32 camps in neighboring Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. It counts nearly ...

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Wednesday, April 17, 2002

it’s mutiny, cap’n!

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 6:55:21 pm PDT

The official Palestinian News Agency calls for mutiny against the USA. Mutiny, I say! I dare anyone to extract a drop of sense from this article. If this is the case, where Washington has demanded Sharon to withdraw, “today before tomorrow”, once through Condoleezza Rice and before her through the President ...

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UN press release

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:36:51 pm PDT

Here’s the Press Release from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 58th session, 15 April 2002: In a resolution on the question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab territories, including Palestine (E/CN.4/2002.L.16), adopted by a roll-call vote of 40 in favour and 5 opposed, with ...

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jew-hatred in europe

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:32:03 am PDT

Wow. Steam is shooting out of my monitor. Oriana Fallaci on Yasser Arafat: I find it shameful that many Italians and many Europeans have chosen as their standard-bearer the gentleman (or so it is polite to say) Arafat. This nonentity who thanks to the money of the Saudi Royal Family ...

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the massacre that wasn’t

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 11:07:59 am PDT

The latest Palestinian Big Lie exposed: The Massacre That Wasn’t. I’ve been waiting for the facts about the battle in Jenin to emerge before commenting. If the reports of hundreds dead and indiscriminate slaughter were true, it would have been very disturbing. But it’s becoming more clear every day that ...

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peaceful islam in denmark

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:43:53 am PDT

Fredrik Norman has translations from the Danish web site of an Islamic extremist group that openly advocates the murder of Jews.

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harrowing videos

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:08:39 am PDT

Propaganda is propaganda. There’s no denying that the Windows Media videos on this page at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs are propaganda. But propaganda or not, there’s no faking the actual scenes from Palestinian television—and they’re enough to make you sick. Children being taught to lay down their toys and ...

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Mac patchin'

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 8:16:14 am PDT

Microsoft yesterday released patches to fix "critical" Internet security holes in its Macintosh products - Microsoft Office v.X Combined Updater 10.0.3 for Mac OS X and the Office 2001 URL Security Update. Also released were updated versions of Internet Explorer (5.1.4) and Outlook Express (5.0.4). An updated version of Internet ...

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tour o the blogs

Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 8:09:07 am PDT

Eric Olsen of the excellent Tres Producers has written a rave review of Little Green Footballs for his Tour O the Blogs feature! What a nice thing to wake up to! Muchos gracias to Eric for the kind words.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2002

who’s the war criminal?

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 7:04:36 pm PDT

Dr. Weevil suggests a fairer poll, and it makes sense to me.

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scenes from a peaceful religion

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 6:04:46 pm PDT

See, here’s the problem. Arabs are going to have trouble selling that “Islam is a religion of peace” thing, as long as none of Islam’s leaders speak out against poisonous soul-rotting insanity like this, from a Friday sermon on Palestinian television: "We are convinced of the [future] victory of Allah; ...

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war crimes poll

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 3:36:38 pm PDT

In honor of CAIR, I’ve installed a new poll.

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investigation in berlin

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 2:52:28 pm PDT

German police are looking for the freak who dressed his daughter as a suicide bomber at that pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin.

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jenin: the big lie

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 2:03:24 pm PDT

Ariel Cohen looks at the Palestinian propaganda machine’s attempts to dehumanize Israelis: Jenin: The Big Lie. The Jenin "massacre" that never was is yet another Big Lie in the Palestinian PR campaign, a campaign that for its persistence and audacity would have made Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler's propaganda chief, proud. ...

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saudis are enemies of civilization, part 2073

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 12:03:20 pm PDT

A member of the Saudi Consultative Council (an unelected group that pretends to be a parliament) has written a letter to George Bush, explaining that suicide bombings are not terrorism. In his letter, al-Tuwaijri condemned Washington's classification of Palestinian suicide bombings as terrorist acts while it defends Israeli Prime Minister ...

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exhibit a

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:11:26 am PDT

Quana has screenshots of the CAIR poll, before and after. (Of course, she could have used a nefarious Jewish graphics program to alter them.)

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polling for islam

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:52:16 am PDT

Hey! Jonathan Last at the Weekly Standard is trying to beat the anti-idiotarians at their own game; he’s already got a column about the CAIR poll fiasco: Polling for Islam. In its mission statement CAIR says that they are "dedicated to presenting an Islamic perspective on issues of importance to ...

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a matter of style

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 10:36:12 am PDT

Jeff Goldstein comments on the capture of Marwan Barghouti: Note that the Israeli military captured him -- as opposed to, say, lynching him, gutting him, and dragging his carcass through the streets while dancing, handing out candy, and firing their rifles into the air... That’s true, Jeff; but he may ...

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UN backs terrorism

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 9:13:51 am PDT

The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations: WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINEDto save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, andto reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the ...

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pants on fire

Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 7:49:56 am PDT

Here is an absolutely perfect example of the inherent dishonesty of groups like CAIR. When I checked the poll mentioned in the previous entry this morning, the results were: 86% against trying Sharon for crimes, 14% for, with over 11,000 votes. (Did anyone grab a screen shot?) Now, 45 minutes later, ...

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Monday, April 15, 2002

vote early, vote often

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 8:07:45 pm PDT

CAIR has a poll on their site asking whether Ariel Sharon should be tried for war crimes. Your vote counts.

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rall makes sense?

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 7:03:10 pm PDT

All I can say is ... I feel like an Incredibly Strange Creature Who Stopped Living And Became A Mixed-Up Zombie. Because Ted Rall—Ted Rall!—is on the right side of an issue. Sort of. His latest column—believe it or not—debunks French conspiracy nut Thierry Meyssan: Frightful Deception. (In the end, he does ...

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rally in washington

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 1:27:45 pm PDT

Check Glenn Reynolds for lots of onsite reports from the pro-Israel rally in Washington DC. Over 100,000 people...

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egyptian signals

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 1:14:28 pm PDT

The Egyptian government-controlled press says to Syria, Lebanon, and other Arab states, “Don’t drag us into your stupid war.” "...Egypt, which is favored with a patriotic and courageous president like Hosni Mubarak - does not need to be dragged after the shawish ['Sergeant,' referring to Yemeni President 'Ali Abdallah Saleh] ...

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suicide bombing

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 1:00:08 pm PDT

All bombings are homicide bombings (assuming they kill someone). That’s why I don’t like the term “homicide bombing” to describe disgusting acts like the Netanya Passover massacre. It misses the dark, anti-human essence of this tactic: that the murderer is willing to kill himself in order to kill his victims. ...

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the master plan

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 11:36:33 am PDT

I think Dr. Frank’s prognosis is accurate. The rope-a-dope theory is looking more threadbare every day. Powell has been mocked, insulted to his face, and rebuffed at every turn, and the Arab street is loving it.

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they’re having too much fun to stop now

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 10:02:38 am PDT

Lebanon tells Colin Powell that Hezbollah attacks across the border will continue. Speaking on television, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi accused the United States of being indifferent to the killing and suffering in the Palestinian territories and to the prospect of that conflict's escalating into a regional conflagration. "For the Americans, ...

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a new videotape

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 9:12:51 am PDT

What a surprise. Al Jazeera TV (all hate! all the time!) has dug up a new Bin Laden home movie, co-starring Ayman al-Zawahri the mad Egyptian doctor. This one is said to include shots of one of the 9/11 hijackers: In one of the excerpts aired Monday, bin Laden and ...

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the herold study refuses to die

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 9:02:25 am PDT

In an otherwise well-argued piece about the hysterical European and Arab accusations of “massacres,” Nissan Ratzlav-Katz uses the long-debunked (argh!) Marc Herold Afghan civilian casualties study: Who’s the Victim? America's latest war, in Afghanistan, has caused the death of nearly 3,800 Afghanis, between October 7 and December 7 alone, according ...

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backpedaling furiously

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 8:20:06 am PDT

Egypt’s top Islamic cleric Sheikh Tantawi digs the hole a little deeper. He said that killing children and women "is not manly, even if the Jews do so" and that Islam does not sanction it. However, Tantawi said that a would-be suicide bomber may find it impossible not to harm ...

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got marwan

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 8:17:25 am PDT

Great news: Israel has arrested terrorist kingpin Marwan Barghouti, leader of Arafat’s Fatah group.

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chaos manor

Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 8:00:31 am PDT

Jerry Pournelle linked to us yesterday, and it’s sending quite a bit of traffic our way. Welcome to our new visitors! I confess, though, I was a bit surprised by this: But Charles Johnson is not Right Thinking. So you best not go there. Though he does link to Arab news ...

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Sunday, April 14, 2002

arab reactions

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 6:40:36 pm PDT

Interesting overview of Arab reactions to Arafat’s statement “condemning terror.”

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solidarity with israel

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 4:22:32 pm PDT

If you’re near Washington DC, please try to attend the rally in support of Israel tomorrow.

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a dismal sight

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 4:11:14 pm PDT

I know. Rope-a-dope. Diplomacy. Et cetera. But this is our Secretary of State, surrounded by unwashed thugs and killers. What a lousy thing to see.

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a demonstration in berlin

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 3:20:48 pm PDT

That poor little girl. I think I could strangle her father to death with my bare hands, the unspeakable bastard. This isn’t the West Bank. It’s Berlin, 2002. Voices screaming for the deaths of Jews are heard again in Germany. UPDATE: Reader Aaron Schatz notes: “People forget that in Europe, the V ...

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clueless in boston

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 10:11:06 am PDT

Anthony Shadid is the Boston Globe reporter who was shot in Ramallah wandering down “the middle of a street” (!) in a war zone, protected (he thought) by the almighty letters “TV” written in red tape on his back. He doesn’t know who shot him, but of course he blames ...

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fighting toward peace

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 8:40:18 am PDT

Jeff Jacoby (the only columnist with any sense at the Boston Globe) makes a strong argument that the US should stop pressuring Sharon to withdraw and let Israel fight its way to peace. The history of this conflict can seem complicated, but its moral dimensions now are clear-cut. One side ...

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ukrainian anti-semitism

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 8:28:54 am PDT

In Kiev yesterday, 50 youths attacked the central synagogue, beating worshippers with stones and bottles, shouting “Kill the Jews!” However: The Interior Ministry said "the act was not motivated by anti-Semitism, but was an act of brutal hooliganism," according to Interfax. Naah... couldn’t be anti-Semitism. Not in the Ukraine!

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europe’s shame

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 8:00:40 am PDT

Mark Steyn says Israel’s war against the PA tells us more about Europe than the Middle East. What have we learned from this last extraordinary month? Not much about the Middle East, but quite a lot about Europe. What happens when Palestinian civilians strap on plastic explosives and head for ...

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the palestinian rasputin

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 7:29:28 am PDT

As we offer the world’s most slippery terrorist one more chance, it might be a good idea to look back at his bloody history of murdering US citizens. The first American to be murdered by a PLO-sponsored group was Shirley Anderson on June 17, 1969. Since then, PLO groups have ...

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arafat condemns hygiene

Sun, Apr 14, 2002 at 7:22:02 am PDT

Powell Calls Arafat Meeting Useful, Malodorous. Well, OK. He didn’t say “malodorous.” But you know it was.

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Saturday, April 13, 2002

new look for memri

Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 4:27:03 pm PDT

Cool. MEMRI redesigned their site, got rid of the frames, and added some new content ... like this collection of cartoons from Arab media.

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what the hell is wrong with these people?

Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 10:55:39 am PDT

In a poem published Saturday in London’s al-Hayat daily, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain glorified suicide bombers. "May God be the witness that you are martyrs ... You died to honor God's word. (You) committed suicide? We committed suicide by living like the dead," Ghazi Algosaibi wrote in "The ...

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somebody help the poor terrorists

Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 10:02:29 am PDT

After shooting their way in, taking priests and nuns hostage, and being ordered by Arafat himself not to surrender, the armed Palestinian thugs holed up in the Church of the Nativity are now begging for help, from Colin Powell, Kofi Annan, and the Pope. The gunmen invited Powell to "come ...

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the magic words

Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 8:04:01 am PDT

Arafat condemns “all terrorism.” What can you say? Let’s see if Google has a longer memory than Colin Powell: "Arafat condemns terrorism". That “millions of martyrs, marching to Jerusalem” thing—we’re just supposed to forget that?

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Friday, April 12, 2002

message in a google

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 8:12:50 pm PDT

Wow. Pardon the 60s hippie cliché opening, but here’s a Raymond Chandler short story squeezed into a Google search request.

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what now, colin?

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 6:32:30 pm PDT

You have to wonder what Colin Powell was thinking as his helicopter circled the bus stop that, moments before, had been turned into an abbatoir by a Palestinian woman with a large bomb strapped around her body and a murderous hatred choking off her heart. You have to wonder what Colin’s ...

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goldberg roasts mckinney

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 3:54:22 pm PDT

Jonah Goldberg set out to write a one-paragraph intro to his previous column about Cynthia McKinney, but got onto a serious hot streak and came up with a whole new column. And it’s a well-deserved roasting of this thoroughly despicable woman: Representative Awful. Meanwhile another fellow Georgian came to her ...

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religion abuse

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 2:41:21 pm PDT

A very good article by Dr. Bala Ambati in Duke University’s Chronicle pleads for moderate Muslims to renounce the depravity of the fundamentalists: Abuse of a religion by extremists.

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good stuff at NR

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 12:12:24 pm PDT

Catching up on several excellent pieces at the New Republic... Fog of War. The editors say Dubya is going wobbly. Halftime. Joshua Hammer and Elizabeth Rubin with an on-scene report from Nablus; they say the IDF made enormous progress against the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade. The Devil You Know. Franklin Foer exposes Alexander ...

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untitled

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 11:21:16 am PDT

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the screaming starts

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 10:30:36 am PDT

Yesterday 66 countries at the United Nations ratified a treaty establishing an “International Criminal Court.” The United States refused to participate, denounced the Court as a violation of the sovereign rights of nations—which it is—and threatened to actually withdraw the US signature from the treaty. (At least we’re doing the ...

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a mad mad world

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 8:48:03 am PDT

Victor Davis Hanson asks a few (well, more than a few) questions about the world’s hypocrisy and Palestinian propaganda: It’s a Mad, Mad World. The Palestinian Authority and spokesmen from the Arab world are now advancing a new party line by comparing their own struggle to our American Revolution — ...

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mckinney panders shamelessly

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 8:22:04 am PDT

Unbelievable. Representative Cynthia McKinney, last seen vigorously osculating the buttocks of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has now joined the Black Helicopter Brigade. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.) is calling for an investigation into whether President Bush and other government officials had advance notice of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 but did ...

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the world’s double standard

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 8:14:08 am PDT

In today’s LA Times, Yossi Klein Halevi asks “Does the World Prefer It When Jews Are Victims?” We Israelis watch the growing outrage against us and wonder whether the world has gone mad. How is it possible, we ask each other, that after suffering an unprecedented terrorist campaign, we're portrayed ...

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fortress france

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 7:36:17 am PDT

This article says that with anti-Semitic assaults and incidents happening daily, French Jews are adoping a “fortress mentality” in the face of official inability (or unwillingness?) to do anything about it.

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and again

Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 7:25:10 am PDT

Another female suicide murderer has struck at an open-air market in Jerusalem. Six people are dead and more than 50 injured. The Palestinian cult of human sacrifice claims more victims.

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Thursday, April 11, 2002

saudis praise terror

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 6:15:34 pm PDT

In the Saudi government-controlled daily Al-Jazirah, a columnist (another phony “Doctor”) praises the monstrous Passover bomber: "May Allah have mercy upon you, oh 'Abd Al-Baset 'Oudeh, mujaheed and martyr, the quiet hero who infiltrated so elegantly and spoke so gaily. You defended your religion, your homeland, and your people. You ...

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gamesmanship

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 5:26:15 pm PDT

Steven thinks there’s a globalpolitik chess game going on. I hope he’s right. Every time I’ve bought into the idea that our government was playing chess, it turned out to be tic-tac-toe.

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another chance for the monster

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 5:05:13 pm PDT

On Saturday Colin Powell will brave the stench and filth of Chairman Arafat’s reeking ruin of an office, to take a meeting with history’s most successful terrorist. It may be part of an overarching scheme, I know. I’ve heard the arguments. Some of them are persuasive. But the thought of giving ...

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eviction notice

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 1:51:40 pm PDT

In all the excitement, it seems the PLO forgot to pay the rent on their Washington DC office. The Palestine Liberation Organization has been evicted from its Washington office, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Since the Palestinian Authority is not a state and does not therefore have an official embassy, ...

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Shriek Watch

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:52:07 am PDT

Here’s today’s roundup of the insanity at the Arab News. Don’t these guys ever start to feel a little ... silly? Israel executes Jenin prisoners. With a dateline “Occupied Jerusalem.” Accuses Israel of war crimes. Yawn. Why Bush insists Sharon pull out. It’s Pilger, reselling another tepid bucket of turgid bilge to ...

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zero tolerance

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 11:23:00 am PDT

As the by-now-getting-rather-tedious “Arab Street” shrieks hysterically about Israel’s crackdown on Palestinian terrorism, Rich Lowry reminds us what they did in Egypt the last time the Islamo-Freakazoids got pesky: The Egyptian Model.

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the insecure jeune fille

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 10:08:50 am PDT

Ken Layne responds to Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) in an exquisite semi-rant. I’ve spent plenty of time in France, and Ken sums up their muddled anti-Americanism better than anyone: France just likes to yell at us. They know we'll be back when it gets ugly. France is the insecure girl ...

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speedy again

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 9:22:22 am PDT

Looks like our host has fixed whatever problem was causing the snail-like performance. Comments from the audience, please? Is it good for you?

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the idiotarians are getting petulant

Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 9:00:03 am PDT

Making lists of enemies seems to be coming back into fashion. It’s the sort of thing mental midgets and bigots do when they’re backed into corners, when their arguments are demolished and their morality is shown to be a narcissistic, patronizing, racist sham. It’s the sort of thing Joe McCarthy did. ...

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Wednesday, April 10, 2002

netanyahu speaks

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 7:37:57 pm PDT

Howard Fienberg went to the American Enterprise Institute to hear Benjamin Netanyahu, and here’s his report.

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cannibalism? no problem!

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 6:43:43 pm PDT

Tomorrow Uganda will celebrate the downfall of Idi Amin for the first time since he was overthrown. The prototype for the anti-Semitic psycho Islamic dictator, Idi Amin is rumored to have eaten one of his own sons (never proved), killed and dismembered one of his wives, tortured, mutilated, and murdered ...

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the danger in lebanon

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 3:22:58 pm PDT

Krauthammer in the Washington Post: The Danger in Lebanon. Western observers totally missed the irony of the Arab summit whose "Saudi peace plan" ostensibly offered Israel peace in return for full territorial withdrawal. The offer was made in Beirut, capital of a country from which Israel had done precisely that ...

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korny kaptions

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 2:57:16 pm PDT

Check out Laurence Simon's Korny Kaptions for M. Kahil’s sicko cartoons in the Arab News.

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not so speedy

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 2:49:08 pm PDT

In an effort to make the page load a bit faster, the main index now shows just the last three days instead of a full week. That should help a little; the real problem is with our web host, whose connectivity speed has taken a nose dive in the last ...

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we surrender! anything but that!

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 12:06:41 pm PDT

At least 300 Palestinian fighters have surrendered in Jenin. IDF troops continue to search house to house: Israeli military spokesman Ron Edelheit said the situation in Jenin has calmed down after nearly a week of heavy fighting. "About 300 people surrendered Wednesday. It's fairly quiet and once in a while ...

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solent on hooper

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:24:32 am PDT

While trying to spin the news that Saudi Arabia is directly rewarding the families of suicide bombers, CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper emitted this cloud of steam: "Sometimes I'd like to ask these people who criticize these things (the funds) to find a list of Palestinian orphans who shouldn't be fed. ...

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the democracy factor

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:02:24 am PDT

Still another excellent Victor Davis Hanson piece, about the need for democracy in the Middle East: The Democracy Factor. Should the Palestinians immediately hold free and periodic elections, televise raucous debates of a truly independent Parliament, allow an open press and court system, send their reporters into Israel to learn ...

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urban battlefield

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 9:19:48 am PDT

From wounded soldiers, first-person accounts of the terrorist ambush in Jenin: “They simply sprayed us with bullets.” Ron Drori, 30, is from Jerusalem and is studying for a masters degree at Hebrew University. He was brought to the hospital's orthopedic unit after sustaining shrapnel wounds in his leg. "We got ...

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remember avi boaz

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 9:03:55 am PDT

IMRA reports that among the Palestinian terrorists who’ve taken over the Church of the Nativity are two members of Fatah who were involved in the murder of US citizen Avi Boaz. The Israeli government has revealed that among the approximately 250 terrorists holed up in the Church of the Nativity ...

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from baghdad to jerusalem

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 8:40:21 am PDT

Amity Shlaes makes a good case that President Bush has a goal in sending Powell to the Middle East: The violent road from Baghdad to Jerusalem. [The White House] generated the speech to show other things. One is, indeed, that it respects its allies and will take their demands - ...

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welcome to israel

Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 1:12:45 am PDT

Yasser Arafat sends a traditional Palestinian welcome message to Colin Powell. Those rotten bastards.

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Tuesday, April 09, 2002

about the ambush

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 7:42:01 pm PDT

I don’t have confirmation yet, but Benjamin Netanyahu said today that the suicide bomber who initiated today’s ambush in Jenin was a 10-year old boy, who was able to run toward the IDF soldiers because they were reluctant to fire.

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the real arab peace initiative

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 6:01:00 pm PDT

I was starting to write an entry about this Arab News article that tells the proud story of how Crown Prince Abdullah subjugated Colin Powell to his Royal Will, and boasts about the money and aid Saudi Arabia is giving to Palestinian “martyrs” ... when I noticed the link to ...

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fact-checking an ass

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 5:02:23 pm PDT

I heard an interview with Adam Shapiro this morning, and gee whillikers. He shore did come off as a regular peace-lovin’ feller. The interviewer, who began rather aggressively, ended up saying, “You sound like someone I could sit down and talk with.” He’s a smoothie, all right. But luckily, this is ...

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bellicose yemenis

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 3:17:35 pm PDT

Yemen’s acting up too. They’re threatening to expel the US ambassador ... because he “adopts a very haughty behavior.” Man, would I love to have been peeping from behind a painting as Powell met with Mubarak. In public, Arab leaders are playing their shame/aggression games to the hilt, to keep up ...

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the myth of bloodshed

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 11:06:44 am PDT

The New York Times has the full text of Ariel Sharon’s extraordinary speech to a special session of the Israeli Parliament. From here, I address the Palestinian people. On behalf of the people of Israel, I tell you: we have no quarrel with you. We have no desire to control ...

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never forget, never again

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 9:32:34 am PDT

Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. With dark clouds gathering in Europe and the Arab world, has the human race learned the lessons of the Holocaust?

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it’s just a question of when

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 8:43:06 am PDT

Joel Mowbray writes about the possibility (I would say “inevitability”) of suicide bombings in the United States. The ease with which suicide bombings could be launched in America has caused many experts to take notice. "Suicide bombings [in the United States] are a very real problem facing us," insists Pipes. ...

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dark thoughts

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 8:01:02 am PDT

David Perlmutter has a powerful essay in the LA Times, on the frightening endgame that may yet be played out in the Middle East: Dark Thoughts and Quiet Desperation. Israel has been building nuclear weapons for 30 years. The Jews understand what passive and powerless acceptance of doom has meant ...

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the grey lady loses it

Tue, Apr 9, 2002 at 7:46:32 am PDT

Dr. Manhattan parses yet another blatantly anti-Israel editorial at the New York Times.

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Monday, April 08, 2002

talk radio

Mon, Apr 8, 2002 at 8:12:14 pm PDT

I’m listening to the Al Rantel show in Los Angeles. A representative of the Muslim Public Affairs Council just said that Israeli soldiers “shoot Palestinian children point-blank in the head.” She said documentation is on the Amnesty International site. When asked about Arab parents who dress their kids as suicide bombers ...

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a hole in my head

Mon, Apr 8, 2002 at 7:03:44 pm PDT

If the weblog seems a little slow today, it’s because I had that pesky molar yanked early this morning, and having a pain center so close to my brain is affecting my ability to concentrate. Or maybe it’s the Vicodin.

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priests of killing

Mon, Apr 8, 2002 at 3:20:12 pm PDT

David Pryce-Jones writes about the Palestinian/Arab cult of human sacrifice: Priests of Killing If this were a military struggle, Israel could win it quickly. More than that, here is a clash of incompatible cultures. Arabs and Muslims generally live in what anthropologists call a shame society, in which acquisition of ...

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a message from the prince

Mon, Apr 8, 2002 at 12:30:11 pm PDT

Rich Lowry gets it: the message to the US from Prince Bandar bin Oil Tick’s Washington Post column last weekend was very simple. Two word simple. President Bush in his speech last week urged Arab governments to end their support — financial, operational, and moral — for Palestinian terrorism."All states ...

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Sunday, April 07, 2002

and...and...his feet stink!

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 9:49:46 pm PDT

A hilariously inept attack on Thomas Friedman at the Arab News: Refuting the malicious media. There are plenty of real howlers in here, but my favorite is this line: Even sillier is Friedman’s claim that the Saudi peace initiative was launched to improve the Kingdom’s image. Why should Saudi Arabia ...

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did osama have a monkey on his back?

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 9:24:32 pm PDT

Soldiers searching caves in the Khost Province of Afghanistan discovered dozens of vials filled with white powder.

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domino democracy

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 5:06:06 pm PDT

Here’s an interesting and (in some ways) hopeful interview with Bernard Lewis at the Jerusalem Post.

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invisible hostages

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 3:48:42 pm PDT

Still another story of Palestinian evil that’s going virtually unreported by Western media: those 200 terrorists holed up in the Church of the Nativity are holding dozens of priests and nuns hostage. Rev. Giacomom Bini, minister-general of the Franciscans, described the situation in the church and compound as grave. "We ...

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undeclared war

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 2:59:12 pm PDT

A great post by Rand Simberg exposes the difference between the standard pundits’ line on the Middle East ... and reality.

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anti-semitism at heathrow

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 2:39:51 pm PDT

That group of “peace activists” who were briefly trapped in Ramallah have returned home. A DELEGATION of British peace activists trapped in Ramallah during the Israeli incursion into the city returned home today. ...The International Solidarity Movement aims to support the Palestinians by working in a non-violent fashion to bring ...

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a remarkable achievement

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 12:19:38 pm PDT

Here’s another story I guarantee you won’t see on CNN: More threats against the USA, this time from the official Palestine News Agency. The Islamic and the Arab countries should abandon an issue they are not responsible for, we mean the attack against the World Trade Center in New York ...

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palestinian justice

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 10:54:27 am PDT

Can you imagine the screaming of the Euroweenies if Israel were doing things like this? GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - In a secret session before dawn Sunday, a Palestinian military court sentenced six Palestinians to death Sunday for collaborating with Israel, Palestinian security officials said. The sentence of one ...

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evil’s advantage

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 10:16:56 am PDT

Why, after Arafat’s 40-year rampage of atrocity and murder, does he continue to consume oxygen? How can someone so clearly evil be given a free pass, over and over again, even by those who otherwise take principled moral stands? Even by those he openly seeks to destroy? Norman Doidge looks ...

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newswhine

Sun, Apr 7, 2002 at 8:51:52 am PDT

Newsweek whines about Israeli press restrictions. Of course they don’t mention that the last time reporters got into Arafat’s compound, they gave him cell phones and then allowed wanted terrorists to try to sneak out with them. Activities like this tend to make military people in a war zone just ...

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Saturday, April 06, 2002

bring it on

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 12:50:16 pm PST

Amid hysterical calls for more suicide bombings from their Islamic leaders, Arab foreign ministers are meeting in Egypt to talk about using their oil in an extortion racket. Bring it on, oil ticks. This will be the biggest mistake you ever make.

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islamic leaders speak out

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 12:34:25 pm PST

Many in the West are asking why the leaders of Islam—the majority of whom, we are repeatedly told, are “moderate”— are not speaking out about suicide bombings and terrorism. Well, in Egypt, they are: Within the past year, Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the top Egyptian cleric of Al-Azhar University, has ...

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saudis supporting the intifada

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 12:02:22 pm PST

Our “allies” the Saudis are preparing to send a large amount of cash and “kind” (whatever that means—I doubt it has anything to do with kindness) to the Palestinian Authority, to support the stupidfada: Back Palestinians with deeds not words, says Naif. “A group of individuals tried to gather in ...

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blazing yassers

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 10:47:37 am PST

When you’re confined in an increasingly funky office building with a group of spoonbrained peace activists and a gang of monosyllabic thug bodyguards, finding quality entertainment can be a real problem. Apparently, there’s a very limited video library in there, and Yasser has been watching “Blazing Saddles” too many times ...

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bias at the lat

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 10:10:46 am PST

Susanna Cornett turns a spotlight on the blatant anti-Israel bias of the LA Times. Her only mistake: The LA Times has apparently abandoned any effort to appear fair or balanced in its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian battles. How can they abandon an effort they never made?

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the more hope, the more murder

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 9:39:31 am PST

An excellent Jonah Goldberg column demolishes the myth of suicide bombers—that they do it because they’re “hopeless.” When you read the profiles of some of these human bombs, especially the female ones, it does not seem like their objective circumstances were hopeless. Some were students, some were engaged to be ...

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all revolutionaries look alike

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 9:30:51 am PST

At Slate, Timothy Noah has a lesson for Prince Bandar on the differences between George Washington and Yasser Arafat. Bandar, of course, is well aware of the points Noah makes; he’s not dumb. Just duplicitous.

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the but filter

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 8:30:17 am PST

Huge caches of banned weapons. Explosive belts for suicide bombers. A bomb factory in a PA police chief’s house—for that matter, bomb factories everywhere. The Karine-A. Blood money paid to families of murderers. Taking hostages in the Church of the Nativity. Arafat’s bloody signature on all of it, all of ...

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such nice guys

Sat, Apr 6, 2002 at 7:49:54 am PST

In a display of largesse, Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank are handing out explosive belts to the residents. Further north in Jenin, a local Hamas leader said Hamas, Arafat's Fatah movement and other factions had banded together and given explosives belts to residents of the camp under siege."Nobody works ...

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Friday, April 05, 2002

jan demczur, hero

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 7:30:27 pm PST

Jan Demczur’s squeegee is going to the Smithsonian. Pardon me while I unashamedly wipe away a tear.

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time for something positive

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 6:55:23 pm PST

I know it may not seem like it, but I look hard for positive signs in the Arab world. For signs of sanity. For people who aren’t afraid to examine the cultural assumptions forced on them by generations of corrupt thugocracies. Because these people are our real hope for the ...

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anti-semitism in berkeley, part 2

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 6:06:07 pm PST

Here’s a story at the Chronicle about the growing anti-Semitism at UC Berkeley. Jewish students coming out of worship services have been pelted with eggs and subjected to epithets, Oleon said. Last week someone threw a cinder block through the front windows and wrote "F-- Jews" in black marker on ...

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tal g. in jerusalem

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 5:59:56 pm PST

I just noticed that we’ve gotten almost a thousand visitors today from Tal G.’s weblog in Jerusalem. Welcome to all our new readers, and thanks to Tal for the link. If you’re Israeli, take heart in your time of trial; you have friends here.

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anti-semitic attacks in berkeley

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 5:53:02 pm PST

Kevin Deenihan alerts us to what he says is a big story about to break—a wave of anti-Semitic violence in Berkeley, California.

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dangerous times

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 11:17:38 am PST

Go read Geoff Meltzner’s heartfelt post about the disturbing chorus of anti-Israel voices being heard around the world.

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the arab peace plan

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 10:00:34 am PST

More details are emerging about the real Arab peace plan: Sweet tea and dreams of butchery. GAZA CITY - For Dr. Mahmoud Zahar, a surgeon and a leading member of Hamas, the Islamic terrorist movement, the arithmetic of murder is simple."Even if one Israeli dies for every 10 Palestinians, then ...

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a closer look

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 8:14:38 am PST

I’m getting criticized for exaggerating the self-hatred of Adam Shapiro; a lot of people must have missed the interview he did on CNN last Sunday, an interview he’s now trying to deny. I couldn’t find a transcript on CNN’s web site, but here’s a story from the NY Post with ...

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norwegian knuckleheads

Fri, Apr 5, 2002 at 7:36:21 am PST

Here’s today’s first jaw-dropping story. The Norwegian committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize says they made a mistake in 1994 and wish they could take it back. No, not Arafat’s prize. Screaming for millions of martyrs to march on Jerusalem is no problem for these guys. Congratulating and paying blood ...

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Thursday, April 04, 2002

terror invoices

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 6:33:29 pm PST

Proof that Arafat has been signing the terror invoices, including the bill for the horrific bat mitzvah attack in Hadera ... which cost $600.

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hooray

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 6:00:50 pm PST

Anthony Zinni is more courageous than I ever imagined. He’s actually going to brave the most fearsome stench in the known universe (AKA Arafat’s office) to take a meeting with planet Earth’s most successful terrorist. Kudos. (Update: will Yasser use some of the bottled water the Israelis have sent in to ...

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face the truth

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 4:44:46 pm PST

A great essay by Norman Podhoretz: Bush must face the truth. A linguistic child of the concept of moral equivalence, the words "cycle of violence" allow of no distinction between terrorist attacks and retaliation against them. They allow of no distinction between the deliberate murder of civilians and the inadvertent ...

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the gentle general changes his mind

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 3:27:04 pm PST

In a statement issued today from his increasingly fragrant headquarters in Ramallah, Yasser Arafat said, “Hey, what I can say? I was little hot under my collar, as you Americans have it. There are no martyrs here! Only me, Gentle General Arafat. OK, we’re ready to have some peace now. ...

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no quarter

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 2:20:02 pm PST

Damian Penny forwarded this incredibly disturbing story. US Ambassador to Bahrain Ronald Neumann is being condemned for asking for a minute’s silence in honor of Israeli civilians killed in terrorist attacks: Organisers and student delegates at the opening of the Bahrain Model United Nations Assembly (Bahmun) were furious. Officials, guests ...

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funny, is it not?

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 1:44:41 pm PST

In an article with the bizarre title Ain’t nobody here but the chickens, a batshit freakazoid at the Arab News gushes about Arafat’s heroism, rants about “guess who,” and calls for Arab nations to use their armies: What is the use of Arab countries having armies? Why do we spend ...

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whacked with a chair

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 10:50:22 am PST

Reader Aaron Schatz writes: Bush is making me so angry. I feel like a wrestling fan whose favorite star has gone from heel to babyface and back too many times. I have no idea where he stands anymore.When I saw his announcement this morning, I felt like ...

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the real arab peace plan

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 10:24:37 am PST

Let’s check in with the leaders of Hamas and see how they feel about things, safe (for now) in their “large, comfortable homes with big families.” The leaders of Hamas, the militant Islamic movement responsible for the most deadly suicide attacks in Israel in the last week, are pleased and ...

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bye bye

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 9:57:08 am PST

Mark Steyn says it no longer matters who’s to blame (as if there ever were a way to establish that), and that it’s time for Yasser to say “goodnight.” Man, is it hard to pull a quote from one of Steyn’s columns. Just go read it.

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agoraphobia

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 8:45:32 am PST

A moving piece by Yossi Klein Halevi in the New Republic, about life under constant threat of terrorism: Agoraphobia. Despite the blur created by the routinization of terrorism, when one atrocity supplants the next with such rapidity that we lose even the ability to mourn, several clarifying moments have emerged ...

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colin to the rescue

Thu, Apr 4, 2002 at 8:05:28 am PST

Uncle Colin goes to Israel. I’m getting a cramp in my sardonicus maximus trying not to be cynical about this. It’s possible that Bush really believes Powell can achieve something (besides forcing Israel to stand down, just as the operations are paying off). But it has the appearance of caving ...

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Wednesday, April 03, 2002

jew hate overdrive

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 6:03:51 pm PST

ArabNews set their phasers on Jew Hate Overdrive last week, and they still haven’t stopped firing. A quick roundup of today’s headlines: Egypt scales back Israel ties. (Dateline: OCCUPIED JERUSALEM.) US Congress continues its blind support for Israel. (This one’s by “Barbara Ferguson.”) Still alive in Ramallah, but for how long? (This one ...

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arafat’s armory

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 3:56:41 pm PST

Here are photographs of the huge haul of weapons and ammunition found in Yasser Arafat’s compound. Why aren’t these photos being seen in US media?

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evolution

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 2:05:39 pm PST

Natural selection at work.

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open letter

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 1:36:10 pm PST

An Open Letter to the President from 31 foreign policy experts.

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the arab bomb

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 12:12:30 pm PST

Ranan R. Lurie says we can forget about help from any Arab nation for an attack on Iraq, because they’re pulling for Saddam to get nukes: Stop the Dream of an “Arab Bomb.” The drama of Arab military inferiority to Israel is entrenched in the Arab psyche. It was underscored ...

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paging mr. lou zer

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 11:54:19 am PST

John Ringo (no relation to Yasser) has a great piece about the Wannabe Soldiers confronting the Israeli military, with before and after photographs of one unlucky Palestinian terrorist. Losers.

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definitely not infallible

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 11:33:44 am PST

Pope John Paul gets on the wrong side of another issue. Disgraceful. It said Pope John Paul "rejects unjust conditions and humiliations imposed on the Palestinian people as well as the reprisals and revenge attacks which do nothing but feed the sense of frustration and hatred".In another apparent criticism of ...

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kusai!

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 11:22:05 am PST

Oh, man. I bet Arafat’s office is starting to get ripe.

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it’s already froze

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 11:12:00 am PST

A brutally honest 4-word reply to Egypt’s “freeze” on relations with Israel: Herut Chairman MK Michael Kleiner reacted to Egypt's decision to freeze relations with Israel: "you can't freeze ice."

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palestinian pr0n

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 10:42:17 am PST

When I heard the stories that Israeli troops were broadcasting pr0n (I spell it that way so we don’t get hit by millions of creeps Googling for one-handed reading material) on Palestinian television, my first reaction was “Great!” Then I thought about it some more and decided it might be ...

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peaceful religion watch

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 9:56:03 am PST

That Islamic conference in Kuala Lumpur that was supposed to come up with a definition for “terror?” Surprise! They couldn’t agree! One thing they do know, however: whatever this “terror” thing is, it certainly has nothing to do with Islam or suicide bombings. The conference was convened to forge consensus on ...

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world of hurt

Wed, Apr 3, 2002 at 7:13:15 am PST

I’m off to the dentist. When I return I’ll be one tooth lighter. Urg. Update: tooth still in head. Don’t ask.

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Tuesday, April 02, 2002

intelligence bonanza

Tue, Apr 2, 2002 at 6:25:46 pm PST

All the Arab talk about “oppression” and “occupation” and “resistance” ad nauseam is intended to cover up the fact that there are real people doing real things to promote and carry out terror attacks against real Israeli civilians. Custom-fitted Semtex vests have to be paid for. AK-47s have to be ...

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alternative service

Tue, Apr 2, 2002 at 6:01:19 pm PST

A great idea from Aaron Lerner at IMRA: “Cafe Duty” proposed for reservists who refuse to serve. While the call by radical leftists for soldiers to refuse to serve [apparently financed at least in part by foreign governments] has actually had a boomerang effect with extremely high response rates to ...

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footdraggin’

Tue, Apr 2, 2002 at 5:30:35 pm PST

Our “allies” the Saudis are still dragging their feet on investigations into terror-linked Islamic charities. Obviously, they’re trying to hide something. Matthew Levitt, who last month left the bureau and joined the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs as a senior fellow, said he believes the decision not to freeze ...

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hezbollah getting pesky

Tue, Apr 2, 2002 at 5:06:19 pm PST

Hezbollah continues to make trouble in southern Lebanon by directing mortar fire at IDF outposts, prompting the Israeli Air Force to fire rockets at suspected Hezbollah positions. The [Israeli] government urged U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to immediately warn the Syrian and Lebanese governments that attacks by Hizbullah threaten "alarming consequences." ...

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whining EUroweenies

Tue, Apr 2, 2002 at 8:31:21 am PST

Predictably, the unelected windbags of the European Union are whining for Israel to cease defending herself. Saranga also said that during the meeting, Inbar called on the EU to pressure the Palestinian Authority and Arafat to end terrorism... ...since this strategy has proven so stunningly effective in the past... The ...

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Monday, April 01, 2002

talking points

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 7:12:45 pm PST

Wow. Right now on ABC radio, I’m listening to an Arab terrorism apologist follow the exact talking points I outlined earlier today. Spooky.

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accept no substitutes

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 6:11:16 pm PST

Daniel Pipes sees through the proposals for a quick fix to the Mideast conflict, to the terrible truth at the heart of it: These ideas all share the profoundly faulty presumption that a century of Palestinian aggression against Israelis can be stopped either by Israeli concessions or by some clever ...

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add counterfeiting to the list

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 3:23:56 pm PST

IMRA reports that Arafat’s compound was the headquarters for a secret Palestinian scheme to flood Israel with counterfeit money. "There were hundreds of thousands of shekels and the printing plates to produce millions of shekels," said an Israeli army officer.Israeli army (IDF) units that seized parts of the Arafat headquarters compound ...

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peace activists smuggled fugitives

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 12:09:29 pm PST

When the international Trustafarians who think Yasser Arafat is a Middle Eastern Santa Claus left his compound yesterday, they actually tried to smuggle out more than a dozen Palestinians wanted for terrorist activity.

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blood money

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 11:09:32 am PST

Reader Christi Turner has a telling observation: It has been widely reported that we (the U.S.) are responsible for the deaths of somewhere in the neighborhood of 1 million Iraqi children due to starvation because of the U.N. sanctions. Well, if Saddam is so strapped for cash that he ...

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got one

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 11:05:42 am PST

I haven’t posted anything about this, because I thought it would probably turn out to be a false alarm. But it looks like we really have captured major Al Qaeda freakazoid Abu Zubaydah. Zubaydah would be the most senior member of al Qaeda in U.S. custody. His role and responsibilities ...

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and again

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 10:54:55 am PST

A car bomb in Jerusalem injured an Israeli policeman a little while ago.

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what can they do?

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 10:39:31 am PST

James S. Robbins asks What Can the Arabs Do? Answer: yell and scream.

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self-hatred plays well

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 10:20:26 am PST

The story of Adam Shapiro. Isn’t it wonderful how he’s able to get international media coverage for hating his own people? His parents must be so proud.

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aha!

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 9:35:21 am PST

So that's why Google is so fast!

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something to think about

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 8:42:16 am PST

Reader Barry Kaplovitz points out that for the first time since Wednesday, there have been no suicide bombings inside Israel for over 24 hours. Couldn’t possibly be related to Israel’s military actions against terrorist centers. Naah.

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talking points for arab spokesmen

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 8:27:04 am PST

TALKING POINTS FOR ARAB SPOKESMEN * First, be sure to “condemn all forms of terror.” (Nudge nudge, wink wink.) This is VERY IMPORTANT. It must be the FIRST THING you say. Americans have some kind of silly hangup about this. * After getting that out of the way, move on to the ...

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palestinians murder their own

Mon, Apr 1, 2002 at 7:33:14 am PST

The Palestinians are doing what they do best—murdering, lynching, and dragging bodies through the street: Palestinians Kill 11 Collaborators. Interesting how the headline on this Reuters story doesn’t say “alleged” or “suspected” collaborators.

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