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Why did the administration escalate a political mistake into a diplomatic crisis? According to Secretary of State Clinton it helped move talks forward. A less kind way of putting it, would be that she boasted of putting PM Netanyahu in his place. Read More »
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What has and hasn’t been learned
To the Washington Post’s David Ignatius, the crisis between Israel and the United States was a necessary fight, that put Israel in its place. Jerusalem is the hardest issue of all in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiation, and for that reason, would-be peacemakers have wanted to save it for last. Read More »
Council speak 03/22/10
The Council has spoken! Winning Council Submissions First place with 3 points! – Wolf Howling - AP Goes APE Over Texas School Book Changes Second place *t* with 2 points – American Digest - The Plague of Locusts Presidency Second place Read More »
Rerun, replay, whatever
Meryl was the first (whom I saw) to notice history repeating itself. I responded by blogging about an incident from the Clinton administration, from a 1998 Krauthammer column: But even more significant than the absurd arbitrariness of this number is its very existence. Read More »
They told me that if I voted for mccain …
Via memeorandum The told me that if I voted for McCain the government would stifle dissent. And they were right Hey it works for Instapundit, why can’t I try it?… Read More »
Bullying the neighborhood bully
Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That he’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him, ‘Cause there’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac. He’s the neighborhood bully. Read More »
With friends like these …
Robert Kagan argues that Israel shouldn’t feel like it’s been singled out. Israelis shouldn’t feel that they have been singled out. In Britain, people are talking about the end of the “special relationship” with America and worrying that Obama has no great regard for the British, despite their ongoing sacrifices in Afghanistan. Read More »
Putting out fires with a gas bag
Barack Obama in his “Rev. Wright” speech (two years ago exactly!): This is where we are right now. It’s a racial stalemate we’ve been stuck in for years. Read More »
The clinton replay
Meryl writes: Here’s why I think the Obama administration is ratcheting up the pressure over 1,600 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood of northeastern Jerusalem that will almost certainly remain Israeli in any future agreement with the Palestinians: The Obama administration is trying to topple the Netanyahu government. Read More »
Submitted 03/17/2010
This Week’s Watcher’s Council submissions are up. To also see the non-council submissions check out the Watcher. Read More »
Letting lebanon slip away
If the UN were capable of irony, Barry Rubin noted an ironic circumstance the other day: If you want a good example of the ridiculous, shameful ironies in the terrible era we’re living in here it is. The UN-Habitat organization, part of the United Nations, has initiated a Rafik Hariri Memorial Award. Read More »
When the washington post notices
There are three recent Washington Post editorials abour the Middle East worth mentioning. Last July the Washington Post ran an editorial Tough on Israel which observed: But the administration also is guilty of missteps. Rather than pocketing Mr. Read More »
350 Page Report Debunks Goldstone Claim Hamas Didn’t Use Human Shields Or Mosques
A new 350 page report debunks the Goldstone Report and its findings on the use of human shields and mosques by Hamas during Operation Cast Lead. Read More »
Drunk on his own eloquence
In Driving Drunk in Jerusalem Thomas Friedman warns PM Netanayahu: In sum, there may be a real opportunity here — if Netanyahu chooses to seize it. The Israeli leader needs to make up his mind whether he wants to make history or once again be a footnote to it. Read More »
Fanning the flames
The Obama administration continued to turn up the pressure on Israel yesterday, sending political director David Axelrod onto the Sunday talk shows. (via memeorandum) As Axelrod said to Jake Tapper: The issue, Axelrod said, is a “flare point throughout the region” and puts U.S. interests at risk. Read More »
An Annotated List Of Islamist Attacks Around The Globe In 2009
The website The Religion of Peace tracks global Islamic terrorism. According to its detailed list for 2009, there were Islamist terror attacks in 38 countries around the world: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Read More »
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24 has had a series of characters who seemingly have no real purpose but act as plot devices. Until Season 8, seemingly the worst of these was Erin Driscoll, the head of CTU LA in Season 4 for the first half. Driscoll was bland (though she rescued Jack after he was arrested for holding up a gas station) and the subplot was progressed interminably. Read More »
‘Diaspora’ Palestinians Copy Jewish-Agency
Apparently their goal is not your father’s Palestinian state: Jewish-Agency-style ‘Palestine Network’ launched in BethlehemPalestinians from 23 countries organize to build a “sustainable, democratic, secular” Palestinian state…. Read More »
What’s new at MPAC.ie?
I have been interested in MPAC-UK (Muslim Public Affairs Committee) for some time as a sort-of window into the clash of civilizations. They have a blog-like website in which half the posts are often attacks on Israel and one of their founders once gave money to David Irving. Read More »
Of grievances and perceptions
Last week in an article about the eviction of two Arab families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times summed it up: For those who want to see a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Read More »
Council speak 03/14/2010
The council has spoken. Here are the winners and runners up. One council member had 2/3 of a point deducted for not voting. Read More »
“Daylight Saving Time Increases Serious Heart Attacks, Decreases Returns on Investments in Week …
From CBS News: Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. It’s supposed to save energy — pushing daylight later in the day means fewer lights turned on at night. Benjamin Franklin, annoyed by an early sunrise in Paris, first came up with the idea. Congress made it law in 1918 during World War I to conserve energy. Read More »
One man’s conspiracy theory is another man’s track record
The other day, I wondered how the NJDC would spin Vice President Biden’s condemnation of Israel or would they just ignore it. The answer: they spun it. Read More »
And The Award For Israel’s Greatest Friend Goes To…Joe Biden?
Is anyone else getting tired of hearing about who is–or isn’t–Israel’s greatest friend? At one point, there were those who proclaimed that President Bush had won that award. Now we are told that Joe Biden is a winner in the Greatest Friend of Israel Ever to Have Been a Member of the U.S. Senate category. Read More »
I look forward to middle east diplomacy 103
In its Room for Debate blog the New York Times asked a number of “experts” about the Israeli challenge to the U.S.. A few of the responses are worth mentioning. Daniel Gordis: Israelis do not trust Barack Obama. Read More »
An amazing protest
The Lede blog of the New York Times writes in a post, “Palestinians against terror,” that plans to honor terrorist Dalal Mugrabi in Ramallah have been met with opposition from Palestinians who favor the living alongside Israel in peace. Read More »
Crediting Obama With A Major Turnaround In Middle East Peace (Yes, Really)
We are not quite at that point yet, but according to some: we may have turned the corner on an important ingredient in any peace agreement: concessions on both sides.Evelyn Gordon writes on Contentions: That Israel and the Palestinians, after 16 years of direct talks, are now back to indirect talks is an undeniable retreat. Read More »
OOPS! PA Boycott Of Settlements Violate The Gaza-Jericho Agreement
The Palestinian Authority has been busy: PA minister urges Italy to boycott settlement goodsFayyad launches settlement good boycott fundFayyad helps burn settlement productsJust one problem: they signed an agreement that they wouldn’t do that. Read More »
Biden And The Abbas School Of Diplomacy
Yesterday, I blogged about US approval for 2 positions taken by Israel.Forget about a hat trick: Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a ”viable” independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. Read More »
With all due obsequiousness
Perhaps you recall: The welcome was another slight for Washington, which had sought strenuously to persuade Libya not to permit a hero’s welcome for Mr. Megrahi and had opposed his release. Still protesting his innocence and offering “sincere sympathy” to the families of those who died in the bombing, Mr. Read More »