You know someone has lost an argument when they resort to ad hominem attacks. What’s unusual is for someone to start out a discussion with an ad hominem attack. Like those students who heckle speakers in universities, and claim 1st amendment rights protect their heckling (as opposed to the rights of the speaker), we received [...]
It seems JStreet has decided to start a contest to create those viral meme images you see all over Facebook and other social networks. Elder of Ziyon decided to start a counter-contest to create memes about JStreet (and general pro-Israel memes). We’ve thrown together a few: To make it easier to share these on Facebook, [...]
Just a thought. During the recent Pillar of Defense operation in Gaza, we heard lots of defenders of Hamas explaining that the reason Hamas was firing missiles from civilian areas was not because they were cowards using their own civilians as human shields, but rather that Gaza is so densely populated that there are no [...]
With the current missiles attacks from Gaza into Israel, and the IDF attacks on terrorists in Gaza, we thought these instructions on what to do in the case of an attack for both Israelis and Gazans would be useful to post: Please share this page on your social networks.
After watching the news of riots in Greece over austerity measures this week, and ongoing problems in other countries like Spain and France, it makes us wonder where Europe is heading. What happens if Greece does in fact collapse? Will it start a chain-reaction that will bring down the entire EU? We don’t know, but [...]
Just a thought. During the recent Pillar of Defense operation in Gaza, we heard lots of defenders of Hamas explaining that the reason Hamas was firing missiles from civilian areas was not because they were cowards using their own civilians as human shields, but rather that Gaza is so densely populated that there are no [...]
Just a thought. If the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964, before Israeli controlled the West Bank and Gaza, then what were they trying to free? There were no settlements then, no occupation, so what was the PLO liberating? If you follow logic, then the next question is if Israel was to return [...]
Just a thought. If it’s considered good marketing in Turkey to use Hitler to represent a ‘real man’ in a shampoo commercial, maybe they need to study history a bit more. On the other hand, it might explain the recent freeze in relations between Turkey and Israel.
Just a thought. Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, has said on previous occasions all of the following: He believes in a two-state solution (many times) He will not, even cannot, give up the Palestinian Right of Return (see this Ynet article from 2009) He will not allow Jews to live in a future Palestinian State [...]
Just a thought. One of the more interesting stories about Israel this week, somewhat behind the scenes, but starting to break out into the mainstream, is the story of several photos which were shared via Facebook and Twitter purporting to be photos of Gaza during the current goings on there, but were actually old photos [...]
Considering the current reconciliation efforts between Turkey and Israel, which center around compensation for the families of those killed aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla ship on May 31, 2010, we thought this BBC documentary called Death in the Med which aired on August 22, 2010 is a good reminder of what happened. Interestingly, the BBC posted [...]
Al Jazeera recently reported on Hamas and its requirement of weekly military training for boys in public high schools:
IBA News segment on Obama’s current visit to Israel, with commentary by Dr. Einat Wilf, former Independence Party MK. If you want a look at what Obama is up to on this visit, and want a nuanced perspective on the visit, watch this video.
In one of the more interesting introductory speeches by the new crop of Knesset Members, Dr. Ruth Calderon of Lapid’s Yesh Atid party gave a Talmud shiur. For those who don’t know Calderon, it’s actually not that strange – she has a PhD in Talmud from Hebrew University, and founded a secular yeshiva. Her speech [...]
We’re filing this under Humor, but seriously this is sad. A woman parks her car in a legal spot in Tel Aviv, and comes back to find her car missing, and the spot now a handicap spot. How was that possible? She called the city information number and is told her car was towed for [...]
MEMRI recently posted the following video which is a combination of two interviews with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, that were broadcast on March 20 and September 23, 2010. Morsi’s rhetoric on Israel before he became president differs greatly from the moderate position he displays in public today. The question of coure is which Morsi is [...]
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was shown on Egyptian TV on October 19, 2012, praying at a service led by a cleric who calls for Allah to ‘destroy the Jews and their supporters’. Certainly Morsi is not protesting the statement, but indeed seems to be saying Amen (or rather Amin, the Muslim version). See for yourself:
A month ago, we pointed out that Open Zion’s feature ‘Real Anti-Semitism Watch’ had ceased publishing after the Toulouse shooting. We guessed that Peter Beinart’s use of the word ‘Real’ in the title was a reference to the argument that the term Antisemitism is overused, in particular when people are being critical of Israeli policies and [...]
Back on March 15, Peter Beinart introduced a feature to his new blog, then still Zion Square, now Open Zion, called “Real Anti-Semitism Watch”: Introducing Zion Sq’s “Real Anti-Semitism Watch”: thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/… — Peter Beinart (@PeterBeinart) March 15, 2012 The post, written by Peter Beinart himself, points to a Jerusalem Post article on a Dutch [...]
Saying that Benjamin Franklin was the US President 40-50 years ago might be funny, if not for the disgusting Antisemitic garbage that their ignorance was part of on this Egyptian TV show. The Benjamin Franklin speech quoted is of course a forgery, first printed in a pro-Nazi magazine in 1934. This particular forgery seems to [...]
Considering the current reconciliation efforts between Turkey and Israel, which center around compensation for the families of those killed aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla ship on May 31, 2010, we thought this BBC documentary called Death in the Med which aired on August 22, 2010 is a good reminder of what happened. Interestingly, the BBC posted [...]
WikiLeaks today released a new series of leaked documents, which comprise 1.7 million State Department cables from the years 1973-1976. Wikileaks calls this collection the Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD). Of course, one can’t look at those years and not think of the Yom Kippur War, the cowardly attack on Israel by Egypt and [...]
Former Jerusalem Mufti Ikrima Sabri (appointed by Yassir Arafat in 1994, fired by Mahmoud Abbas in 2006) was interviewed on Al-Arabiya TV a few days ago (May 11, 2012) and, as you can see in the video, declared that Jews have no historical connection to Jerusalem. A seemingly strange statement by someone who is supposed [...]
A fascinating look at the evolution of the Arab view on Palestine from before WWI through the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919 to its aftermath. Those interviewed include soliders from the Arab Legion, Abba Eban, Anwar Nusseibeh (father of Sari Nusseibeh), a delegate who attended the 1919 Peace Conference (who was converted to agree [...]
Famous newsman Edwin Newman interviews then Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, in 1973 (before the Yom Kippur War), about Arab-Israeli relations, refugees, terrorism, hijackings, Jerusalem, Jordan, King Hussein, Egypt, Anwar Sadat, Russia, settlements, capital punishment, her memory of growing up in Kiev (then Russia, now Ukraine) and Milwaukee (even Pabst and Shlitz are mentioned), absorptive capacity [...]
You know someone has lost an argument when they resort to ad hominem attacks. What’s unusual is for someone to start out a discussion with an ad hominem attack. Like those students who heckle speakers in universities, and claim 1st amendment rights protect their heckling (as opposed to the rights of the speaker), we received [...]
MEMRI recently posted the following video which is a combination of two interviews with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, that were broadcast on March 20 and September 23, 2010. Morsi’s rhetoric on Israel before he became president differs greatly from the moderate position he displays in public today. The question of coure is which Morsi is [...]
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was shown on Egyptian TV on October 19, 2012, praying at a service led by a cleric who calls for Allah to ‘destroy the Jews and their supporters’. Certainly Morsi is not protesting the statement, but indeed seems to be saying Amen (or rather Amin, the Muslim version). See for yourself:
In the video translated by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), a European-funded children’s center in eastern Jerusalem puts on a puppet show where they encourage children to give up smoking cigarettes. Sounds good, right? What do they suggest the children pick up instead of cigarettes? Machine-guns of course. Thanks to the funding made available from several [...]
In this video, Hamas Minister of the Interior (and Palestinian Legislative Council member) Fathi Hammad lambasts Egypt for cutting off the supply of fuel to Gaza. There are three things in this video to pay attention to: 1. Realize the Egypt cut off the fuel supply because they wanted to set up an official method [...]
It seems JStreet has decided to start a contest to create those viral meme images you see all over Facebook and other social networks. Elder of Ziyon decided to start a counter-contest to create memes about JStreet (and general pro-Israel memes). We’ve thrown together a few: To make it easier to share these on Facebook, [...]
We’re filing this under Humor, but seriously this is sad. A woman parks her car in a legal spot in Tel Aviv, and comes back to find her car missing, and the spot now a handicap spot. How was that possible? She called the city information number and is told her car was towed for [...]
What are the current ingredients for mideast peace, and what could combining all of them produce?
The US Department of State recently put out a guide for Fulbright Scholars that will be arriving in Israel for the upcoming academic year. Most of the guide is basic information about finding an apartment, getting healthcare, etc. but we found one section fairly entertaining and have reproduced it below. The section, titled Same Behavior/Separate [...]
This video was so controversial it was removed from YouTube initially, but after many people posted the video again (and it was pointed out that parodies are a protected form of speech), the original was put back up. It’s been seen over two and a half million times on YouTube, not including the many other [...]
While Naftali Bennett received the most attention during the recent election campaign period, there is no question that in wake of Lapid’s stunning poll-defying 19-seat election victory, he is the man people are talking about now. Yair Lapid worked very hard to step out of the shadow of his father Tommy Lapid, who founded his [...]
You can love or hate him, agree or disagree with him, but there is no question the most talked about candidate of this election season in Israel has been Naftali Bennett, the leader of The Jewish Home party. Bennett was interviewed by Attila Somfalvi for Ynet, the online site of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. The [...]
Pat Condell on how it is racist to hold the the Palestinian people to a lower standard than other peoples:
Maikel Nabil Sanad, an Egyptian political activist, who was arrested and imprisoned for protesting against the Egyptian government (both by the Mubarak gov’t, and the post-Mubarak gov’t), came to Israel this week and spoke at the Truman Institute of the Hebrew University. He has said that “I am not ready to hold a weapon against [...]
Pat Condell on Hamas and peace in the Middle East (and why there won’t be until Hamas is destroyed).
This video explains so much about the idiocy you see in the Twittersphere. If you can get through this video without being in total shock at the nonsense these people are saying (Hamas is sending firecrackers over the border, for example) then we’ll be amazed. All those anti-Israel terrorist-supporting useful idiots who tweet have faces, [...]
This video was posted last year by the IDF to illustrate the tactics used by Hamas during Cast Lead, particularly their use of local civilians as human shields. With another ground war looming, it seems timely.
Considering what’s going right now in Israel and Gaza, this video, although a year old, seemed timely. “No offense. Peace. …Yeah, that’ll be the day.”
We post US political videos here when we think they’re relevant to Israel, and with the upcoming election, we thought it might be interesting to see what the most popular political videos of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) and the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) were, and post them here. The most popular recent video [...]
Follow Irina, 23-year old liberal Jewish New Yorker, in this mini-documentary (read: political video) as she reviews her strong support for candidate Obama in 2008, and her growing doubts about voting for President Obama in 2012. Yes, it’s a political video, but the selection of video clips covering US-Israel relations is worth watching.