One of the most common non-anti-Semitic criticisms of Israeli policy is to compare Jews with Nazis and Gaza with a concentration camp. The Nazi comparison is here not anti-Semitic but pure coincidence and Israel could have just as likely been likened to any other evil dictatorship and not just the one that was allied with the "Palestinians" and killed so many Israelis' grand parents. (I am assuming a momentary slip in the humanity of non-anti-Semitic critics of Israeli policies.) Non-anti-Sem...

One of the most common "criticisms" of Israel is the the infamous "disproportionate response", i.e. the fact that when Israel is attacked, more people die among the attackers than in Israel. This widely regarded as a bad thing. The primary reason for this is Israel's immoral use of bunkers and missile warning systems and the fact that large parts of Israel's civilian populations live in constant fear and run into bunkers within 15 seconds of hearing an alarm. Because of this very few Israeli ...

"There are two views regarding how Syria will respond if Israel attacks Iran, either by itself or together with the U.S. One [view is that] the Syrian government, in all its cleverness, will not lift a finger, preferring to take its time... The second is that Syria will join in the war and fire tens of thousands of missiles – including some with chemical and biological warheads – at Israeli cities and targets, under [its] current binding agreement [with Iran]... "The seco...

Fatah (Mahmoud Abbas' movement in the PLO) about peace: When I joined the Fatah movement, the oath we took was to liberate Palestine from the River to the Sea. Why should this be changed? [...] I am always optimistic. I can assure you that within a few years, you will see the beginning of the end of the Jewish state in Palestine. I swear that it will be driven out of the land of Palestine, and they will go to hell. Not into the sea. They would defile the sea if t...

Interesting point: The Goldstone Report, which claimed that Israel goes crazy when it is being attacked, caused us some damage (which should not be exaggerated) in the world, yet it was a blessing in our region. If Israel goes crazy and destroys everything in its way when it’s being attacked, one should be careful. No need to mess with crazy people. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3851015,00.html Let's hope the world learns from it. Goldstone was an incompe...

Thank you, Canada: An attack on Israel would be considered an attack on Canada, junior foreign minister Peter Kent says, suggesting that pre-emptive action may be needed against Iran. "Prime Minister (Stephen) Harper has made it quite clear for some time now and has regularly stated that an attack on Israel would be considered an attack on Canada," said Kent, minister of state for foreign affairs (Americas). Kent made the comments in an interview with the news site Shalom Life...

An Arab refugee in Lebanon described in an interview on Palestinian Authority TV how he and other Arabs left for Lebanon from Israel during the 1948 war, after Arab leaders said their absence would be temporary ... This refugee's testimony is yet another example of how Palestinian leaders, writers and refugees themselves have begun to speak out in recent years and openly blame the Arab leadership for the creation of the Arab refugee problem. Mufid describes a large departure to...

A young man shouts "Slaughter the Jews". It happens. But these days it is difficult to tell if the young man is an anti-Semite or merely a critic of Israeli policies. Before you check the article linked to below, make up your mind. Is "Slaughter the Jews" 1. An anti-Semitic slur shouted by a racist neo-Nazi and and representative for an ideology that is the root cause of war and violence? or 2. A valid criticism of Israeli policies shouted by completely non-anti-Semitic peace a...

Iraqi MP Ayad Jamal Al-Din: Iraqi Political Process Made Possible Solely by U.S.; Iraq Better Off with U.S.-Sponsored Democracy Ayad Jamal Al-Din: "The entire political process in Iraq was made possible solely by American efforts. It was the U.S. that entered Baghdad, toppled Saddam, and ruled Iraq for a while, through Ambassador Bremer, and what ensued is known to all. "The U.S. is not a bunch of teenagers or children, whose political conduct is reckless, like the conduct of Sa...

In 1948 eight Arab countries declares war on Israel after Israel accepted the UN partition plan and called, in her declaration of independence (from Britain) for a peaceful together with her neighbours. Between 1948 and 1967 those same Arab countries continually attacked and sponsored attacks against Israel while Israel. In 1967 Egypt, Jordan and Syria finally lost Sinai, Gaza, the West-Bank and the Golan heights to Israel. Israel immediately offered to return those lands in exchange fo...

Quoted verbatim from campaign site: This March 8th, in memory of Neda, symbol of people of Iran’s struggle against the Islamic Republic of Iran Manifesto of Liberation of Women in Iran The very existence of the Islamic regime of Iran is incompatible with freedom of women. The Islamic Republic of Iran is a misogynist state, architect of gender apartheid and perpetrator of three decades of the most odious forms of abuse, discrimination and violence against women in Iran. A socie...

This German article tells the story of the orthodontist who refused to treat a 16-year old because his first name was "Jihad": http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Aerztin-verweigert-Behandlung-article713542.html When I read this I thought what a stupid reason to deny treatment. After all, the boy didn't name himself and nor does "Jihad" necessarily mean or imply violent war. So I figured the orthodontist was an idiot which she probably was. The medical association also confirmed that a doc...

"Palestinian" resistance fighters ever struggling for liberty have identified the source of the oppression: Jewish beachgoers. It is still unclear whether the oppression is caused by their Jewishness or the fact that they are beachgoers. Perhaps a supporter of the "Palestinian Cause" can explain the complete mechanism? Two barrels of explosives were discovered on Israeli beaches on Monday, which were dispatched into the sea as part of a large-scale Palestinian terror attack against Israeli...

Hat tip: Israellycool   Member of Knesset Ayoub Kara said on Monday that he got the feeling from his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican last week that the Catholic Church was behind the pontiff on behalf of the Jewish people. Speaking on Arutz Sheva's Hebrew journal, the deputy minister for development of the Negev and the Galilee said that the pope's speech on International Holocaust Day showed that he knew what happened in the concentration camps. Kara said tha...

Last year in Lebanon, a left-wing American journalist tried to convince me that I’ve been too hard on Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, that I might like what I heard if I’d just listen more open-mindedly. “He’s trying to raise awareness of global warming,” he said to me earnestly over lunch. “Don’t you think that’s interesting?” I told him, no, I did not find it interesting, but the truth is I think it’s fascinati...