Antisemitic plays in the guise of legitimate criticism of Israel are nothing new. In 2005, there was the British polemic about the “activist” Rachel Corrie. The most recent of these artistic expressions of racism, Seven Jewish Children, does not even make an honest attempt to mask its antisemitism.
Antisemitism will probably persist as long as the [...]
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JCC Promoting Antisemitism
Posted in America, DC, Gaza, Media, Ridiculous on March 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Peretz is a Delusional Idiot
Posted in Elections, Israel, Knesset, Politics, Ridiculous, Stupidity on February 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In light of Labor’s dismal showing at the polls, Amir Peretz thinks he can win back the chairmanship of the Labor Party. This is the former labor leader who shut down the country at whim, turned Defense Minister and cost Israeli lives and a failed war.
I hope he wins. It will truly spell the end [...]
Publish It Not in the Streets of Ashkelon
Posted in Israel, Jewish, Media, Ridiculous on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve waited a few days to post this, in hopes that an English-language newspaper will pick it up, but it appears to be completely off the radar. Israel prides itself on being the Jewish home, where Jews always have been and always will be welcome, regardless of any other factor. Especially the color of their [...]
Livni, Not a Failure?
Posted in Elections, Israel, Knesset, Politics, Ridiculous on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think it’s pretty incredible how Peretz, Halutz and Olmert are all remembered as complete failures for the disgrace in Lebanon 2.5 years ago. Yet, somehow Livni managed to emerge untainted. And she’s the architect of the failure known as UNSC 1701…
Anyone care to proffer an explanation?
The Ethics of “The Ethicist”
Posted in Media, Middle East, Ridiculous on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As entertaining as the New York Times’ The Ethicist is, I find myself disagreeing with Randy Cohen’s conclusions rather often. I think the first question he answered in this week’s column is too complicated to be boiled down to a two paragraph response. However, that is not my real concern.
In writing about a parent’s dilemma [...]
Mazuz v. The Law
Posted in Elections, Israel, Jewish, Politics, Ridiculous on February 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Politics as usual. That’s what I should think. It happens all the time. People who hold important positions in the government of Israel act out of self-interest, for cheap political ends, as opposed to representing the people.
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has long been a particularly disgusting individual of this sort. This past week he made [...]
However, Naming Your Son “Hitler”…
Posted in Humor, Ridiculous, Stupidity on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“It is silly to think I am a Nazi just because of my boots and swastikas.” (Hebrew)
Sharon on Gaza, 1989
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Ridiculous on January 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jeffrey Goldberg cites a particularly poignant passage.
What will we do once we withdraw from Gaza?…. What will we do when the Katyusha fire starts hitting Sderot, four miles from the Gaza district, and Ashkelon, nine miles from Gaza, and Kiryat Gat, fourteen miles from Gaza….Or what shall we do if the U.N. or multinational forces [...]
Europe Making Up for Lost Time
Posted in Jewish, Ridiculous on November 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s been over 60 years, and Europe is back to legislating against Jews. A recent bill proposed in Denmark would ban circumcision for boys under the age of 15. Criminalizing what is possibly the most of basic Jewish rites would, in effect, be an eviction of Jews from Denmark.
The most ridiculous justification for the bill, [...]
Faith? Determination? No. Only Foolish Weakness.
Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media, Politics, Ridiculous on November 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It is not true that Israel does not make enough of an effort when it comes to promoting its international image (aka “Hasbara”). In fact, it almost seems as if Israel is making an effort to tarnish its image. This is not solely with respect to the way the West sees us, it also important [...]
