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Monday, January 27, 2014

Israel bombed Russian missiles in Latakia?

TOI writes: Loud explosions were reported to rock the coastal Syrian city of Latakia late Sunday night, with reports of a possible airstrike on the Alawite stronghold. The Palestinian Zamnpress news website reported Monday that Israeli planes carried out the attack on S-300 missiles, citing Western sources. According to the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, residents reported “a huge explosion” in the Shekh Daher neighborhood of Latakia. There...

Belgium's new poet laureate not happy I called him an antisemite. Too bad.

Last week, I reported that the new designated poet laureate of Belgium, whose pen name is Charles Ducal, is an antisemite, and I posted a couple of his poems to prove it. I introduced it with a story from the Antisemitism blog which saw the story in the Philosemitisme blog. He wrote an email to the Philosemitisme blog, the Anti-Semitism blog and me but for some reason he didn't bother to find out our email addresses; he sent them to an independent...

Hasby Award: Best English-Language Pro-Israel Online Media Outlet

The nominees for BEST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRO-ISRAEL ONLINE MEDIA OUTLET; are: Algemeiner Israel HaYom Jewish Press Tablet JPost The Tower Israel21c Another tough category. The award goes to:...

We've been reporting on the UNRWA workers' strike in the West Bank. It isn't only schools that are affected, but also sanitation. Garbage is piling high, making roads inaccessible, and the kids - out of school - are playing in the trash, according to Palestine Today. Health centers are also closed, and there is danger of disease from the lack of garbage pickup. In...

Hasby Award: Best Pro-Israel Media Outlet/Writer Not Exclusive to Israel

This is the first Hasby award of 2014. I will be presenting these all week. The nominees forBEST PRO-ISRAEL MEDIA OUTLET/WRITER NOT EXCLUSIVE TO ISRAEL are: Douglas Murray Melanie Phillips Gatestone InstituteCharles KrauthammerWalter Russell Mead Bret Stephens (WSJ) This is a very tough category, because every nominee is great. But the award goes to:...

01/26 Links: The UNs relentless delegitimization campaign, SodaStream Scores Another SB Rejection

From Ian: Confusing The World With the Facts on "Palestine" Palestine is a geographical area, not a nationality. Palestine was and is solely a geographic name. Therefore, it is not surprising that in modern times the name ‘Palestine’ or ‘Palestinian’ was applied as an adjective to all inhabitants of the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River – Palestine Jews and Palestine Arabs alike. In fact, until the 1960s, most Arabs in Palestine...

Khamenei's Tweets of the Day

The English language Twitter feed of Iran's Supreme Leader is often unintentionally funny. Here he decides to pray to the Twitter gods to take the hate out of his heart, which sounds like a suicide wish to me, since there would be nothing left: O' Lord! Please eliminate darkness and deviations from our hearts! — Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) January 25, 2014 A nice response: @khamenei_ir O' Lord! Please eliminate #khamenei & #shariatmadari...

Egyptian cook starts fight with TV hostess over prank (video)

Somewhat off topic, but it is funny: Egyptian TV host Noha Abdeen was hit by her guest cook after a seemingly harmless prank got out of control. Abdeen, who added vinegar to the dish to tease her guest, was hit on air by the chef after an argument in which the two ladies exchanged insults. “Little girl, I swear to god I am going to pull off your hair,” the cook said. “You are obnoxious,” she added. ...

"A Postcard for Palestine" is another attempt to help end Israel's existence by hiding disgusting anti-Israel and antisemitic messages behind faux "art." It describes itself by saying that "The objective of this campaign is to educate non-involved people into an awareness of the criminal occupation of Palestine by Israel with the collusion of Europe and the USA." They...

It is awards season, and they aren't all being held in Hollywood. This year, to keep the suspense going, I will be announcing the Hasby Award winners throughout the week, with 2 or 3 awards given out every day. Here is the official list of nominees, based on EoZ reader input: BEST PRO-ISRAEL TWEETER (Last year's winner: Avi Mayer) Arsen Ostrovsky Margie...

01/25 Links: Scarlett Johansson responds to haters, CAMERA uses billboard to slam NYTs bias.

From Ian: Daniel Pipes: Why the Middle East Can’t Modernize Vast reserves of oil and gas have distorted nearly every aspect of life. Miniature medieval-style monarchies such as Qatar become surreal world powers playing at war in Libya and Syria, indifferent to the lives they break, as a vast underclass of oppressed foreign workers toils away and a princess deploys the largest budget for art purchases in human history. The privileged can indulge their...

Ma'an reports: The families of hunger striking employees of the UN agency for Palestine refugees said Saturday that UNRWA would be held responsible for any harm to the strikers' health. Family dignitaries told Ma'an that they would "sue the UNRWA administration at all international levels" if necessary. The hunger strikers' demands are "just," and they are supported...

01/24 Links Pt2: IRS Goes After Gaza Caravan 'Charity', Larry King Promotes Technion

From Ian: IRS Wants Gaza Caravan-Tied Charity's Status Stripped An Internal Revenue Service audit recommends stripping a New York-based charity of its tax-exempt status after it served as a conduit for donations for a convoy that delivered cash and goods to Hamas officials in Gaza. The investigation was prompted by a 2009 report by the Investigative Project on Terrorism that documented statements during a Viva Palestina fundraiser directing contributions...

Joke of the day from Iran

From Ya Libnan: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif Friday denied his country had sent Hezbollah militants to fight in Syria, saying the Tehran-backed Shiite extremist group was making its own decisions. The usually smiling Iranian diplomat, who has been seen as the new face of the Islamic republic since coming to office in August, was unusually combative in a tense panel session held in the Swiss mountain town of Davos. Under constant...

01/24 Links Pt1: Abbas celebrates the 10th Year of Four Year Term!, IAF sends a message to Hezbollah

From Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: Mabrouk to Abbas on Tenth Year of His Four Year Term! The only way to find out what Palestinians really want is by allowing them to head to the ballot boxes. Palestinians representing all groups, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, should be allowed to run in such an election. A victory for the radicals would mean that a majority of Palestinians do not want peace and continue to dream about the destruction of Israel. If...