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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

April 2008: Hamas dug weapons tunnels under UNRWA school

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Someone doing a search on this site found a story that I had completely forgotten about. Here's the autotranslation from Palestine Pre...

A curious omission

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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights used to be one of the better places to find out about Palestinian Arab infighting that I would use a...

All you wanted to know about white phosphorus (guest post)

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Two weeks ago, commenters Bill and Bill #2 wrote quite a bit about white phosphorus, and I wanted to post it so it would get a larger audien...

The case of the bogus "expert" (guest post)

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Commenter Bill #2 , who is incredibly knowledgeable about weapons, noticed a news item I translated from the Palestine Today about a Briti...

Why peace is impossible: a tiny example

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Martin Fletcher of NBC writes about Danny Malhouf , a a 70-year-old Israeli plasterer from Ashkelon, who used to employ Hamas leader Ismail...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Hamas lost 50 explosives experts

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From AFP (h/t Henrik) : Hamas has launched a probe which is expected to be extremely critical of the failures of its military wing during...

New Saudi bumper sticker

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No, it doesn't mean "no hijab." It is a bumper sticker campaign to stop any moves that might allow women in Saudi Arabia to d...

Global warming news

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For the first time in recorded history, the Jais Mountain in the United Arab Emirates was covered in snow. So rare was the snowfall that a ...

The accusation that accidentally includes some truth

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Today began the 81st (!) Conference of Supervisors of Palestinian Affairs at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. I'm not sure what w...

Iran's plans to re-arm Hamas

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The Times of London buries some very good investigative journalism on the bottom of an article about US attempts to limit arms smuggling to...

PalArab news roundup 1-26-09

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The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades shot a rocket towards Israel that fell short in Beit Hanoun, and Hamas attacked them, injuring some and arresti...

Hamas official: Hamas preparing for war since summer

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Early in the Gaza operation, Israel-bashers pointed to the fact that the IDF had prepared for the war as evidence that Israel was not intere...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Rachel story makes Muslims nervous

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There have been some rumors that the Matriarch Rachel appeared to Israeli soldiers in Gaza and helped steer them away from danger. Some pro...

The difference between NGOs and soldiers

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A great article in the Spectator by a British soldier about Gaza (h/t Backspin twitter): Having completed numerous combat tours in Iraq and...

Proof that Hamas threatened ambulances

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As the dust is clearing, we find that Israel's accusations against Hamas have been extraordinarily accurate. Here's one more exampl...