Category Archives: Israel

Whoa! Washington Post Blames Hamas For Current Fighting

I must say, this piece by the Washington Post Editorial Board surprised the heck out of me. Rarely should we expect them to take a position defending Israel in such a manner. This just isn’t done in Liberal World. On the WP web front page it is entitled “Hamas’s depraved strategy”, with the subtag “Much […]

NY Times Wrings Their Hands Over Whether Israeli Tactics To Protect Civilians Works

Interestingly, we never see these kinds of articles in much of the major world (non-Israeli) media when it is Hamas or some other Islamist group launching attacks which are intentionally intended to target Israeli civilians, using methods such as suicide bombers and rocket attacks Tactics Questioned as Civilian Toll Climbs The blast from the Israeli […]

Israel Asks: What Would You Do?

For liberals, the answer would be a bit of navel gazing, wondering “what did we do to make Hamas send a constant rain of rockets which intentionally target civilians?” Remember, they took this tact almost immediately after 9/11. (Washington Times) The official Twitter account for the Israeli Defense Forces on Monday sent out a picture […]

Ted Cruz Calls On John Kerry To Resign Over Israel “Apartheid” Remarks

Of course, does it really matter? Obama would just replace Kerry with another far left incompetent. And someone else who doesn’t like Israel (The Blaze) In a scathing speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Monday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for Secretary of State John Kerry’s resignation over his alleged comments comparing […]

Obama To Israeli’s: Put Yourself In Palestinian Shoes

So, this celebrity who got the part of POTUS decided to head over to Israel, and instead of talking to the Knesset, the elected official body of Israel, he took his neverending campaign to a school to talk to young folks. It was, as Allahpundit put it, “as florid a valentine to Israel and Zionism […]

Obama Takes “Charm Offensive” To Israel

The Neverending Campaign goes on the road, once again showing a POTUS who is bereft of leadership (CBS NY) President Barack Obama left for the Middle East on Tuesday evening. He’s on a mission to charm the Israelis into making peace concessions and to find some way to peacefully stop Iran from building a bomb. […]

White House Lowers Expectations For Obama Israel Trip

Expectations were lowered from “throwing Israel under the bus and supporting Islamists” to “mostly throwing Israel under the bus and supporting most Islamits” (Fox News) As President Obama heads to the Middle East this week, including his first visit to Israel since becoming commander in chief, the White House is downplaying expectations, saying the president […]

Surprise! Iran Thrilled By Chuck Hagel Nomination

A Secretary of Defense who’s soft on Iran and an Israel hater would match his boss (CBS News) Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it is hopeful the appointment of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon would improve relations between Tehran and the U.S. Asked about Hagel’s nomination, ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said […]

Hamas Pushes To Get Themselves Removed As A Terrorist Organization

This is a group that has launched numerous attacks specifically on civilians, including over 1,500 rockets launched towards Israel during the recent violence. A group whose stated goal is the destruction of Israel, and calls for jihad against all Jews. And their talking points sound remarkably just like the those of Progressives (The Blaze) Prime […]

UN Approves Palestinian Observer Status Resolution

Dhimmi’s and Israel haters around the world rejoiced (NY Times) The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a long-sought victory for the Palestinians and an embarrassing diplomatic defeat for the United States. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians’ status to a nonmember observer state at the U.N. was approved by a vote […]

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