Monthly Archives: May 2012

Haaretz reporter Uri Blau to be indicted for possessing classified documents

Posted on 31 May 2012 by

An offshoot of the Anat Kam affair was the case of Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, to whom Anat Kam passed classified documents that she illegally purloined from the IDF general’s office where she was serving during her IDF service.  When … Continue reading →

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Iran threatens that Israel will be engulfed if West attacks Syria

Posted on 31 May 2012 by

First we had Bashar Assad threatening to attack Tel Aviv if NATO attacked it. Now Iran has piled on and is threatening to “make Israel burn” if the West attacks Syria.  I admit I had to read the headline twice … Continue reading →

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What motivates Turkey’s persistent belligerence towards Israel?

Posted on 30 May 2012 by

Turkey has filed charges against four senior IDF officers for the deaths of the Turkish citizens during the Mavi Marmara fiasco. This in itself would be understandable if not logical considering that the UN Palmer Report exonerated Israel. However the … Continue reading →

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Anti-Zionism is bigotry

Posted on 30 May 2012 by

Melanie Phillips nails it when she calls out anti-Zionism for what it is – bigotry. Ms. Phillips is never backwards in coming forwards in pointing out the double standards relating to Israel, but this latest article of hers is outstanding. … Continue reading →

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Powerful new cyber weapon hits Iran

Posted on 28 May 2012 by

Meet “Flame”, the newest and most powerful cyber-virus to hit Iranian computers, as well as many more around the Middle East. However, there is a twist in this tail tale, since the virus has apparently also infected Israeli computers, at … Continue reading →

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Chag Shavuot Same’ach

Posted on 25 May 2012 by

The Jewish People are heading into another festival this weekend, with Shavuot running straight on from Shabbat and beginning on Saturday night (so I will be offline until Sunday night). The festival commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount … Continue reading →

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Good news Friday

Posted on 25 May 2012 by

This is the second part of what I hope will be a weekly feature of this blog – some good news about Israel for a change. Courtesy of the BBC (yes! the BBC!) we learn that Israeli scientists have invented … Continue reading →

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Amnesty accuses the UN. Pot, meet kettle

Posted on 24 May 2012 by

In an Orwellian statement worthy of any of the great satirists, Amnesty International has accused the UN Security Council of being “no longer fit for purpose”. The world body had failed in its basic duty after Russia and China blocked … Continue reading →

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An Olympian Silence

Posted on 22 May 2012 by

Forty years ago, at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists. The families of the slain athletes have campaigned ever since for an official minute’s silence in their memory, and every Olympics they have been … Continue reading →

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Update on Foley’s Bar and the Israeli flag

Posted on 21 May 2012 by

I wrote a short item about Foley’s Bar within my post last week about the bullying tactics of the Irish-Palestinian Society.  Today I received an update from two of my commenters, cba (by email) and Roxymuzak (who posted his comment … Continue reading →

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