#ChapelHillShooting victim: Anti-Semite and pro-terrorist

If you read the comments this morning, you would have seen that someone has taken me to task for having the gall to tell people not to cry too much over Kayla Mueller. I'm sure there will be people who will criticize this post as well.

Deah Barakat was one of three Muslims who was killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Wednesday morning in what may have been an argument over a parking space

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Random thoughts about random things

Andrew McCarthy has some random thoughts about the things that folks do.

I don’t understand why folks are giving
President Obama and his spokes-minions such a hard time over his
insistence that Ahmedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who just happened to be
Muslim committing terrorism that had nothing to do with Islam, was just
“randomly” picking out folks in Paris to kill when he randomly came

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Krauthammer: Administration Looked Silly Pretending Terrorist Attack was not Anti-Semitic

Charles Krauthammer said it was foolish for the Obama administration to
pretend that the January terrorist attack on a Kosher deli in Paris was
not motivated by anti-Semitism.

Let's go to the videotape.



This administration can't get anything right, can they? Maybe because they don't want to get it right.

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Cross Jeb Bush off my list?

I may be able to cross Jeb Bush off the list of potential candidates for whom I would vote. The Wall Street Journal reports that Bush's foreign policy is more likely to be like his father's than his brother's. George W. Bush may not have been perfect (although between 2002-05 he was awfully close to it), but he was far better than his father, George H.W. Bush, whose hostility to Israel has only

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Joint ECI-CUFI statement on Democratic boycott of Israeli PM's speech

Received this by email:

Today William Kristol, Chairman, Emergency Committee for Israel, and
Gary L. Bauer, Chairman, Christians United for Israel Action Fund,
released the following statement on the emerging Democratic boycott of
the Israeli Prime Minister's speech to Congress:

"In mid-January, the Speaker of the House of Representatives invited the
Prime Minister of Israel to address

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Don't cry too much over Kayla Mueller - she was an ISM'er

The White House yesterday confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, an American woman who was being held as a 'guest' by Islamic State (ISIS).

Let's go to the videotape - more after the video.


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But the White House wasn't the only one to issue a statement about Kayla Mueller. So did the International Solidarity Movement terror organization. This is from the first

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Why Netanyahu must go to Washington

BGR Group founder and lobbyist Ed Rogers explains why Prime Minister Netanyahu must come to Washington.

First, the prime minister should not cancel his trip just because the
White House and the Democrats are whining about it. They are not upset
because there wasn’t the usual coordination on this invitation between
the White House and Congress; they are upset because Netanyahu
intimidates

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Why Obama called the Paris supermarket shooting 'random'

I was wondering why President Hussein Obama called the Paris supermarket shooting 'random.' I guess he was watching this guy.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Shaul Rosenzweig).



Heh.

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Obama: 'No Jews to see here'

President Obama may have sent his spokespeople to walk back his (and their) earlier comments about the murders of four Jews in a Paris Kosher supermarket being 'random,' but Mark Steyn isn't buying the walkback and neither should you.

For over a decade, I have been writing about the metastasizing
Jew-hate in Europe, and I have noted, aside from the physical attacks,
the casual acceptance of

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Barack Hussein Obama will call this 'random'

Twenty cars vandalized with the word "Juif" ("Jew") in the 16th arrondissement of Paris; suspect held. pic.twitter.com/cMaffcRESt #JeSuisJuif
— R. Menachem Creditor (@rabbicreditor) February 11, 2015
Yeah, they 'randomly' chose 20 cars to vandalize. But the use of the word Juif tells you whom they were after, eh Barack?

By the way, the 16th arrondissement is not the one where the terror attack

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Obama tries to walk it back

Our view has not changed. Terror attack at Paris Kosher market was motivated by anti-Semitism. POTUS didn't intend to suggest otherwise.
— Josh Earnest (@PressSec) February 10, 2015
So now Obama is trying to walk back his foolish statement that the Paris Kosher supermarket terror attack was a 'random' attack.

Does he really mean it?

Or was the outrage over such an obviously anti-Semitic and

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White House also doubles down on Obama claim that Paris Kosher supermarket attack was 'random'

Lest any of you think that Jen Psaki was off message in the previous post, here's Jon Karl grilling White House spokesman Josh Earnest over the Paris Kosher Deli Attack (I thought the place was a supermarket - so I was told by someone who has been there).

Note the eerie consistency between this post and the previous one. It indicates talking points.

Let's go to the videotape.



Hint: This

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State Dept Doubles Down on Obama Claim That Kosher Deli Attack Was 'Random'

Under withering questioning by @APDiplowriter (Matt Lee) at Tuesday's press briefing, the @StateDeptSpox puts her foot deeper and deeper into her mouth.

Let's go to the videotape.

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Not the only lie he told about Israel

I'm sure that many of you - especially in the US - have been following the Brian Williams scandal at NBC News.

On Tuesday, the New York Post reports that Williams told a lie about Israel, claiming that he was in a helicopter that was fired upon during the 2006 Second Lebanon War (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).

But that's not the only lie Williams told about his experiences in Israel. This is an

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Mr. Bones gets it right again

Dry Bones perfectly sums up the controversy between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Hussein Obama over Iran.

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Obama plays the race card against Netanyahu

In case you didn't notice last night, seven of the eleven Democratic Representatives who have committed to boycotting Prime Minister Netanyahu's March 3 address to a joint session of Congress are members of the (Democrat-only) Congressional Black Caucus. And that's not a coincidence.

Two prominent black Democrats in the House of Representatives are vowing to skip Prime Minister Benjamin

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Worse than a blind spot

In an eye-catching headline, Ed Driscoll refers to Barack Hussein Obama's blind spot to anti-Semitism. Driscoll is referring to yesterday's news that President Obama referred to the Paris supermarket massacre as a random shooting. But the quotes that Driscoll cites prove that this is far more than a blind spot. It's active anti-Semitism.

At Commentary, Jonathan S. Tobin writes:

His Vox

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Obama: Nuclear weapons against Iranian religion

In case you still have doubts that the United States is being led by the village idiot of a small village in Kenya, let's go to the videotape of Obama's Monday press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Hat Tip: Jack W via Media Equalizer).


Okay, maybe he's not the village idiot. Maybe he's got a plan.

Either way, the notion that Islam - especially as practiced in Iran by those

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Big deal: 11 Dem Reps, 1 Dem Senator to skip Netanyahu speech

Talk about a tempest in a teapot.

The Hill reports that 11 Democratic Representatives and one Democratic Senator plan to boycott Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress in March. Here's the list:

House (11)


Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) — Wrote a Jan. 29 column in The Huffington Post explaining his decision, saying the Constitution “vests the responsibility for

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As US embassy staff meets with group trying to influence Israeli elections, Obama speaks about avoiding partisanship

POTUS: "The way to preserve [US-#Israel relations] is to make sure it doesn't get clouded in what could be perceived as partisan politics."
— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) February 9, 2015
Yes, Obama really said that. Unfortunately, the actions of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv (not Jerusalem - another sore point) don't reflect it.

Top officials at the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv met in late January

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Pass the popcorn: Joe Scarborough unloads on 'smug' Mika Brzezinski for ignoring global threat to Jews

On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough unloads on his co-host, 'smug' Mika Brzezinski (daughter of Zbig) for ignoring the global threat to Jews.

Let's go to the videotape. More after the video (Hat Tip: Slone).



Hot Air's Noah Rothman adds:

Though she likely has the best interests of her party at heart,
Brzezinski is falling into a trap into which so many of her fellow
Democrats find

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Only Europe stands between Obama and a nuclear Iran

On YNet, Alex Fishman argues that Prime Minister Netanyahu would be better off making his case to Europe than to the US Congress. After all, the United States has already conceded a nuclear threshold, and only Europe stands between Obama and a deal.

But Netanyahu is right
about one thing: The American president, who has his own political
reasons, is making a huge effort to convince the

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Oh... My... God... Obama calls Paris supermarket massacre 'random shooting'

Dear Obama: on this, stop saying "folks." Or "random." Yours, Dan. RT @JGreenDC: This is odd http://t.co/q9NnjO5biQ pic.twitter.com/uRhU74BkIP
— Daniel Drezner (@dandrezner) February 9, 2015

So what would he rather the world be talking about instead?

What would Obama prefer the media talk about instead of Islamic terrorism?  The more legitimate threat – climate change.


“The news media ‘

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Guess who's donating to Herzog-Livni...

Tonight on i24news:Daniel Abrahams one of the main backers of v15 is donating to Isaac Herzog,despite denies of both labor party and v15
— lucy aharish (@lucyaharish) February 9, 2015
But of course, V-2015 has nothing to do with the Labor party.... Right....

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European Union building illegally (for Arabs) in Judea and Samaria Area C

In open violation of international law, the European Union has built more than 400 housing units for 'Palestinians' in Area C - an area of Judea and Samaria that is under Israeli civilian and security control under the Oslo accords - under the guise of 'humanitarian grounds.'

More than 400 EU-funded Palestinian homes have been erected in Area C of the West Bank, which was placed under Israeli

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How much of this will end up in Hezbullah's hands?

Another brilliant idea from the Obama administration - providing $25 million in advanced weapons to Lebanon, a country where Hezbullah is part of the government.

Let's go to the videotape.



What could go wrong?

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Iranian 'diplomat' caught gathering intel on Israeli embassy flees Uruguay

An Iranian 'diplomat' who was caught gathering intelligence on the Israeli embassy in Uruguay has fled that country.

Ahmed Sabatgold, 32, a political consultant in the Iranian embassy
in Montevideo, was suspected of being involved in placing an explosive
device near the new Israeli embassy in early January, the Uruguayan El
Observador newspaper reported Sunday.

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Netanyahu hits Obama again on Iran

BREAKING: Netanyahu: Iran & P5+1 are racing towards a bad framework agreement by the end of March. We will do everything to prevent this
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) February 8, 2015
Sorry Barack but he (and we) won't be silent.

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They did their job

I missed the Super Bowl parade in Boston on Wednesday - way too much work to do on the day I was returning back to Israel. But here's a brief highlight film.

Let's go to the videotape.










By the way, appearances to the contrary, Wednesday was the warmest day of the entire time I was in Boston this trip.

And yes, I did manage to get a Super Bowl Champions T-Shirt (although the kiddie

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Has Israel got anything to lose with the Democrats?

Netanyahu response to Biden skipping speech should be "Big F'ing deal!" Ah, the embarrassment continues with these clowns.
— ODCGIRL (@ODCGIRL127) February 6, 2015
Does Israel really have anything to lose with the Democrats? Flashback 2012. Let's go to the videotape.



Do we really have anything to lose?

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'Most pro-Israel administration evah' boycotting Israel

Here is @statedeptspox on alleged #SecKerry meetings with #israel officials in Munich. Happy all? pic.twitter.com/ywhQ2myDm3
— Matt Lee (@APDiploWriter) February 7, 2015
The tweet above is apparently a denial of this story (more here), which claims that US Secretary of State John Kerry - whose administration is trying to avoid influencing the Israeli elections - met with opposition leader

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Ain't this the truth?

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

Tell me this one isn't the truth.

You know what question I'm not hearing? Is the Jordanian response to terrorism "proportionate"? Only Israel gets that one.
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) February 7, 2015
Indeed. 

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You guys may be unhappy...

... that I have not blogged today, but Mrs. Carl is going to be very happy at the end of the month :-)

Shabbat Shalom everyone.

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The plan was...

...  to try to post something from London Heathrow since I hadn't had time to post all day... until the moron in front of me in the security from an unnamed Scandinavian country thought he was going to get a bag full of liquids (including two half-drunk bottles of water!) through security....

Back in Israel later today God willing. Time to go work and pray.

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Jordan's Abdullah has what Obama doesn't

Jordan's King Abdullah has found what President Hussein Obama is missing. True to his word, Abdullah returned from the United States on Wednesday morning (he cut his trip short) to preside over the execution of two ISIS terrorists.

The death of the pilot, First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh,
had spurred promises Tuesday evening of a severe response from Jordan,
but execution of the two prisoners in

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French soldiers attacked outside Jewish Community Center

Three French soldiers were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant on Tuesday outside the Jewish Community Center they were guarding in Nice, France (Hat Tip: Lance K).

Two of the servicemen were injured. Both were treated at the scene. Police sources said the soldiers' lives were not in danger.


President Francois Hollande issued a statement condemning what he
called a "criminal act" and

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Proof the West doesn't get Islam

Still need proof that the West doesn't get Islam? Consider this from elitist Ken Roth:

If Jordan now executes alleged ISIS-related inmates on death row, it'll only reinforce ISIS callousness toward human life, not rise above it
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) February 3, 2015
Now recall what I wrote about Jordan executing its ISIS prisoners earlier today.

But unlike the West, the Jordanians are

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Livni-Herzog-Obama One Voice Movement keffiyeh says 'the land is ours'

This is the true intent of those who would unseat Prime Minister Netanyahu. And apparently, no one else in Israel is getting it (Hat Tip: Ronn Torossian).

One of the main logos currently being used by “One Voice” is of a man in
keffiah scarf, with his hand outstretched to form the map of the whole
of Israel.  Underneath is written “The land is ours."

The source is here but it may be taken

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Breaking: ISIS releases video claiming to show Jordanian pilot burnt alive in a cage

ISIS has released a video which purports to show captured Jordanian pilot Maaz al-Kassasbeh being burnt alive in a cage (Hat Tip: Sunlight).

The footage, which is titled 'Healing the Believers Chests' appears to show the captured airman wearing an orange jumpsuit as a trail of petrol leading up to the cage is seen being set alight.

Flames are seen quickly spreading to the cage where they

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What if Obama has a plan for Iran?

A lot of people think President Obama doesn't have a plan (or a clue) for Iran. But what if he does have a plan and that plan does not include stopping Iran from going nuclear? What then?

From time to time, critics and even friends of the
president have complained vocally about the seeming disarray or
fecklessness of the administration’s handling of foreign policy. Words
like amateurish,

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Head of UN's Operation Protective Edge probe resigns

In yet another disgrace for the United Nations, William Schabas, the head of the United Nations panel probing this past summer's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, has resigned as head of the panel, in effect admitting the veracity of Israeli allegations that he is biased against the Jewish state.

In a letter to the commission, a copy of which was seen by Reuters,
Schabas said he would step

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The Bibisitter

The official campaign ads on television in Israel don't begin for another couple of weeks, but here's a very clever ad from Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Let's go to the videotape.



For a full analysis of the ad, go here. 

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Israeli elections can be so creative

Shas pitas say: Lapid is concerned with sushi; we're concerned with bread pic.twitter.com/p0bazJOxBw
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) February 2, 2015
Heh.

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Israelis to Obama: 'The hell you'll tell us whom to vote for'

President Hussein Obama's efforts to influence Israel's upcoming election may be backfiring. This is Anshel Pfeffer, one of Haaretz's more Leftist writers.

Tonight's @haaretzcom poll is the worst for Labor in a long while: Leaves Herzog with no option for a coalition. Ensures Netanyahu 4th term.
— Anshel Pfeffer (@AnshelPfeffer) February 2, 2015
Haaretz - for those who have forgotten - is

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Who's to blame for dead animals in Gaza's zoo?

If you're grossed out by the picture above, don't follow this link, because you will see several more like it. And if you're not grossed out by it, you will be when I tell you what it is. It's the corpse of a baboon that starved to death at the Gaza zoo. It's part of a puff piece at the London Daily Mail that blames Israel for the fact that the Gaza zoo has inadequate veterinary care and

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V-15's very partisan 'non-partisan' campaign

In its efforts to avoid running afoul of Israel's strict campaign finance laws, V-15 has argued that they are 'non-partisan' and that their sole message is that the 'Left and Center' should form the next government. Really? Then why was a Knesset candidate from Tzipi (Livni) and Buzi (Herzog)'s party listed as an officer on the organization's web site until Saturday?

Former MK Yoel Hasson,

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Obama's Jews

Aaron Klein reports that there are also some wealthy American Jews who are behind the campaign to unseat Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Uri Wollman, V15′s spokesman, told WND his organization’s ballooning
infrastructure is funded primarily by three private philanthropists:


S. Daniel Abraham, the billionaire founder of the Slim Fast food
line. Abraham is a major donor to the Democratic Party

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Livni-Herzog campaign being financed by 'Palestinian-Americans'

This should tell you all you need to know about the ideology and financing behind the effort to unseat Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Yes, it's being run by Barack Hussein Obama's Presidential campaign. But it's being paid for by 'Palestinian-Americans.' This came by email from Ronn Torossian.

A review of tax filings finds that
One Voice paid $96,000 in 2011 to

Howard Sumka.
Sumka was

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Should I hand this to you, or step back 8 yards and throw it for no reason? pic.twitter.com/uXnmx9NdPE
— Charles (@MrLXC) February 2, 2015
Hat Tip: Legal Insurrection.

In case you haven't heard yet, PATRIOTS WIN!!!!!

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Super Bowl preview from Saturday Night Live

Once again too good not to share.

Seattle Seahawks players Richard Sherman (Jay Pharoah) and Marshawn
Lynch (Kenan Thompson) discuss Deflate Gate and interview Coach Pete
Carroll (Taran Killam).

Let's go to the videotape.



Heh.

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The NY Times corrects a big lie

The headline above was the Times' attempt to spin Prime Minister Netanyahu's 2011 trip to Washington. This time, the lies are starting before the Prime Minister leaves Israel.

The Times reported last week that President Obama had been 'blindsided' by House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to Netanyahui to speak. That was false. The correction - first noticed by Omri Ceren - proves it.

NYT

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Israel's football team's owner and quarterback visit the IDF

From here.

Participants on the trip say Brady was visibly
moved by what he saw and experienced. Shrage remembers a Chabad rabbi
who was close with Myra leading the group’s Friday night dinner.

“Everyone started to dance, and Tom soon joined in. To see Tom Brady
dancing in a circle with us, singing with us, that was really special.”

“I think he was enormously moved.”

The Krafts took

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This says it all

Doesn't it?

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Why now? US says 'The CIA collaborated with the Mossad to kill Imad Mughniyah'

The Washington Post reports that the death of Imad Mughniyah was a joint CIA-Mossad operation.

The United States helped build
the bomb, the former official said, and tested it repeatedly at a CIA
facility in North Carolina to ensure the potential blast area was
contained and would not result in collateral damage.


“We probably blew up 25 bombs to make sure we got it right,” the

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For which football team should fiscal conservatives root on Super Sunday

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

I'm still in Boston and tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. Yes, I'm invited to a Super Bowl party, and you can guess the team for which I am rooting. Yes, of course, it's Israel's football team, the New England Patriots.

But here's an aspect I never really thought about: For which team should you be rooting if you're a fiscal conservative?

Let's go to the

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Why Netanyahu must address Congress: Obama has given in to 80% of Iran's demands

Oh... my... God....

Israeli officials told Channel 10 on Friday that they are convinced the
Obama administration has already agreed to most of Iran’s demands in the
P5+1 negotiations over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.According
to unnamed officials, Washington “has given the Iranians 80 percent of
what they want” out of the negotiations, Channel 10 is reporting.Jerusalem

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Israelis make up their minds, spit at Obama

Friday is poll day in Israel, and the polls show that Israelis are siding with their Prime Minister, and spitting in the face of President Obama.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party reached the top spot in a Panels Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post and its Hebrew sister newspaper, Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua, on Thursday for the first time since Labor and Hatnua joined forces on

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Krauthammer: 'Obama has less personal sympathy for Israel than any other President'

A reminder that I am in Boston where the Sabbath has not started yet.

Over the past week, I've heard a lot of talk comparing President Obama's relations with Israel with those of American Presidents who seemed more friendly, but with whom we also had disagreements: Reagan, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and so on.

But with Obama... it's different. Here's Charles Krauthammer. Let's go to the

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Pat Condell: Time to stop Muslim immigration to Europe

It's about time someone non-Jewish who is not a far Right racist spoke up against Muslim immigration to Europe.

Let's go to the videotape.

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Why the Jews?

Matti Friedman will be speaking here in Boston on Monday night, and I hope to be there. You can look for "Mr. Matzav."

Friedman spoke last week in London and the text of his remarks is embedded below. Serious stuff.


Matti Friedman Speech

Hope to see you all on Monday night.

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School Retaliates Against Student For Parent’s Pro-Israel Stance

Received via email earlier today:


1-29-15

A state education department found that a school district and
School Committee Chair retaliated against a student because of her parent’s
complaint about inaccurate and biased materials.



The decision by the Massachusetts
agency found that the Newton Public Schools (NPS)  and School
Committee Chair
Matthew Hills
sent confidential information

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Sen. Cruz: Has President Obama Launched a Political Campaign Against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu?

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz,
R-Texas, and Congressman Lee Zeldin, R-NY-1, today sent a letter to
Secretary of State John Kerry asking for information regarding media
reports that U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used to fund efforts to
influence upcoming elections in Israel. This is from Senator Cruz's press release.


“Has
President Obama launched a political campaign against Prime Minister

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Senate Banking Committee passes Kirk-Menendez 18-4

Here's a pretty strong indicator that the Senate has had enough with President Obama's dithering on Iran. The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday reported out the Kirk-Menendez bill that would increase sanctions on Iran. It wasn't even close. The vote was 18-4.

The Banking Committee vote suggests that the a veto-proof 68 Senators now support the Kirk-Menendez bill. Here's how that

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2 IDF soldiers killed, 7 wounded in Hezbullah attack near Har Dov

Two IDF soldiers have been killed and seven wounded - two moderately and the rest lightly - in an RPG attack on an IDF jeep near Har Dov, where the borders of Israel, Syria and Lebanon all meet. This is from a constantly updated post on the IDF blog. It's in reverse chronological order.

19:24 PM: The IDF has confirmed that during today’s attack, Hezbollah militants fired 5 anti-tank missiles

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Terror attack leaves 140 million without power

A terror attack on the country's power grid left 140 million people without power in Pakistan. It was the third such attack in two weeks.


A terrorist attack on the Pakistani
national grid plunged more than 140 million people into darkness before
power was restored, prompting U.S. experts to warn that terrorist cells
and “lone wolves” in the United States could cause similar damage to the

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Senate Democrats give Obama a deadline on Iran

Ten Senate Democrats have sent a letter to President Hussein Obama threatening to vote for time-triggered sanctions if Iran does not agree to a framework by March 24.

"In acknowledgement of your concern regarding congressional action on
legislation at this moment, we will not vote for this legislation on
the Senate floor before March 24," said the letter, led by Sen. Robert
Menendez (D-N.J.

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IDF: Hezbullah behind rockets launched from Syria

The IDF is confirming that Hezbullah is behind two rockets that were launched from the Golan Heights onto Israel earlier on Tuesday. This is from the first link.

A senior IDF source remarked on the two rockets fired from Syria that hit the Golan Heights Tuesday afternoon, saying the IDF response strike took out the rocket launcher.


The rockets were fired from territory under the control of

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Mohammed Allahdadi died because... he left his cell phone on

Hey youngsters - you have to turn your cell phone off once in a while.

An Iranian general killed in an alleged Israeli air strike last Sunday in Syria may have died because he did not turn off his cellphone.   The Lebanese newspaper Al-Joumhouria
reported on Saturday that a Hezbollah investigation into the strike
found that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard General Mohammed Allahdadi
kept his

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IDF digging trenches along Syrian border in Golan

Good morning to all of you from snowy Boston where, at least from looking out my window, the storm does not appear to be overrated. My boots are arriving tomorrow (I do have rubbers for my shoes in the meantime).

The IDF is reportedly digging trenches on the Golan Heights to prevent infiltration from Syria. That won't stop rocket fire like what happened this morning (see below), but at least

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Obama reinventing 'protocol'

It's been less than a week since the Obama administration started seething over a surprise invitation extended to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress by Speaker of the House John Boehner. The Obama administration whined to anyone who would listen that the invitation was a  'breach of protocol.'

The Obama administration is reinventing diplomatic protocol. It

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Greetings from Boston

For those who were wondering, I made it.

My flight was supposed to land at 5:55, and after circling to get the most weather-favorable approach, it landed around 6:15. We were one of four international flights that came in at the same time. The international flight after ours, which was scheduled to land at 6:35, was canceled. I have been told that the airport was officially closing at 7:00. I

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Snowed in?

By the time you see this, hopefully my flight will have taken off.

Have to run now.

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More than I bargained for?

So yes, I am in London, and yes, I am heading to Boston and there's a warning for an 'epic snow.'

Will this make up for the fact that I spent the 'Great Blizzard of '78' in school in New York and just took the overnight train up on Friday? (That storm started on Tuesday and by Friday the streets still were not open).

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Travel Day

Really quick. If you ever see me in Ben Gurion Airport, you should know that I am allowed to bring one guest with me to the lounge.

And with that, it's off to my flight. More later.

And you thought I was joking when I said I wanted a ticket to the Super Bowl.....

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Tit for tat: Israeli President Reuven Rivlin declines meeting with Obama

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who is visiting the United States this week, has declined to meet with Barack Hussein Obama.

Rivlin will be in New York this week to speak at
UN Headquarters, for an International Holocaust Remembrance Day event. The
President’s Residence had informed U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro in early December
of Rivlin’s planned visit, and the information was conveyed

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Too good not to share...

As many of you already know, I'm a big Patriots fan, so I hope you'll forgive me if I share this Saturday Night Live skit from last night regarding Deflategate (if you don't know what Deflategate is, you can go crawl back under your rock now).

Let's go to the videotape.



For a more serious take on Deflategate, go here.

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The Labor party? Zionist?

.@GLZRadio: arab commentator: if herzog insists on calling his party "zionist" it will cost him votes and possible partnership w/ arabs
— Ben Waxman (@benwaxman) January 25, 2015
Hey - we wouldn't want to say anything controversial, would we?

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Hezbullah endangering both Syria and Lebanon

In the previous post, I noted that Lebanon understands that if Hezbullah attacks Israel from its territory, Lebanon will suffer. While Lebanon gets it, Hezbullah could care less. Moreover, it is possible that even if Hezbullah attacks Israel from Syria, Israel may respond by hitting Lebanon. Israel is also threatening that if it is dragged into the conflict in Syria, it might just put an end to

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Lebanon gets it

This is a scene that Lebanon would not like to see repeated. It's Beirut Airport on fire during the early hours of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Lebanon is so eager to avoid being attacked that it is making sure that everyone knows that although Hezbullah is part of its government, Lebanon is not responsible for Hezbullah actions outside Lebanon.

....Lebanese circles have taken into

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Winston Churchill died 50 years ago Saturday

Winston Churchill died on January 24, 1965. Here are a couple of relevant quotes from him:







Too bad they don't make them like him anymore.

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Video: Fox News' Chris Wallace goes ballistic over Netanyahu visit

Fox News' Chris Wallace is not very happy that Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to 'sneak' into Washington to speak to Congress about a subject that's an existential threat to Israel.

Let's go to the videotape.



Meanwhile, with all of this week's events, the poll numbers moved slightly (putting Likud and Labor in a tie for the lead), with the Right still leading the Left overall. The only

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'Palestinians' protest Charlie Hebdo, Steimatsky's to sell it in Israel but backed off special event

'Thousands' of 'Palestinians' turned out at protests in Judea and Samaria today. This time, they're protesting the selling of the Mohammed satirizing French magazine Charlie Hebdo.


Thousands of
Palestinians rallied in the occupied West Bank on Saturday to protest
against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.


Simultaneous

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Obama going to Saudi Arabia, will skip Auschwitz liberation anniversary

Having blown off France two weeks ago, Barack HUSSEIN Obama will skip the Taj Mahal next week to visit the new king of Saudi Arabia. In case that doesn't make his priorities clear enough, the President of the United States will then skip the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

This is from the third link.

World leaders have been streaming into the country to pay their
respects

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A non-Jewish journalist dressed as a Jew and walked through Malmo, Sweden. This is what happened to him:

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

One place you do not want to visit - this week or any week - is Malmo, Sweden.

A non-Jewish journalist dressed as a Jew and walked through Malmo, Sweden. This is what happened to him: pic.twitter.com/f7odDaU9R8
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) January 23, 2015
What nice people those Swedes are....

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Report: Rubio a candidate for 2016 Republican nomination

Some of you may recall that for a while now, I've been saying that I'd find a Marco Rubio candidacy for the Republican nomination for President very exciting. Now, reports ABC News, it looks like it's going to happen (Hat Tip: Memeorandum).

Leading the effort to raise the $50 million or more he’ll need to run in
the Republican primaries will be Anna Rogers, currently the finance director for

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Must see video: New York City Councilman blasts pro-'Palestinian' 'activists'

New York City Councilman David G. Greenfield makes remarks on the floor
of the council moments after Pro-Palestine activists protested the
commemoration of 1.1 million people killed in Auschwitz. Greenfield is
the grandson of holocaust survivors.

Let's go to the videotape.



A truly great speech.

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The real reason Obama - and Kerry and Biden - won't meet with Netanyahu

Barak Ravid reports that the real reason why President Obama - and Secretary of State Kerry and Vice President Biden - won't meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he's in Washington in March has nothing to do with pique over the way Netanyahu's invitation to Washington came about. It also has nothing to do with the Israeli elections which will take place two weeks after Netanyahu's visit.

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WaPo gives Obama three Pinocchios for claiming that Iran's nuclear program has been halted

The Washington Post's fact checker has give President Hussein Obama three Pinocchio's (out of a possible four) for lying in his State of the Union message by claiming that Iran's nuclear program has been halted. Three Pinocchio's mean that there is 'significant factual error and/or obvious contradictions' in the claim made.This is from the first link.

Olli Heinonen,
who headed the IAEA’s

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Celebrate Israel Parade bans BDS groups

Groups promoting BDS (Boycott Divest Sanction) against Israel have been banned from the 2015 Celebrate Israel Parade.

I am embedding the instructions for groups participating in the parade below. Note Instruction A3 on page 2.


2015 Marching Group Registration Packet


This is long overdue.... BDS supporters are not 'pro-Israel.'

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Here we go: 'Senior Israeli official' slams 'Obama's Mossad lies'

A 'senior Israeli official' has slammed 'Obama's Mossad lies,' a reference to an article in Bloomberg View by @JoshRogin and @Eli Lake. This is from the first link.

"The fraudulent claims against the Mossad Head were raised by the
Americans yesterday, despite a message that had been transmitted to them
on Tuesday by Intelligence Minister [Yuval] Steintz,” the senior
Israeli source told

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Kirchner: 'Nisman was murdered to frame me'

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner now admits that the death of AMIA terror bombing investigator Alberto Nisman was not a suicide. But now Kirchner claims that Nisman was murdered to frame her.

The government says two key witnesses in Nisman's case against the president had been falsely presented to him as state intelligence agents.

Fernandez said the deception discredited

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Obama invents new US policy to avoid meeting with Netanyahu, meets and endorses Cameron for UK Prime Minister

Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress has been moved to March 3, when he was supposed to be in Washington anyway for AIPAC's annual convention (a trip that the Obama administration had approved). But Obama has invented a new policy and will use it to avoid meeting with Netanyahu during his trip.

The decision, said the White House, is in line with US policy not to

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Army Radio: @JoshRogin @EliLake story is Barack's revenge

Israel's Army Radio reports that the story by @JoshRogin and @EliLake in Bloomberg's that many are (falsely) interpreting as showing a split between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Mossad on Iran sanctions is President Obama's revenge for Netanyahu's invitation to address a joint session of Congress.

Sources in Jerusalem told Army Radio Thursday that the story reported in Bloomberg about

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Breaking: Full statement from Mossad head on Iran

The above was just posted on TwitLonger by Israel Radio reporter Chico Menashe. Here's my translation:

Reaction of the Mossad Chairman to the new crisis with Washington:

On 19 January 2015, Mossad Chairman Tamir Pardo met with a delegation of American Senators. The meeting took place at the Senators' request, and with the Prime Minister's approval.

Contrary to the report, the Mossad Chairman

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And it looks like I was right

In an earlier post reviewing an article by @JoshRogin and @EliLake, I argued that the Mossad never recommended not putting additional sanctions on Iran.

It looks like I was right.

Head of Mosad say he didn't say that it is wrong to put more sanctions on Iran
— Udi Segal (@usegal) January 22, 2015
Developing....

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A new scandal

Heh.

Although in Obama's case, it would have been far more accurate to blow the ball up until it's over-inflated with hot air.

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John Kerry's plan to stop ISIS

Too good not to share....



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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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Just an ordinary day for an 8th grader in Israel

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No further explanation necessary.

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No, the Mossad didn't say new Iran sanctions are a bad thing

@JoshRogin and @EliLake report on disagreements between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Mossad about the impact of new US sanctions on Iran. Many are taking the report as a reason (excuse?) to vote against the Kirk-Menendez bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran. But notice what's left unsaid.

Already, the Barack Obama administration and some leading Republican
senators are using the

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Change: Netanyahu welcome to speak in the US anytime he wants

now this -- Israel PM 'welcome' to speak in US any time: Kerry @AFP @Jobiddle
— Jonah Mandel (@mandeljonah) January 21, 2015
Maybe Kerry realizes he's not the one retiring in two years?

Oh and by the way, wasn't it Boehner who invited Netanyahu the last time?

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Israeli TV shows first images of Iranian missile that can reach 'far beyond Europe'

As Iran allegedly negotiates an agreement with the P 5+1 with respect to its nuclear program, Israel's Channel 2 showed a satellite image (above) in which a new Iranian missile 'that can reach far beyond Europe' is shown.

Iran has built a 27-meter-long missile, capable of delivering a
warhead “far beyond Europe,” and placed it on a launch pad at a site
close to Tehran, an Israeli television

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Disclosed: French police foiled plot to attack anti-Semitism conference

The French newspaper Le Progres disclosed on Tuesday that French police foiled a terror attack that was planned in September against an anti-Semitism conference in Lyon (Hat Tip: Daniel Greenfield).

The five suspects who were arrested in a
series of sweeps by French police between Sept. 16 and Sept. 18 were
planning to strike on Sept. 18 at an event organized in Lyon by the
regional branch

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Obama calls Netanyahu 'chickens**t,' then wonders why he doesn't ask permission to address Congress

Less than three months after a 'senior Obama administration official' referred to him as 'chickens**t,' the White House is wondering why Prime Minister Netanyahu is addressing Congress without President Hussein Obama's permission.

President Barack Obama’s press secretary, Josh
Earnest, said the White House has not officially heard from Israel
whether Netanyahu does indeed plan to speak to

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Planning her next vacation

#RichPeopleProblems choosing the next million-dollar vacation & sticking the taxpayers with the bill pic.twitter.com/m0sPdw7PBQ
— Bossy Brat (@JGalt9) January 21, 2015
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

MOOCH! MOOCH! MOOCH! MOOCH!

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The Middle East for Dummies

I am sure that many of you have heard about the 'selfie' above, which was taken at the Miss World pageant, and includes Miss Israel (left) and Miss Lebanon (second from left). I am sure many of you have also heard that the image caused a scandal in Lebanon, leading Miss Lebanon to accuse Miss Israel of 'photobombing' her, and to release a revised image in which Miss Israel is cropped out.

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Israeli and US Left seethe: Boehner invites Netanyahu to address Congress

Mr. Netanyahu is going to Washington.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-In) has invited Prime Minister Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress about Iran sanctions on February 11 'without consulting the White House. '

The American Left is seething due to the 'insult' to President Hussein Obama.

The Israeli Left is seething because we are in the middle of an election campaign. That's not

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Has France been mugged?

A liberal who's been mugged is a conservative. Get a load of this:

The French foreign ministry issues a statement expressing solidarity with Israel in its struggle with terror. I think a first. #TelAviv
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) January 21, 2015
Oh my....

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Video: Tel Aviv terrorist up close and personal after his arrest

Not very dignified, is he?

Let's go to the videotape.



Too bad he wasn't killed and buried in pigskin. He'll probably go free in a 'prisoner exchange' in the next few years.

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The Netanyahu kindergarten video

I think this ad has actually been banned from the airwaves, but it's really good and it's still on YouTube, so let's go to the videotape.



With apologies to the Hebrew-impaired....

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Intelligent anti-Semites

Reuters pic of #antisemitic morons in #Pakistan who can't spell "Holocaust"; ignorance and hate go hand in hand pic.twitter.com/en0WaBfpk9
— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) January 20, 2015
Heh. 

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'Palestinian Authority' tries to blame Hamas

The 'Palestinian Authority' is trying to shift the blame to Hamas for Wednesday morning's terror attack in Tel Aviv.

גורם ביטחוני פלסטיני: המחבל תומך חמאס. לא פעיל רשום. זומן בעבר לחקירה במנגנוני הרש"פ. אמו, מוכרת לבוש לדתיות מוסלמיות, פעילה בחמאס רמאללה.
— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) January 21, 2015
The tweet is from Gal Berger, Israel Radio's Arab affairs correspondent. Translation for

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It starts: 'Palestinians' celebrating terror attack

The 'Palestinians' are already celebrating Wednesday morning's terror attack in Tel Aviv.

Macabre Palestinian cartoon celebrates knife attack by Pal man on Tel Aviv bus this AM: "Good morning" MT @PalinfoAr: pic.twitter.com/NrJpzQlhi3
— Noah Browning (@Noah_Browning) January 21, 2015
'Peace partner'?

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Here we go again: 12 Israelis wounded in terror attack on Tel Aviv bus

12 Israelis have been wounded - three of them seriously - in a terror attack aboard a Tel Aviv bus on Wednesday morning.

The assailant, a 23-year-old male from the West Bank city of
Tulkarem who entered Israel illegally, was shot in the leg by an Israel
Prison Service officer on Hamasger Street, near the scene of the
incident, and taken into custody. 

The attack took place on Bus number

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Alberto Nisman did not commit suicide and the AMIA bombing was not 'unsolved'

David Horovitz is certain that Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman did not commit suicide and that the AMIA bombing is not 'unsolved.' We all know who was behind it: Iran and Hezbullah.

Perednik despairs at the naivete of anyone
prepared to countenance that a prosecutor who has spent a decade heading
a 30-strong team investigating the worst terror attack ever committed
in Argentina; who

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Does France have any regrets?

Recently #France voted to recognize a "state of #Palestine"

Today, in #Gaza, Palestinians burned the French flag. pic.twitter.com/uN8Coqsp3T
— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) January 20, 2015
They should have regrets. But they won't. Because this is the soft bias of diminished expectations. They expect the 'Palestinians' to be ungrateful savages. And they will continue to serve them anyway.

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Who will find me a ticket?

I would love to go (and when I found this, it was actually available for about $4,000 per ticket including airfare).

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They came for the Jews. Will you speak out even if you are not a Jew?

One of the things that was driven home by the terror attack on the Paris Hyper Cacher supermarket is that they are still coming for us Jews, long after 'they' have stopped coming for most others. In England, they are feeling that lesson from up close. But is anyone non-Jewish feeling it?

A couple of days after the Charlie Hebdo attack, I did a debate with the
Guardian’s Simon Jenkins on

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UN Observer Force crying over Hezbullah deaths

The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights says that Israel carried out Sunday's strike with drones (not helicopters as previously reported) and says that the strike violated the disengagement agreement.

The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights
released an official statement on Monday describing its troops' witness
accounts of the

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Judge orders materials in AMIA case seized

The judge investigating Iranian involvement in the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires has ordered the seizure of all evidence in light of Sunday night's apparent murder of prosecutor Alberto Nisman.



Local newspaper Perfil reported that
[Judge Ariel] Lijo ordered the seizure of all documentation referred to in the
complaint, as well as a number of disks reportedly

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Would the Obama administration ever issue postage stamps like these?

The postage stamp pictured above is newly issued by Canada. That's not a big deal until you ask yourself whether any other country - including the United States under Obama - would ever consider issuing such a stamp (Hat Tip: Jerry G via The American Thinker).

Let's hear for Stephen Harper and his government!

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