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AP Still Getting its Facts Wrong

It has been a few hours since Israel determined that the Gaza blast that killed most of a family was the result of a secondary explosion from targeted terrorists outside the house carrying munitions.
AP’s Ibrahim Barzak is now reporting Israel’s side of the story, but very skeptically:
In a statement, the military said explosives carried by [...]

Robot Soldier

Robot Soldier

Cool doesn’t even begin to describe this.
Israel’s newest soldier can see at night, never nods off on sentry duty and can carry 300 kilograms (660 pounds) without complaining.
The Guardium, an unmanned ground vehicle commissioned by the Israel Defense Forces is essentially a robotic soldier, among the first in the world to be operational. It can [...]

Poor Picture Placement of the Day

Poor Picture Placement of the Day

Click on image to see magnified version.

(Found here).

Still Blaming Israel

Despite the fact that the IDF investigated today’s deaths in Gaza and found that the explosion was caused after palestinian terrorists carrying large bags (presumably filled with ammunition) were shot, and despite the fact that AP were aware of this and actually changed their headline and report to reflect this (as I blogged here), they [...]

C’mon Barbie, Let’s Go Farsi

After having attacked the lovable duo of Tom and Jerry, those Iraniacs have now set their sights on Barbie, Batman, and friends.
Iran’s toy market is being inundated by models of Barbie, Batman, Spiderman and Harry Potter and the young must be protected from their harmful cultural effects, the prosecutor general was quoted as saying on [...]

Rushing to Blame Israel

The mainstream media such as AP is having a field day reporting today’s deaths of 7 palestinians, including children.
Israeli strike kills 7 Palestinians
An Israeli tank shell slammed into a tiny Gaza Strip home Monday during a skirmish with gunmen, killing a Palestinian woman and four of her children as they prepared to sit down [...]

A Comment From Gaza

From commenter Mesow (from Gaza):
Well, I’m not Gazan, but I live here, and I think, being Christian, that Hamas is so close-minded, hateful and showing how strong it is by killing civilians either Israelis or Palestinians, dont think Hamas killed Israelis only, but everyone in its way, and uses little kids (3-15 years old) as [...]