“And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, […]
Postcard from Israel – Mount Tabor
Jews who Made a Difference: Episode 1
A guest post by Geary We all know the story well but few of us, I suspect, know the name. It is 1847 and we are in the obstetrics section of a […]
‘Comment is Free’ contributor claims International Solidarity Movement is “non-violent”.
For much of the Guardian-style far-left media, commentaries – and indeed often straight news reports – serve largely to buttress preconceived ideologically determined conclusions, and often have only a tangential relationship with […]
On the inspiration behind a ‘Comment is Free’ contributor’s Tweet alleging Israeli savagery
John Carlin is a journalist and author, whose book ‘Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation’, about the 1995 Rugby World Cup, was the basis for the film Invictus. He […]
Slouching towards irrelevance: Is ‘Comment is Free’ eating the Guardian?
Rob Marchant, a former British Labour Party manager, wrote a very important piece, at The Centre Left Blog, on Aug. 29, about racism at ‘Comment is Free’, and, more broadly, the institution’s regression and increasing […]
Corrie family lawyer suggests Nazis were more morally legitimate than the Israeli “monster”
Harriet Sherwood, on Aug. 28, filed three stories on the Rachel Corrie verdict, and quoted the Corrie family lawyer, Hussein Abu Hussein, in each one. (Emphases in all quotes have been added.) […]
An alternative future for Middle Eastern refugees
A guest post by AKUS Washington Post, August 26, 2012: Sharp increase in refugee flows from Syria The closure [of the Turkish border] left more than 7,000 refugees stranded in olive groves […]
The Guardian’s Rachel Corrie obsession.
The Guardian’s coverage of the culmination of the civil law suit brought by the parents of Rachel Corrie, the verdict for which was handed down in Haifa on Tuesday August 28th, has […]
Guardian’s beacon of Islamist justice – the crescent moon shines bright on ‘Comment is Free’
Cross posted by The Commentator You’d be forgiven for glossing over The Guardian’s daily cartoon. We usually do. Today however, something caught our eye. In the cartoon by Nick Hayes, The Guardian illustrates […]
Guardian’s Chris McGreal suggests IDF ‘killing’ of Corrie no different than Hamas suicide bombing
While Chris McGreal may be the Guardian’s Washington correspondent, he is certainly not a “reporter”. His shrill, tendentious activist journalism – which arguably makes Harriet Sherwood seem sober, fair and professional in […]
International Solidarity Movement’s ‘Fauxtographic’ record of Rachel Corrie’s death
A guest post by AKUS I was stunned to see the following picture in an article by Amira Hass in Ha’aretz. I had never seen such a clear image that purports to […]
Put International Solidarity Movement on Trial for Rachel Corrie’s Death
This essay was originally published at The Jewish Press Today, an Israeli court rejected a lawsuit filed by the family of Rachel Corrie, the 23-year-old American who was killed by a military bulldozer […]
Israel’s Paralympic Team in London.
(With thanks to BFIWD) On Sunday, the Israeli Paralympic team arrived at Heathrow Airport for the London Paralympic Games and members of ‘British Friends of Israel War Disabled’ were there to give […]
The Guardian yawns in reaction to Gaza terrorists targeting Israeli school children
A guest post by AKUS On Sunday, August 26th, two rockets hit the small industrial area of Sderot at about 9:00 am. Had they fallen about 100 meters to the west, they […]
The Guardian mocks a religious minority
No, this post isn’t about Mitt Romney or Barack Obama. It’s about a media group which fancies itself a champion of diversity, a defender of religious, ethnic, and racial minorities and slayer […]
Meet the Abu Marias: ‘Mr & Mrs’ ISM-style.
Beit Ummar (also Bayt Ummar or Beit Omar) is a town situated on Route 60, some 11 kilometres north-west of Hebron, which falls in Area B (civilian control by the PA, security […]
CiF moderators delete comments noting Guardian’s moral hypocrisy over Trevino Tweet
H/T Margie The following CiF comment, beneath the line of a post by Guardian Readers’ Editor Chris Elliott’s on the Trevino affair, pointed out the hypocrisy of the outrage over Trevino’s one Tweet, in the […]
The Guardian’s Pathetic Excuse for Firing Joshua Treviño
A guest post by AKUS Since we are now supposed to believe that the Guardian’s entire case for firing Josh Treviño rests on the basis of an undisclosed conflict of interest, I […]
The continued exploitation of Rachel Corrie.
This coming week the verdict will be given in the civil law suit brought by the parents of ISM volunteer Rachel Corrie against the Israeli government. Already the Rachel Corrie Foundation (run by her […]
Background on Glenn Greenwald for Guardian readers: ‘sock puppets’ & ‘smart spam’
While the Guardian claimed they cut their ties with Josh Trevino over an ethical breach, the bullying by anti-Zionist extremists such as Ali Abunimah, who objected to Trevino’s unapologetic opposition to Islamist […]
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