Archive for December 15th, 2008

Israel Kills Wife of Abu Mazen

No, not that Abu Mazen. And we didn’t exactly kill her. Although Ma’an typically lays the blame with us. A 52-year-old Palestinian woman died of a heart attack on Sunday when she discovered that none of her three imprisoned sons was to be released by Israel in Monday’s prisoner release, her husband said. Rebheyeh Saleh [...]

Falk Off

Falk Off

I just love it when Israel gets it right. The Israeli authorities have prevented a senior UN human rights official from entering the country, accusing him of being seriously biased against it. Israel has been angered by a series of comments by Richard Falk accusing it of war crimes and comparing its actions in Gaza [...]

Protesting Can Be Such a Drag

Protesting Can Be Such a Drag

A Palestinian woman holds a Koran during a rally marking the 21st anniversary of Hamas in Gaza December 14, 2008. Hamas will not renew a truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip that expires later this month, said a statement issued by the group in the Syrian capital on Sunday. Update: I thought he/she looked [...]

Jerusalem Post Slams Silverstein

Anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein posts about his treatment at the hands of the Jerusalem Post, who slammed the numbskull a week after I did. http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/12/13/jerusalem-post-slams-my-mumbai-comment-is-free-post/ I’ve arrived in a manner of speaking.  The right-wing Jerusalem Post finds me a significant enough presence to devote an entire article to attacking my Comment is Free post about [...]

Lame Duck?

Oh, I beg to differ. It was an awesome duck.