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Political Gangster

By jelewis8 ⋅ November 9, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

Yasser Arafat, thug, terrorist, gangster, political illusionist, and craven leader of a lost people. The Wall Street Editorial section has a biop and history of Arafat’s doings, his fermentings against Israel, and his debilitation of the Palestinians.

Read Between the Lines

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 22, 2004 ⋅ 2 comments

Charles Krauthammer explains John Kerry’s unplan for achieving international solidarity to rebuild Iraq: sell Israel out.
He really does want to end America’s isolation. And he has an idea how to do it. For understandable reasons, however, he will not explain how on the eve of an election.
Think about it: What do the Europeans and the [...]

Columbia Bias

By jelewis8 ⋅ October 21, 2004 ⋅ One comment

Anti-Semitism at Columbia University. I’d wager it’s not the only college campus where bias against Israel and Jews comes out in both students and professors.
Via Common Sense and Wonder

Building the Wall They Hate

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 27, 2004 ⋅ One comment

You know that big security wall the Israelis are building that has got the entire world pissed off? Yeah, turns out the Palestinians have been selling cheap cement to Israel with the full knowledge of Yasser Arafat, who has bitterly opposed the building of the wall.
It’s not like the world needs this to know that [...]

Good Fences

By jelewis8 ⋅ July 21, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Strat reports that, in the case of the current Palestinian in-fighting, good fences make good neighbours. I never much liked Robert Frost, but he’s kind of got a point.

End of the Intifada

By jelewis8 ⋅ June 18, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Charles Krauthammer declares the Palestinian intifada over:
The end of the intifada does not mean the end of terrorism. There was terrorism before the intifada and there will be terrorism to come. What has happened, however, is an end to systematic, regular, debilitating, unstoppable terror — terror as a reliable weapon. At the height of the [...]

History of Israel and Palestine

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 26, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

John Cross from Drumwaster’s Rant has a nice history and analysis of Israel and Palestine.
So, there is a UN-recognized nation of Israel. There has been a recognized nation of Israel, off and on, for 3200 or so years. There has never, ever been a recognized nation of Palestine, and even with the ‘Phillistine’ tag, never [...]

Violence Begets Violence

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 11, 2004 ⋅ 7 comments

I wonder if they learned this from playing video games?

Cross Dressing Gunmen

By jelewis8 ⋅ May 10, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Isn’t cross-dressing immoral and illegal by Islamic law? So what about the gunmen who disguised themselves as women to fire on a group of Israeli settlers, including some who had gathered for a memorial service for the pregnant mother and her four daughters who were gunned down in cold blood last week.
At least no [...]

Terrorist Kills Himself

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 26, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

As long as terrorists are blowing up themselves only, I suppose I don’t have a problem with it.

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