Sunday, June 13, 2010

1. American Liberal Zionism -while there have been fissures between Jews in Israel and Jews in America for a long time, lately, the divide has seemed to deepen (and at the best possible time!). Apart from the whole J Street scene, a recent flashpoint has been Peter Beinart's article The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment. This viewpoint is also evident in articles like:
These articles have lead to the following responses:
2. Gee, This Didn't Make the Local News - Egypt closes Gaza to Algerian aid - come on EU, open up your big mouthes. Hypocrites.


3. Speaking Of Which - Spain to EU: End Gaza blockade - hey - let's take a Freedom Flotilla to Spain to support the Basques.


4. Iran - Good old Nutjob and his Mullah Madmen must be loving all the attention being paid to the Freedom Flotilla and its fallout - keeps the attention off of them. Well, let's shine that spotlight back in Iran's direction






8. The Media - several stories here, most of which are related to fallout from the Helen Thomas story (which naturally, has resulted in threats being made to the Rabbi who simply asked the old antisemitic dinosaur a simple question - he was probably as shocked as anyone at the response)

"All Canadians can be proud that the country has a prime minister who does not grovel to the received international opinion on matters such as the Middle East. (He rendered the same service on the global-warming debate by not signing Canada prematurely onto one of the Doomdsay scenarios, that have become the subject of scientific reappraisal.) This is a huge improvement on the trendy pandering of Pierre Trudeau: the Third Way, North-South, his absurd arms-control proposals, facilitation of Castro’s war-making in Angola, veneration of the Nyerere economic miracle in Tanzania (a 90% decline in per capita income). On these matters, Stephen Harper has been a prophet with honour."
11. A Question - when you criticize Israel on things like Gaza, why aren't you also telling Hamas to smarten up? No answer? I thought so. Religious Rally Against Israel | FrontPage Magazine

12. Ayaan Hirsi Ali - I still remember her incredible dignity when confronted by the smarmy and condescending Avi Lewis. Robert Fulford: The threatening honesty of Ayaan Hirsi Ali Full Comment National Post and A wanderer from Islam with a message for the West - The Globe and Mail.


13. Sultan Knish - a really good blog - here are 2 really good recent articles - "Defending Yourself Only Makes Us Hate You More" and "How Not To Get Shot By A Soldier" - note - when I followed these links there seemed to be something wrong with the web page and I had to drag the page from right to left. It was worth the effort.


14. Good Question - Let's hear the lefties and their fellow travelers respond - Pajamas Media » If We Won’t Fight for Israel, for Whom Shall We Fight?. Also read this - Indispensable - by Lee Smith > Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life.



16. Obama and His Guys - a number of articles about the President and, especially, the atrocious mess in the Gulf of Mexico.

17. OCD - Suspect made 17,000 prank calls - obviously due to "the occupation" - surprised that the UNSC, the UNHRC and the EU have not jumped all over this one.


18. World Cup - The World Cup is underway in South Africa. Yesterday, in a very anticipated match, England and the USA played to a 1-1 draw. The American goal resulted from pure human error on the part of the English goalkeeper. While there are Jewish players on the American team (The Scroll > Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life), there are no Jewish players on the English team - could you imagine if the English goalie had been Jewish?? Here are some soccer/football related links:
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 14, 2010 at 5:14 PM

    Avi Lewis is pure slime, what a pompous insulting prat. Perhaps he should parther with Tavis and Rosie. .A.S.

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  2. Mark's Pro-Israel BlogJune 14, 2010 at 6:50 PM

    AS - could not agree more!

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