Chag Sameyach!

Chag Sameyach, a happy holiday to everyone. I'll be back on Monday after the holiday ends (in Israel).

'Palestinian' gets 6 months in jail for liking Facebook post

If you're a 'Palestinian' and you are reading this blog, I would suggest that you either read in silence, or send me your commen...

What the EU does in Israel

This very disturbing pic was taken near Shiloh . What's so disturbing? The guy in the center holding a rock is wearing an EU vest. This ...

The State of the World, summarized in a single photo

Anyone disagree? I didn't think so.

White House staffers talk about Obama's Passover seder

Heh.

Morsy meets al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri in Pakistan, bringing him to Egypt

Reports in Arab media indicate that President Obama's Second BFF, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy, has met secretly in Pakistan with a...

Newest 'Palestinian' blood libel: Jews brought pigs and donkeys to al-Aqsa mosque

The latest blood libel by the 'Palestinians' comes from an Egyptian web site, which is claiming that the Jews brought pigs and donke...

How Britain's MI6 helps the 'Palestinian Authority' torment suspects

It's widely known here that the 'Palestinian Authority' arrests and tortures 'Palestinians.' But until now, no one who w...

Obama poll has something for everyone

Both Democrats and Republicans have something to crow about in a new Smith poll regarding Israelis' views on President Hussein Obama. Wh...

Gas from Tamar starts to flow

Natural gas from the Tamar field in the Mediterranean started to flow on Saturday in what Israelis hope will be our ticket to energy indepen...

Al-Jazeera reporter run out of town by pro-Assad demonstrators

The highlight of numerous Land Day demonstrations by 'Palestinians' and 'Israeli Arabs' on Saturday was the chasing off of a...

Gilad Shalit: The man who turned himself in

The second part of Gilad Shalit's story is as incredible as the first. In essence, he invited himself to be kidnapped. The use of the ha...

Why I put on weight

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone. Sorry for the late start - I drove my married son, daughter-in-law and their children home after the Sa...

The coming internal battle among the Syrian rebels

It's apparently just a matter of time before there are battles between secular and Islamist elements among the Syrian opposition (Hat Ti...

'The night ignorance and evil beat me'

A piano recital by Israeli-born Yossi Reshef (who lives in Berlin) was sabotaged by pro-'Palestinian' protesters two weeks ago at Jo...

Netanyahu's double victory

Lee Smith and Charles Krauthammer argue that Prime Minister Netanyahu won two stunning victories during President Obama's visit to Israe...

Shocka: Females on Gaza aid convoy sexually assaulted in Libya

It doesn't just happen in Gaza and Egypt. Three female Leftists riding a Gaza aid convoy have been sexually assaulted in Libya. [Quoting...

'Breaking the silence' at Penn

Ah, the University of Pennsylvania, where the university President snuggles up to a suicide bomber for Halloween.... On Thursday night, the ...

Where was this in his confirmation hearing? Kerry's son-in-law is Iranian

A little over a month ago, I reported on some of US Secretary of State John FN Kerry's Iranian friends (pictured above). It turns out th...

None dare call it a tax: Israelis to pay 'Palestinian' electric bill?

No one will dare to call this a tax, but it really is one. The government-controlled Israel Electric Company is seeking a 3% rate hike to co...

France willing to declare Hezbullah's non-existent 'military wing' a terrorist organization

According to a report in the pan-Arabic daily al-Hayat, France is finally willing to designate Hezbullah as a terror organization. There...

PLO 'moderate' Hanan Ashrawi's group claims Jews use Christian blood for Passover

MIFTAH, a group whose Secretary General is none other than PLO National Council member Hanan Ashrawi, has published an article that claims t...

Surprise: Gilad Shalit's tank did not fire a single bullet

Gilad Shalit, for whom we gave up over 1,000 terrorist murderers, has admitted to military investigators (who went easy on him, since after ...

Israeli filmmaker beaten unconscious by Arab 'youths' shortly after his film won festival's top prize

Israeli filmmaker Yaniv Horowitz was  beaten unconscious by Arab 'youths' outside a French film festival shortly after his movie, Ro...

Freedom of the press, 'Palestinian' style

Perhaps, this shouldn't be called 'freedom of the press' because other than the fact that the person being punished is a journal...

Don't forget to spring forward

If you're in Israel, don't forget to spring forward tonight. Yes, we'll be back to our ordinary time differences.

Yet another enemy of Sara

Former Knesset speaker Ruby Rivlin, who was a childhood friend of Prime Minister Netanyahu, is quite bitter about his summary dismissal, and...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, March 28. 1)All that glitters Politico published an analysis of Presiden...

Metro North posts anti-Israel posters on the first day of Passover

And afterward they'll tell us that there were no complaints.... Billboards calling for an end to US aid to Israel were erected this week...

World Bank doing what 'Palestinian Authority' should do

Only the 'Palestinians' get these kinds of individualized benefits from the 'international community.' Since the 'Palest...

Why the UN worries about spillover from Syria to Golan

The United Nations Security Council woke up long enough on Wednesday to express 'concern' over the prospect of Syria's civil war...

'We did our part'

It's looking increasingly likely that Israel's attempt to apologize to Turkey is going to fail. And with President Hussein Obama app...

For those who could not pay

I got a few complaints from people who found it difficult to access the PayPal link on the previous posts, and who asked me to post just the...

Hezbullah in deep doo doo

The Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that Hezbullah may yet pay the price for having backed the wrong horse in Syria (Hat Tip: Bad...

Does Obama know how to pressure anyone other than Israel?

Jonathan Schanzer correctly points out that President Obama needs to pressure Turkish Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan to stop helping I...

Did Bibi grovel in front of Erdogan?

Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett lashed out at Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on Wednesday night, complaining that Erdogan's a...

Passover treat

Heh.

New flotilla to leave from Gaza?

The 'Palestinians' are planning a new flotilla. But instead of trying to bring goods into Gaza, this one will try to take goods out ...

Let's not copy the Americans on this one

Of all the foolish things the Shas party did during its years holding the Interior Ministry, one of the most foolish things it did was play ...

Turkey has a different idea

Israel has said all along it was willing to pay compensation to the families of the nine terrorists who died aboard the Mavi Marmara. Israel...

Khameni willing to talk to the US... but only to buy time

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni is willing to open bilateral talks with the United States, but apparently only to buy time. However, Kh...

Terrorists enough for Bahrain, but not for Europe

What can we make of the fact that Bahrain has no problems declaring Hezbullah a terrorist organization, but Europe does not have the courage...

The Temple Mount is in our hands?

Likud MK Moshe Feiglin was denied entry to the Temple Mount on Wednesday morning due to intelligence that 'hundreds' of Arab Muslims...

'Palestinian' violence in Judea and Samaria increasing

OC Central Command Nitzan Alon told Channel 2 on Tuesday night that violence by 'Palestinians' in Judea and Samaria has increased re...

Why the apology?

Ottomans and Zionists explains why Israel apologized to Turkey. Because it is – in my view – Turkey that changed its mind on reconciling, I ...

Where was this during his confirmation hearings? Hagel says Israel bigger threat than Iran

Here's Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel telling an audience that Israel's purported nuclear weapons are a bigger threat than Iran's...

OMG: US to put 'our friends the Saudis' on trusted traveler list

You might recall some of the stories that came out after 9/11 about how easy it was to get a visa to the US from Saudi Arabia, the country t...

'Moderate' Abu Bluff accuses Israel of 'judaizing' Jerusalem

Moadim l'Simcha, a happy holiday to all of you. I wanted to remind you that because I am an Israeli in Israel, I am allowed to be on the...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Netanyahu resumes terrorist funding transfers to 'Palestinians'

Prime Minister Netanyahu has decided to resume the transfer of tax moneys to the 'Palestinian Authority.' Some of the tax moneys are...

Pallywood strikes again

Here's another video posted by supporters of the 'Palestinians' that looks awfully suspicious. Here's the description: The s...

Arabs may seek apology over killings of 'Palestinians'

An Arab diplomat has announced that since Israel has apologized to Turkey, the Arabs may now seek an apology for Israel's killing of ...

Report: Assad not shot, alive and in 'high spirits'

The New York Daily News is reporting that 'online updates' indicate that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not shot, is still ali...

Poll: 64% of Americans favor military action to stop Iran

A new Pew poll shows that 64% of Americans favor military action to stop Iran. The poll also shows that most Americans favor Israel over the...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Sunday, March 24. 1) The apology The Washington Post reported Obama ends Israel vi...

The apology wasn't much of an apology

The apology that Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the weekend wasn't much of an ap...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Lebanon teeters on the edge, where's the media?

One has to wonder why this story has not gotten more play. Pro and anti-Assad factions have been battling it out for the last three days on ...

'Palestinians' removed monument that eliminated Israel for Obama visit

Before President Obama went to Bethlehem, the 'Palestinians' removed from the route his party took a monument consisting of a map of...

'Prisoner X' exposed two Israeli spies to Hezbullah

Germany's Der Spiegel and Australia's The Australian are reporting that Ben Zygier, the Mossad agent known as 'Prisoner X' w...

Breaking: Assad shot dead by bodyguard?

Based on reports in Arab media, Israel's News One is reporting that Bashar al-Assad has been shot and killed by one of his bodyguards (l...

Five 'Palestinians' arrested in rock attack on toddler

Five 'Palestinian' teenagers have been arrested in connection with a brutal rock attack on a mother and her three daughters that lef...

An apology to Prime Minister Erdogan

This apology to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan was passed around by email this morning: An open letter to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Prime Ministe...

Syrian troops fire on Israelis in the Golan

For the second day in a row, IDF troops have returned fire after coming under fire by Syrian troops. No casualties have been reported on the...

Hezbullah partners with Mexican drug kingpin, Iran launders money through Venezuela, State Department buries head in sand

In April, it will be seven years since I first warned about Hezbullah activities in Mexico. Now, with the State Department still ostrich-lik...

Police evacuate 'Palestinian' trespassers from E1

While President Obama was here, the IDF and the police ignored an encampment of 'Palestinian' trespassers in the E1 corridor between...

Europe financing 'Palestinian' building in Area C... with Israeli cooperation?

While we Israelis were not always smart enough to build in Judea and Samaria when we had the chance, we used to at least be smart enough not...

Obama fools some Israelis

According to a poll taken just after he left, at least some Israelis were fooled by President Obama's visit. The symbolic aspects, inclu...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Your tax dollars at work: Obama gives 'Palestinian Authority' $500 million

President Obama's State Department announced on Friday that the President has quietly released some $500 million in aid money to the ...

Hamas calls Obama the 'Jewish organ grinder's monkey'

Having a President who knows something about Islam has done wonders for America's image in the Arab world. Take this opinion piece by on...

Surprise: Erdogan goes back on his word

As part of his conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Friday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to restore d...

Netanyahu apologizes to Turkey, Erdogan says too soon to drop 'trial' of IDF officers

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone. We were away for the Sabbath, and therefore I'm getting a late start. Prime Minister Netanyahu has ...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Obama's sandstorm

Israelis now have another reason to dislike President Obama. The timing of this trip angered Jerusalemites from the beginning and now one of...

LATMA's tribal update on the new government, Obama and Pesach

Latma presents Yonit Levy being interviewed in Italian, gushing about her interview with Obama, the new ministers take over and an Israeli s...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Obama compares both Jews and 'Palestinians' to American blacks

The President of the United States cannot decide whether the Jewish or 'Palestinian' experience is more closely related to that of A...

Arabs seething over Obama visit to Israel

I'm sure you'll all be shocked to hear that the Arabs are seething over President Obama's visit to Israel. Arabs see the visit a...

Brother, can you spare a dime?

I'm very uncomfortable doing this, but the reality is that I devote an inordinate amount of time to this blog, and if you don'...

Obama checks Bibi out

This is one that every Orthodox Jew will immediately identify (I had a rabbi in high school who did this regularly), but is very difficult t...

Your tax dollars at work: UN promoting 'documentary' about Arafat

The United Nations General Assembly's 'Committee on the Inalienable Rightsof the Palestinian People' is promoting a 'documen...

'I held her head in my hands in said Shma Yisrael'

I'm sure you all remember little Adele bat Adva, who was critically injured last week when 'Palestinian' terrorists threw stones...

Moron: Obama compares Israel's conflict with 'Palestinians' to disagreements between the US and Canada

For some reason, JPost's coverage didn't mention this blooper at President Hussein Obama's press conference with Abu Mazen. Let...

Obama calls on students to pressure their leaders

Speaking to a group that was mostly hand-picked students, President Obama urged his audience on Thursday to pressure their leaders to open n...

Dude!

Notice who favorited this tweet.... Anyone who thinks @octavianasr is an objective reporter who was wrongfully dismissed from @cnn should re...

Israel's staunchest ally?

Here's a picture from President Obama's press conference with 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu ...

Your tax dollars at work: Congress tries tough love on the 'Palestinians' while Obama showers them with money

While President Hussein Obama is in our region showering money on the 'Palestinians,' Congress is trying some tough love. On Thursda...

Barack and Bibi

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday. March 21. 1) Barack and Bibi The Algemeiner has transcripts of President...

The olive as symbol

The far Leftist Jewish Voice for Peace suggests leaving an olive on your seder table for the 'Palestinians.' Passover has become a c...

American-Israeli terror victims invited to Obama speech

My friends at One Family sent me the press release below, announcing that some victims of 'Palestinian' terrorism who have American ...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Sorry, I collapsed in exhaustion last night before I could get this up. Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday,...

Obama's 'Palestinian' contradiction

Following @JodiRudoren's live tweet of the Obama - Abu Mazen news conference, President Obama made a statement that I've been waitin...

Abu Mazen: EU can remove Hamas from terror list because they're just like us

Something tells me that President Obama is not asking 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen about thi...

Israel waiting to see if Abu Bluff condemns Kassam attacks on Sderot

Israel is waiting to see whether 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen will condemn 'Palestinian...

The real reason Obama came to Israel

Hat Tip: Dani K.

The Mother from Hell: A 'Palestinian' heroine

A few days ago, I reported that the Mother from Hell had finally gone to hell. Incredibly, the New York Times on Wednesday published a puff ...

Summing up coverage of Obama's trip to Israel....

Here's a great summary of the media coverage of Obama's trip to Israel... With apologies to the Hebrew-impaired (I leave it to the c...

Major report into racism on Facebook

A major report into racism on Facebook is to be released on Thursday morning in Australia -  a couple of hours from now. Here is the press r...

Where's the apartheid?

Note this greeting for President Obama at Ben Gurion Airport. Where's the apartheid?

Where in Jerusalem for Obama?

With US President Barack Obama visiting Israel this March we sent intrepid reporter Molly Livingstone onto the streets of Jerusalem to speak...

Look what Air Force 1 blew in

Look what President Obama brought along with him: Dumb Dumb Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other News). Wasserman Schultz ... ...

Smart: Obama limo breaks down after being fueled with diesel

President Hussein Obama's limousine, known as the Beast, had to be toed on Wednesday, after a driver accidentally filled it with diesel ...

What's Obama doing here anyway?

Why is President Obama in Israel anyway? Good question. Caroline Glick goes through all the reasons why he really didn't need to come he...

Former Knesset speaker slams Obama for not visiting Knesset

Knesset Member Ruby Rivlin (Likud), who was the speaker of the previous Knesset, has slammed President Hussein Obama for not visiting the Kn...

Upchuck to be followed by Chuck

Guess who's coming to visit next month.... Ya'alon returned congratulations to Hagel, who took over from Leon Panetta as US secretar...

'Palestinians' registering title to land in Judea and Samaria

'Palestinians' are able to buy land in Judea and Samaria on line and to get tabu (title) for it, according to a report in al-Guardia...

Nobel peace laureate blasts 'human rights council' investigation of 'settlements'

Nobel Peace Laureate David Trimble, member of the British House of Lords, took the floor on Monday morning at the UN Human Rights Council—in...

Hussein has landed

President Hussein Obama has arrived in Israel. Army Radio's Irit Linor has put it best: Army Radio's Irit Linor on Israel's Obam...

An Israeli Soldier's song to the world for Passover

Here's the LATMA crew greeting President Hussein Obama with An Israeli Soldier's song to the world for Passover (I had to have the s...

Spotted: Black smoke

Hat Tip: Stephen D.

Of course: Obama 'too busy' to meet American-Israeli terror victims

I suppose that none of you will be surprised to hear that President Hussein Obama will be 'too busy' during his trip here to meet wi...

If Lieberman convicted, Steinitz to be Foreign Minister; current 'deputy' doesn't speak English!

JPost is reporting that if Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (for whom Prime Minister Netanyahu is holding the seat) is convicted in his co...

Congressmen blast Obama for excluding Ariel students as students protest outside US consulate

Four American congressmen (there should have been 400 and I should have had to write 'representatives' rather than 'congressmen...

Why Israel should be very worried

Here's an interesting piece of analysis from Stratfor about what's likely to happen at tomorrow's summit. For the United States,...

'Palestinians' prepare to greet Obama by rioting

The 'Palestinians' are rioting in preparation for President Obama's arrival in Israel on Wednesday. Palestinian police scuffled ...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, March 19. 1) Is there any hope left for Mideast honesty in the New York T...

Labor MK: Boycott Obama's speech

When I made aliya in 1991, Nachman Shai had one of the most recognized voices in the country. Shai, who was the IDF spokesman, was tasked wi...

The Netanyahu - Abdullah lovefest

So much for all those Leftists who believe that King Abdullah hates Binyamin Netanyahu and would gladly see Israel replaced by a 'Palest...

Choose your side: Judaism or the New York Times

I guarantee you that you won't need a magnifying glass to find the anti-Semitism at the New York Times this time. A couple of weeks ago,...

Mother from hell finally goes to hell

It took five years, but the mother from hell has finally gone to hell. Mariam Farhat, who said she wished she had 100 sons to die while atta...

Poll surprise: Most Israelis still don't trust Obama

A new Smith poll is out for the JPost (the results of some of the earlier polls can be seen above), and while President Obama is seen as ...

Ariel Student Union calls for boycott of Obama speech

The student union at Ariel University, whose students have not been invited to hear President Obama speak on Thursday night, have called on ...

Who the devil does he look like?

This is a picture of Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni as Satan in the TV mini-series "The Bible."  If I didn't know better, I'd thin...

Welcoming Obama, 'Palestinian' style

The 'Palestinians' are planning a special greeting for President Obama when he comes to Bethlehem on Friday. They gave a preview on ...

Cheerleading the intifada

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Monday, March 18. Cheerleading the Intifada The New York Times has done it again. ...

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rogers: Iran less than a year away

Here's a fascinating interview with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mi) in which he discusses, among other things, ...

The latest from the UN 'human rights council' from Hillel Neuer

Here's United Nations Watch's Hillel Neuer talking about the latest developments at the United Nations 'human rights council....

Something the Haredim and the IDF can agree on: Who wants to use Bar Refaeli?

The Foreign Ministry thought they had a great idea: Use 'supermodel' Bar Refaeli as a spokesperson for a new public relations campai...

Where was this picture taken?

Pass it on!

And again: Terror in Samaria

An Israeli in his 60's has been shot and moderately wounded by a passenger in a passing car at the Kedumim Junction in northern Samaria....

Obama's visit: Too little, too late

The Washington Post reports that President Obama's trip here is intended mainly to repair relations between the President and the people...

Poll: American public wants out of the 'peace process'

This just might be a big reason why President Obama says he's coming here to listen and not bringing new ideas to restart the 'peace...

The New York Times calls for a third intifada

Three days before President Obama's trip to Israel, the New York Times writes a lengthy magazine piece which is so totally biased as to ...

'Obama, don't bring your smartphone to Ramallah'

'Palestinian activists' are seething over posters that have gone up in Ramallah calling on President Obama not to bring his smartpho...

Yaalon has his priorities

New Defense Minister Moshe "Boogie" Yaalon has his priorities straight. Priority number 1 is Iran. The lowest priority of all is t...

Netanyahu to press Obama to stop Syrian weapons transfers

During President Obama's visit to Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu will press him to stop efforts by the Assad regime to transfer weapon...

Dump on Tom Friedman Day!

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Sunday, March 17. 1) When elephants crash land Recently, I brought up an example o...

Vandalism (and assault) at the World's oldest Jewish cemetery

JPost is spot-on in this editorial about the World's oldest Jewish cemetery: The Mount of Olives. It is not difficult to imagine the dea...

Hey Obama - in what country is Jerusalem?

President Hussein Obama is going to be in Jerusalem this week (unless the Messiah comes sooner and saves us), and the New York Sun writes th...

Obama's top priority remains: Avoid attacking Iran

With President Obama due in Israel later this week (and likely to make a mess of pre-Passover traffic at week's end - including on Frida...

Terror on Route 443

Here are the results of another terror attack - this one on Route 443, a major highway between Jerusalem and Ben Gurion Airport. Fortunately...

This is the face of a terror victim

This is Adele. She is 3 and fighting for her life in the ICU after an Arab stoned her parents car this past week. Please say a prayer, give ...

Let the circus begin!

More details have been released about the coalition agreement as it relates to the Haredi draft and religion and state. For the new legislat...

Republicans and Democrats on the 'Palestinians'

Now, why is it that this never occurs to the Democrats? (I know, I know, Democrats support Israel too - or at least some do).

Obama White House acknowledges 'West Bank' part of Israel

The Obama White House, in announcing President Obama's visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls while in Israel, has acknowledged that the 'Wes...

Anyone from the Class of '83 remember Obama?

I graduated from Bir Zeit on the Hudson a little too early to remember Barry Soetoro a/k/a Barack Hussein Obama. But isn't it more than ...

Video: Anti-Semites assault pro-Israel chalk artist in Oakland

In this video, you will see a group of anti-Semites assault two people who were writing pro-Israel slogans with chalk on a sidewalk in Oakla...

Turkey refuses US request for help with 'peace process'

Turkey has turned down an American request for help with the 'peace process.' US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Turkish co...

Anyone want to bet on how long this coalition lasts?

The new government will be sworn in on Sunday, and already the problems have started from within the Likud. Netanyahu is expected to face bi...

Bulgaria won't push for EU sanctions on Hezbullah

In a concession to opposition groups who fear reprisals, Bulgaria's new Prime Minister said on Saturday that his country will not push t...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Friday, March 15. 1) Why is this debate a virtue? Yesterday, I wrote about Joseph ...

A Passover quiz

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone. I must share with you a quiz that was published by Yaakov Kirschen on Friday (Hat Tip: Jack W). Heh.

Ten points to consider

Khaled Abu Toameh has ten points the US ought to consider before bringing about the establishment of a 'Palestinian state.' Among th...

Of course Hamas killed that baby

Here's a devastating piece by Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz talking about the child of a BBC reporter in Gaza who was - surprise - k...

Palestine Solidarity Commitee PWNed at Harvard

Last Friday, I reported that Harvard University's Palestine Solidarity Committee had distributed eviction notices to Jewish Freshmen and...

Who runs a road race in 95-degree heat?

As many of you know, I ran seven Marathons and many shorter distance races between 1989-92, so I know a little bit about this topic. When I ...

Obama won't commit to release Pollard

American's most pro-Israel President evah won't commit to releasing Jonathan Pollard. In fact, he won't even think about it. Unl...

The Tribal Updates presents Bibi anticipating Obama's visit

Here's the weekly tribal update from LATMA featuring Prime Minister Netanyahu anticipating President Hussein Obama's visit. Let'...

65th anniversary of the Hadassah convoy massacre

Today, the 4th day of the Jewish month of Nissan, marks the 65th yahrtzeit (anniversary of date of death) of the 78 medical personnel and th...

The Obama nightmare

For those who will be in Jerusalem next week, please be aware that the traffic will be a worse disaster than usual on Wednesday, Thursday an...

Egypt accuses Hamas in terror attack

Last August, 16 Egyptian soldiers were killed in an attack on a position near Rafah, on the border with Gaza. At the time, 'Palestinians...

Video: Jimmy Carter's war against the Jews

You all wouldn't believe how badly I crashed last night.... Here's a video about Jimmy the dhimmi. Let's go to the videotape.

And again: terror attack near Ariel

A three-year old girl is in critical condition after the car in which she, her mother and two sisters were traveling veered into an oncoming...

Spotted at the Vatican

Heh.

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Thursday, March 14. The Ranting of Levine Last week the New York Times published a...

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned: Sara trying to keep Bennett out of government

Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Prime Minister, is still trying to keep Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett out of the incoming government. A...

Kerry wants Assad to sit at the negotiating table

I wonder why anyone is surprised at this. It fits right in with how the Obama administration operates. US Secretary of State John FN Kerry w...

British MP suspended for blaming jail term on Jews

Britain's Labour party has suspended MP Lord Nazir Ahmed after he blamed 'the Jews' because he was convicted of texting on his c...

Fatwa issued against foreign Muslims visiting Temple Mount

A fatwa has been issued against foreign Muslims visiting the Temple Mount so long as it remains in the hands of the 'Zionist occupation....

Details of Haredi draft compromise emerge

Take this with a grain of salt, because I will be amazed if it passes in the form discussed here, but this report in JPost claims that Hared...

Video: Islamist 'Palestinian' leaders warn Obama not to visit Temple Mount

Here's a video collection of Islamist 'Palestinian' leaders (including one Israeli Arab) warning President Obama not to visit th...

UN 'human rights council' calls for turning more innocent civilians over to Syrian army

The Syrian army has been responsible for the murder of more than 70,000 Syrians over the past two years. Yet, the United Nations 'human ...

The Haredi draft controversy is just another round in a very old battle

34 years ago, when I was a bochur (unmarried man) in a religious Zionist yeshiva, Golda Meir passed away. As is often the case when someone ...

Netanyahu and the Likud's young guard

In an interview with the JPost before the new cabinet ministers were announced, Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely tries hard to avoid giving the impre...

Ethiopian-born Miss Israel to dine with Obama, but he may not like what he hears

At the insistence of a White House advance team, 22-year old Yityish Aynaw, the first Ethiopian-born Miss Israel, has been invited to a stat...

Norway 'discovers' that its money is funding terrorism

Surely Norway is not the only European country whose aid money to the 'Palestinians' is being used to fund terrorism. But they were ...

New Pope said to be good to the Jews

Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires who was elected Pope on Wednesday, is said to have good relations with Argentina's Jewis...

Obama to skip Ramallah?

President Obama may skip Ramallah during his trip here next week. He will be meeting 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahm...

Student who taped Dutch students praising Hitler forced into hiding

Remember the video I posted on Tuesday of the Dutch students praising Hitler? The Dutch doctoral student who made it has been forced into hi...

Main target of hate speech in Turkey is... you guessed it... the Jews

I suppose that none of you will be surprised to hear that the biggest target of hate speech in Turkey is... the Jews. The Hrant Dink Foundat...

Breaking: Netanyahu, Lapid and Bennett reach compromise

A compromise agreement has been reached between Prime Minister Netanyahu, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett...

'All hell has broken loose'

Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party leader Naftali Bennett has become an errand boy between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Yesh Atid leader Yair ...

J Street's radical caucus

J Street, the 'Jewish' advocates of a 'Palestinian state,' ran a tour to Israel for Congressional Representatives. Four repr...

It's come to this: Likud gives Lapid an ultimatum

Remember the 57 MK scenario? The prime minister’s associates have talked about forming a coalition of 57 MKs, and then telling Bennett ahead...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Wednesday, March 13. 1) Being a reporter means never having to say you're sorr...

Obama: Israel and Congress to blame for lack of 'progress' toward 'peace'

A group of Arab Americans who met with President Hussein Obama in preparation for his Middle East trip next week claim that he told them tha...

'Obama visit to Temple Mount a declaration of war'

Hamas continues to seethe about the possibility that President Hussein Obama will visit the Temple Mount next week, calling such a visit a ...

Has she no shame?

On Tuesday, I declined to run three images that mocked Michelle Obama for dressing as a hooker for the Kids' Choice Awards (at taxpayer ...

Hmmm Netanyahu meets with Shas

Could something be up? Frustrated with the pace of coalition negotiations, Prime Minister Netanyahu met on Tuesday night with Shas leader El...

Students from university in Samaria to be excluded from Obama speech

How's this for petty? President Hussein Obama is going to be speaking at the Binyanei HaUma convention center in Jerusalem (aside: What ...

The Obama credo

Stella Paul has managed to sum up Barack Hussein Obama in a few sentences, several of which are related to Israel. I believe that a Muslim w...

Some religious Zionists unhappy with Bennett

Here's a letter (link in Hebrew) from the heads of Jerusalem's Yeshivat Har HaMor, a religious Zionist yeshiva, who are very much op...

Jon McNaughton's new 'Obamanation' painting

March 12, 2013: Jon McNaughton ~ "This is my new painting called 'Obamanation.' How many symbols in the painting can you pick o...

San Francisco bus ad: 'Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah'

The ad above is appearing on buses in San Francisco, and this time it was not placed by the jihadis. It was placed by Pam Geller's Ameri...

CNN Reporter: ' 'The end justifies the means when Jews are the victims'

This is an incredible interview as CNN reporter Erin Burnett asks former First Lady Laura Bush a disgusting question. In a segment about the...

Video: Esther Pollard appeals to Obama to release her husband

Here's a video of Esther Pollard on Israel's Channel 2 news on Monday night, appealing to President Obama for the release of her hus...

Pass the popcorn: Syrian army ready to fight on 'for years'

A report from Lebanon's Naharnet says that Bashar al-Assad's army is ready to fight on against rebels seeking to end his rule 'f...

What a real reporter would do

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Tuesday, March 12. Mendacious Max Beyond Iron Dome Max Fisher, the blogger for the...

Was Obama reelected?

How many more incidents like this one are out there, and were there enough to affect the results of the Presidential election in states like...

Video: Egyptian Salafist and Secularist nearly come to blows on television

Would you want to live in this country? I wouldn't. Notice who is the first one to raise a shoe. Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip:...

Hospitalized for a cold?

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he will rest at home after a brief hospital stay. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğ...

UNDOF 'curtailing' night time patrols

One of the reasons that UNIFIL has been so totally ineffective in preventing Hezbullah from arming itself in southern Lebanon is the fact th...

WaPo: It doesn't matter who killed Baby Omar

Well, of course. Now that his story on the killing of Baby Omar last November has been proven totally false, the Washington Post's Max F...

Jordan not civilized enough for UN peacekeepers

You might recall that last week, 21 Filipino troops acting as UN observers were kidnapped by Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights and held for...

Hold the media accountable? On what planet?

In an earlier post, I reported  that the United Nations had concluded that the child of a BBC reporter in Gaza, who was killed during Operat...

Syrian rebels vow to 'liberate' Golan Heights

Western-backed Syrian rebels are vowing to 'liberate' the Golan Heights once they manage to depose Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. ...

Abu Bluff putting terrorist release at the top of his list for Obama

'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen is making a massive terrorist release the top priority of his me...

Former national security adviser slams 'gatekeepers'

Former National Security Adviser Uzi Arad has slammed the six former heads of the General Security Service (Shabak) who were interviewed in ...

Dear Blogger, Your new editor s***ks

Sorry folks but I don't know any other way to address Blogger and the issues I have with their new editor. I'm not convinced anyone ...

For once I agree with Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas 'Prime Minister' Ismail Haniyeh is urging 'Palestinians' to come to the beach in Gaza rather than going to beaches in ...

Don't lump the Knesset's 'new generation' together

Bernie Quigley makes some good points about the new generation in Israel's Knesset. But he makes a mistake when he lumps Moshe Feiglni w...

You think he's angling to be ambassador to the US?

The Obama administration will be thrilled if Ehud Barak becomes the ambassador to the United States (as has been discussed). US Secretary of...

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Monday, March 11. 1) More fallout over the Samira Ibrahim selection Robert Mackey ...

'I just touched a girl - it's negiya!'

I will guarantee you that every Orthodox Jew over the age of 12 - and probably many others - who read this blog, know exactly what the headl...

They support yeshivas, don't they? Haredim to lose all housing benefits

Everyone - and I do mean everyone - in Israel gets a government mortgage to buy their first apartment. Now, the government (specifically the...

City of Durban to rename street after Hugo Chavez

Having three anti-Semitic conferences known as Durban I, II and III - the latter two of which didn't even take place in the city - isn...

Report: Holder wants to 'counsel' terrorists Saudi style

Just when you thought the American embrace of Islamic terrorism couldn't go any further, comes this report from the Saudi Gazette that h...

UN 'human rights council'(!) admits Hamas killed BBC reporter's baby son

The United Nations 'human rights council' has admitted that a 'Palestinian' child who died in a rocket explosion during Oper...

Sick: Paris suburb makes Ze'evi assassin an honorary citizen

If anyone still needed proof that anti-Semitism is way too acceptable in France, you now have it. A Paris suburb has made the assassin of Is...

Please... spare us....

The Prime Minister has apparently decided that the way to President Obama's heart is by licking his tuches. Netanyahu's office has d...

IDF on high alert on Golan Heights

With Syrian rebels deciding that one of the things they need to 'correct' about the Assad regime is its inaction on the Golan Height...

The F-35 disaster: Even training missions can't be performed safely

We should all praise the Obama administration for canceling the F-22, because after all, the F-35 is just raring to go. The only problem is ...

J Street claims victory in Hagel confirmation

The radical wolves in sheeps' clothing at J Street are claiming a victory in the confirmation of the anti-Semitic Chuck Hagel as Secreta...

Princess Kate Jewish?

I'm passing this on in the interest of full disclosure, but color me highly skeptical on it. Could it be? Could Kate be the first futur...

Will Obama deliver an historically Kosher speech?

The Washington Post reports that at a meeting last week, American Jewish leaders advised President Obama that if he really wants to press a ...

The Likud a democracy? Don't make me laugh

The Likud's MK's are sharpening their knives for the Prime Minister, because he has decided to leave the current Likud ministers in ...

Being a Jew in Venezuela

For those who believe Hugo Chavez was anything other than an anti-Semitic thug, or even that he 'wasn't so bad,' please consider...

Unbelievable: Congress blocked Kerry from leaving even more money in Egypt

$250 million wasn't all the money US Secretary of State John FN Kerry wanted to leave in Egypt while American children suffer due to the...

Israel's future finance minister: 'I don't understand anything about economics'

Thanks to Lahav Harkov for unearthing this video of Israel's soon-to-be-Finance Minister Yair Lapid admitting the truth: He doesn't ...

Before you give credibility to the Gatekeepers, consider this

There is a reason why the Gatekeepers, the Israeli 'documentary' that thankfully did not win an Oscar, is far more popular abroad th...

Krauthammer on Obama's choice

Charles Krauthammer nails why Secretary of State John FN Kerry giving Egypt $250 million during Kerry's visit is just plain wrong. There...

Code Pink takes to the streets of Washington to call for an initifada

They weren't calling for peace. When Code Pink demonstrated against the AIPAC convention in Washington last week, here's what they w...

Israeli hasbara needs a focus

You all have probably heard the term hasbara so many times that even if you're not Hebrew speakers, you know what it means. Basically, t...

UN refuses to disclose details of investigation into employee who posted incendiary false tweet

You will recall that in March 2012, a UN employee posted the photo above on her twitter account as if it had just happened, when in fact it ...

The real obstacles to peace

There are two real obstacles to peace between Israel and the 'Palestinians.' One cannot be dealt with by Israel, for it requires Ara...

Great news: Sunni states going nuclear, Turkey refused to extradite Bin Laden nephew

Jordan is about to become a nuclear power. Saudi Arabia is likely to do so as well, and Egypt would like to but can't afford it. Can thi...

Video: Ahmadinejad at Chavez's funeral

I know you all want to see this. Here's Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's funeral in Carac...

If President Obama went to Shilo

Writing in the Los Angeles Times about President Obama's upcoming trip to Israel, Yisrael Medad talks a bit about Shilo, the Samarian to...

Spared by the sequester: $20 million for 'Palestinian' hate

The sequester spared over $20 million - enough to keep the White House running for two years - to help out the 'Palestinian Authority....

Obama is persona non grata in 'Palestine'

'Palestinian activists' in Judea and Samaria say that they will demonstrate en masse against President Hussein Obama's visit to ...

Good question

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone. I'd like to ask you all a question:

Outrageous: Harvard sends eviction notices to Jewish students

As you can see above, this isn't the first time it happened, but apparently, this time the culprit is the university itself. In honor of...

And now, some comic relief

Especially for those of you who are starting to make Pesach on Sunday.... Here's Rebbetzin RLZ. Let's go to the videotape. Heh.

Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler

Here's Soccer Dad's Middle East Media Sampler for Friday, March 8. The state of the Secretaries of State One of John Kerry's fir...

The media's greatest detective, and Europe remains focused on what is truly important

The Tribal Update presents the true story of Kusra and Esh Kodesh, as revealed by the greatest investigator of all time, and brings you a gl...

'CIA' now stands for Center for Islam in America

Hat Tip: Jack W.

UN 'human rights council' holds moment of silence for Hugo Chavez

Given that they lowered all of the UN flags and held a moment of silence at the General Assembly for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, no o...

UN observers to cut and run from Syrian border?

Countries were already withdrawing troops from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) before 21 Fillipino troops were kidna...

Turkey doesn't like this

Turkey's Daily Zaman is upset about the ad above which has appeared in the streets of New York under a campaign called My Jihad. In a st...

'Without Israel, Cyprus and Saudi Arabia are toast'

Defense strategist Mark Langfan argues that the United States isn't doing Israel any favors by declaring it a 'major strategic ally....

So she lied....

In the previous post, I reported that the State Department had decided to postpone its award to anti-Semitic terror supporter Samira Ibrahim...

US award to terror supporter 'postponed'

In an earlier post, I reported that terror sympathizer Samira Ibrahim was going to be receiving an award from US Secretary of State John FN ...

'Al-Quds' Brennan confirmed as CIA director

The Senate confirmed John 'al-Quds' Brennan as director of the CIA on Thursday afternoon. The vote was 63-34. The Senate voted 63-34...

Producing little terrorists at taxpayer expense

The two founders of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) terror organization showed up at Ben Gurion Airport this week, where one, Ad...

When Bibi meets Obama

What? You thought we were going to negotiate with him over our territory?

Starving in Gaza: Hamas reduces car imports due to oversupply

They're starving in Gaza alright. That 'blockade' sure is keeping them from the good life. There are so many cars in Gaza that t...