Daily Archives: August 19, 2011
Missing context for terror attacks in Eilat: Egypt demanded Israel cede Eilat in 2006
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1435&sec=2&title=MISSING_CONTEXT_
FOR__TERROR_ATTACKS_IN_EILAT:EGYPT_DEMANDED_ISRAEL_CEDE_EILAT_IN_2006
Much of the media missed the context of the attacks conducted Thursday morning, north of the Israeli port city of Eilat.
These attacks may portend the genesis of the next stage of the Arab-Israeli war,...
News Flash: New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border, Many Dead
http://pajamasmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/08/18/news-flash-new-phase-in-war-
as-terrorists-cross-egypt-israel-border-many-dead/
This isn’t just another terrorist attack - it’s a major escalation, a new phase in the Arab-Israeli conflict in two ways. First, it is the bitter fruit of the U.S-backed downfall of the government...
PCHR Is Concerned Security Services Interference into Public Liberties in Gaza
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=53455
PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Press Release
Ref: 85/2011
Date: 18 August 2011
Time: 12:00 GMT
PCHR Is Concerned Security Services’ Interference into Public Liberties in Gaza
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is gravely concerned over increasing assaults...
Weekly Commentary: Israeli doves failed mission – apologists for the Palestinians instead of defenders...
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=53460
Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 18 August 2011
A reminder from the past:
"... WHAT if they cheat? What if they take whatever we give them and demand even more, still exercising violence and terror? Within the...
Miracle in synagogue: Grad fails to explode
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticle
PrintPreview/1,2506,L-4111075,00.html
While 10 people were injured after a Grad rocket hit an Ashdod yeshiva's courtyard, a much bigger disaster was averted just several blocks away. A rocket which landed near a synagogue where several worshippers...
Naming a grandson
Last Monday, I performed the role of "Godfather" to our first grandson during his Brit Milah, where he got his name: Naveh Nahum.
It was hard to control emotions that gushed out when the name...
Op-Ed: The Anti-Israel Distortions Industry
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10516
There is no shortage of claims about alleged Israeli human rights violations in Judea and Samaria, the so called 'West Bank'.
Most of these claims originate from Palestinian sources and NGO’s and are part of...
Terror Attacks on Israel and UNRWA’s Education System
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anav-silverman/
terror-attacks-on-israel-_b_930141.html
"Peace starts here," is the key marketing slogan that UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East) uses in its videos, pamphlets, posters and other marketing and fundraising material....
Allan Adler’s Oakland, Michigan Press blog: Follow up on Interview with David Bedein
http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=4463&q=1
Friday, August 5, 2011
Saying Good Bye
This is harder than I ever imagined to say but I want to let all my readers know that this is my last blog as The Oakland Press...