It's Jerusalem Marathon day!

The Jerusalem Marathon kicked off at 7:00 am on Friday, and by the time you read this, the lead runners should be finished despite the incre...

What is academic courage, and the blessed approach of the 3rd Intifada

Latma's Tribal Update presents the engine behind the 3rd Intifada and the current definition of academic courage (in English!). Let'...

Likud says Lapid won't sit in coalition with Haredim

All those years in Tommy Lapid's house affected his son, Yair. And although Yair keeps saying what he thinks the Likud wants to hear - t...

If this were an Arab child, it would be flashed around the world

The picture is actually from November 21, 2012, but the message remains pertinent. This is a jewish baby who got stoned by arabs today, if ...

When Kerry meets Erdogan

In an earlier post, I reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had referred to Zionism as a crime against humanity, and I a...

Video: The United Nations v. Israel

In the last few decades the United Nations has been obsessed with one country. Is it North Korea, Zimbabwe, Iran, Syria, China or some othe...

A new tanker arrives on site in Qatar....

Heh.

The end of AIPAC?

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, February 28. 1) Water, water everywhere At the Times of Israel, editor D...

Would Abu Bluff name a successor?

Jonathan Schanzer has what seems like a pretty modest goal for President Obama to pursue during his March meeting with 'moderate' ...

Dems to US Jews: If you don't stick up for yourself, we won't either

A great editorial directed at the American Jewish community in the New York Sun: There is no sugar-coating the point. The Senate has just co...

White House attacks Bob Woodward for telling it to stop Iran regardless of sequester

Bob Woodward? They're attacking Watergate hero Bob Woodward? (Hat Tip: Jack W and Memeorandum). Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN t...

Kerry also considers Iran's government 'elected'

Not only did the Obama administration not help the 'greens' in Iran in 2009, they now pretend that those demonstrations never happen...

#BDSFail at Oxford

Students at England's Oxford University on Wednesday voted down a proposal to boycott Israeli institutions, goods and produce. Students ...

Obama's BFF tells UN Conference that Zionism is a crime against humanity

President Hussein Obama's Best Friend Forever, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has told a United Nations summit on 'tol...

West drops demand to close Fordow

In an amazing concession to Iran, the West has dropped its demand that the Mullahcracy close its Fordow uranium enrichment plant, instead of...

Hysterical: Jon Stewart on Dov Hikind's Purim costume

As many of you know, there is a custom on Purim to dress up in costume. Here in Israel, people dress up in appropriate costumes, like the on...

The three stooges

Indeed.

National security experts urge rejecting John 'al-Quds' Brennan

The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on Thursday on the nomination of John Brennan to head the Central Intelligence Agency...

Pentagon lowering standards to help F-35 pass

Of all the things the Obama administration has done to destroy the United States' defense capabilities, this could yet turn out to be th...

Nasrallah appears on Lebanese television, denies Qassem killed

In a bid to quash rumors that he is severely ill, Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared on Lebanese television on Wednesday night. Nasr...

So much for the 'all-powerful' Israel lobby

The 'Israel lobby' really is being flushed down the toilet. Chuck Hagel was confirmed as Secretary of Defense and Iran is likely to ...

Israel to lose $175 million in foreign aid to US sequester

If President Obama and Congress don't reach a deal by Friday - and it seems unlikely that they will - Israel stands to lose $175 million...

Syrian rebels kill Hezbullah #2?

Lebanese news portal Now Lebanon is reporting that Hezbullah's second-in-command, Naim Qassem was killed in an attack by Syrian rebel fo...

War on terror celebrates 20th anniversary two years too late

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday, February 27. 1) It's been more than 20 years  Jonathan Tobin writes...

Assad regime reelected to senior post on UN committee

The United Nations has decided to reward the Assad regime for murdering 70,000 of its own people by naming it to a senior position on a dec...

Hezbullah denies Nasrallah is dead

You will recall that on Tuesday I reported that Hezbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah had been taken to Iran for cancer treatment (or was it wou...

Did Michael Moore tell a lie?

I'm sure that many of you recall the story of the 'Palestinian' director on his way to the Oscars, who was 'held' by imm...

Arab filmmakers making movie glorifying Khaiber genocide

The Anti-Defamation League reported on its blog last week that a Qatari movie company is making a feature film glorifying the Khaiber genoci...

1956 interviews with Ben Gurion, Hussein, Nasser

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Here are 1956 interviews with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, Jordanian King H...

UN staffer missing on Golan Heights is Canadian lawyer

A United Nations staffer who was reported missing on the Golan Heights on Tuesday is apparently a Canadian lawyer. Eduardo Del Buey, deputy ...

Iran's Plan B for nuclear weapons exposed

London's Daily Telegraph published the photo above, which proves that Iran has a Plan B to obtain a nuclear weapon. The photo, which sho...

AIPAC's incredibly foolish 'designated incumbents' policy: Is it designed to benefit Democrats?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who was the Republican candidate for my old Congressional district in New Jersey, takes AIPAC to task for the manner ...

Obama to visit Temple Mount?

President Hussein Obama may visit the Temple Mount while he's here next month, and the 'Palestinians' are - wait for it - seethi...

Obama to tell Netanyahu: Window for military action in Iran opens in June

Israel's Channel 10 reported on Tuesday night that President Hussein Obama will tell Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel should sit tig...

Breaking: Hagel confirmed 58-41 UPDATED

Chuck Hagel has been confirmed as Secretary of Defense 58-41 in a mostly party line vote. The previous record high for no votes on a confirm...

Alabama Republican party demands Shelby retract support of Hagel

The Alabama Republican party's steering committee has demanded that Senator Richard Shelby (R-Al) retract his announced support for Chuc...

Iran behind rocket attack from Gaza?

The Tower is reporting that Iran may have been behind Tuesday morning's rocket attack on Ashkelon. Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard...

Senate votes to put Hagel to a vote

15 Republicans joined the Democratic majority and the Senate voted 71-27 to stop debate over the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary o...

Report: Nasrallah flown to Iran for cancer treatment

Israel HaYom is reporting that Hezbullah politburo chief Hassan Nasrallah is in Iran for cancer treatment (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News). H...

The security of the United States is too important for partisan politics

Here's a great piece from The Hill about why Chuck Hagel should not be Secretary of Defense. And most of it has nothing to do with Israe...

US State Department issues worldwide terror alert

And you thought that now that al-Qaeda has been defeated, there were no more terror threats to Americans.... Just got this by email: The Uni...

Give the New York Times credit

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, February 26. 1) Why are they staying away?  Yesterday the New York Times ...

OMG: Why is this guy taking work home?

The home of the head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission was burglarized on Sunday night, and while the official reports are trying to ...

What Iran didn't cover about Michelle Obama

As I'm sure many of you heard already, Iran's FARS news covered up a picture of Michelle Obama at the Oscar's (picture from here...

Great open letter to Naftali Bennett

Rabbi Lazer Brody writes a great open letter to Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett. You and I both know the values that one learns in ...

Egypt flushes out the smugglers

I am sure that many of you saw this story last week about how Egypt tried to shut down at least some of the Gaza smuggling tunnels by floodi...

A new Knesset and a new police investigation

The new Knesset is barely in session, and already we have our first police investigation. Jewish Home MK Nissim Slomiansky is accused of buy...

Return of the rockets

For the first time since Operation Pillar of Defense concluded in November, a rocket from Gaza slammed into Ashkelon this morning. No one wa...

Assad's army has fled entire border area with Israel

The Free Syrian Army controls the entire area on the Syrian side of the border with Israel with the exception of Quneitra, which it doesn...

Oscars segment jokes about how Jews control Hollywood

A disgusting segment at Sunday night's Academy awards left two billion people watching with the impression that Jews control Hollywood. ...

George Galloway in all his bitter, racist, anti-Semitic glory

This is where Facebook really needs a 'don't like' button. This was posted about five hours ago (by the time you read this) to G...

Chuck Hagel blasted in full-page ad in Wall Street Journal and the Hill

The picture at the top of this post is the top half of a full-page ad by the Emergency Committee for Israel, blasting Chuck Hagel, that appe...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Monday, February 25. Intifada: then and now In response to a recent news program i...

Hagel makes even Bnai Brith queazy

Even Bnai Brith is urging Senators to think carefully before voting for Chuck Hagel. B’nai B’rith International remains concerned with many ...

Israel strikes out in bid to repair relations with Turkey

The definition of stupidity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. Israel's government is awfully stup...

Israelis pleased no 'Israeli film' won an Oscar

Many Israelis are pleased that no 'Israeli film' won an Oscar. 5 Broken Cameras and The Gatekeepers' loss at the Academy Awards ...

Yankees officially admit it: They are the evil empire

This is way off topic, but it's Purim.... Larry Lucchino got it right. The New York Yankees have finally admitted it: They are the evil ...

Oxford Student Union to vote on boycotting Israel

Oxford's Student Union is voting on boycotting Israel next week, and with the motion seemingly set for failure, the supporters are alrea...

Tom Friedman gets one right

Barack Hussein Obama has messed up so badly in Egypt that even his New York Times cheerleader, Tom Friedman, realizes that something is wron...

Netanyahu invites Lapid to join government

I don't know why anyone ever thought this would not happen. Prime Minister Netanyahu has invited Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid to jo...

Breaking: BOTH Israeli documenatary fictions lose at Oscar's

BOTH Israeli documentary fictions lost at the Oscar's on Sunday night. "Searching for Sugar Man" took home the Oscar for best ...

Haaretz uses false and inflammatory headline

With 'Palestinians' already rioting, Haaretz has decided that this is the time to use an inflammatory headline about the riots' ...

'Palestinians' turn down Netanyahu's bribe

'Palestinians' rioted in Hebron and Ramallah on Sunday despite an order from Prime Minister Netanyahu to turn over tax revenues coll...

What the UN doesn't want you to know about human rights

Daniel Schwammenthal describes some of the human rights violations by UN member states that the UN does all it can to make sure you don'...

Kumbaya, Persian style

Bob Avrech explains why Purim is not a progressive holiday. Thus, the story of Purim ends in a bloodbath. The Jews do not sit down and enlig...

Turkey cuddling up to Hamas again

Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshaal has paid a 'secret' visit to his Islamist friends in Turkey. “It was learned that Meshaal info...

A 'Palestinian' hero

This picture of a 'Palestinian' about to throw a rock at a helpless Israeli motorist near Hebron, was published in a Gaza newspaper ...

Great news: US wrestling team invites Iranian rivals to come to New York

Remember how the United States' thaw with China started with ping pong tournaments? Well, the United States' wrestling federation ch...

Chuck Schumer to win first Chuck Schumer Prize for Jewish Political Prostration and Quivering Chicken-Heartedness!

Senator Chuck Schumer is in line to win an award that's named after him on Monday. Israel Thrives is pleased to announce that it is has ...

Bennett and Lapid reach 'deal' on Haredi draft

Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett (I almost typed Yair Lapid which gives you an idea how interchangeable they've become) and Yesh...

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones to defy the BDS'ers and honor Israel's 65th birthday

More than forty years ago, I attended a Rolling Stones concert at the sold out home of Willard the Rat, also known as the old Boston Garden ...

Hagel's plan to send US troops to the 'West Bank'

If you're wondering why President Hussein Obama is willing to 'go nuclear' to have the anti-Semite Chuck Hagel confirmed as Secr...

Dan Rather still can't admit he lied

It's been nine years since Dan Rather got caught in a lie for publishing a report that claimed that George W. Bush went AWOL from the Na...

No wonder Israel's government thinks our gas is 'cheap'

A survey of 60 countries' gas prices by Bloomberg shows that Israel only ranks 16th in gas prices, which is much lower down the list tha...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Friday, February 22. 1) One last Hagel post In the Hagel Pinata, Marc Ambinder com...

Senate sends another letter to Hagel

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone and a freilichen (Happy) Purim to those celebrating tonight (not in Jerusalem - we celebrate tomorrow ni...

'Palestinian Authority' increasing violence ahead of Obama visit

Khaled Abu Toameh reports that the 'Palestinian Authority' is orchestrating an increase in violence ahead of President Obama's v...

Another day, another Chuck Hagel refusal to support Israel

Breitbart.com is reporting that in 2007, Chuck Hagel refused to sign a letter written by his Senate patron, Chuck Schumer, asking the United...

Clash of the Jew hating Titans, and Bibi searches for the perfect costume

Here's LATMA's Purim edition, featuring the clash of the Jew-hating titans and Prime Minister Netanyahu's search for the perfect...

What a difference a revolution makes!

It's been a little more than three years since former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri traveled to Damascus to kiss and make up with ...

Timeless video: Tel Aviv Purim parades 1932-34

Okay, I probably ran this last year, but since I'm taking Mrs. Carl out for her birthday this morning, and JPost put it up again, I thou...

Gazans love anti-Semitic Turkish TV show

Of course. The 'Palestinians' in Gaza love the anti-Semitic Turkish television show Valley of the Wolves. Children are buying bags, ...

The next Prime Minister of Israel?

A new poll out this morning (Friday) indicates that if new elections were to be held today, Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid party would defeat Pr...

Soccer Dad joins Legal Insurrection

Mazal Tov to my longtime friend Soccer Dad, who has joined Legal Insurrection.  Soccer Dad writes the Middle East Media Sampler that is publ...

Surprise: Europe says they won't boycott a 'Palestinian government' that includes Hamas

I suppose this should come as no surprise to anyone. A senior European diplomat told the Arab newspaper al-Hayat on Tuesday that Europe will...

Furious George Galloway doesn't debate Israelis

From my friend Aussie Dave, who to the best of my knowledge, was not recruited by the Mossad while growing up in Australia. I think it's...