We can probably safely assume that the Observer editorial of February 21st was not actually intended to be a comedy piece, but the nameless armchair general/diplomat who wrote it certainly achieved that […]
The Jokes on You Little Dickie
On Purim it is traditional to play April Fools type pranks in celebration of the holiday. Its also traditional to get so drunk that you can’t tell the difference between “cursed be […]
That “But” Word…
Antony Lerman’s CiF article last month on the subject of the arson of a synagogue in Crete was obviously tailored for its anticipated audience in that it was strewn with undertones guaranteed […]
Fair and Balanced: If it doesn’t fit the narrative well then…er…just delete it
Check out the comments below from the Rifkind thread yesterday. Notice how posts that refute the assertion that Israel doesn’t want peace are deleted by the Guardian censors. Before… After… Before…. After… […]
I’m not antisemitic but…
From the Kahn-Harris thread earlier this week:
A sign of the times
Can there be a more depressing and alarming sign of the times in which we live than the sad fact that Holocaust Memorial Day has since its inception been a subject of […]
Why was this deleted?
From the Ghassan Khatib thread earlier this week: Before…. After…
Brawling Judgements
“Where blind and naked Ignorance Delivers brawling judgements, unashamed, On all things all day long.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King, ‘Merlin and Vivien’ (1859) It would be amusing to toy […]
Guardian’s Double Standards: Gaza and Afghanistan Compared
The Guardian’s anti-Israel bigotry has come into sharp focus once again with a report by Just Journalism comparing British media coverage of Britain’s military operations in Afghanistan with Israel’s military operations in […]
How a Forgery–Not the Protocols–Shows Us Why So Many Still Don’t Understand Antisemitism When They See (or Produce) It
This is a cross-post by Professor Barry Rubin of the GLORIA Center You won’t see where I’m going with this at first but trust me and you’ll hear a good story with […]
Let me count the ways
This is a guest post by AKUS Today is February 24th 2010. I count 55 articles dealing with Israel, Jews, and Judaism on the Guardian’s website, including those not open for comment […]
Vote for Eric Lee for the Amnesty International UK Section Board
This is a guest post by Jonathan Hoffman Over the past eighteen months or so, Amnesty International has been in the vanguard of the delegitimisers and vilifiers of Israel. Even though impartiality […]
Cognitive Egocentrism in Action
Despite numerous readings of Aluf Benn’s Cif article of February 4th, (take note of the wording of the URL on your search bar when clicking on that link) I still haven’t a […]
An Eastern Western
Remember this? I’m often reminded of those old Westerns when reading the comments on CiF. Back in those days the cowboys were always good and right, the Indians always mad, bad and […]
Spot the Difference
From today’s Freedman thread: see if you can spot the difference. Before… After… And if you’ve figured out the difference between the two posts, here’s proof of the double standards at play […]
Protecting Berchmans
Look how “Comment is Free” allows Berchmans to post his revisionist views of history to fit his anti-Israel agenda. Yet when this is challenged, guess what happens?
Nazism and the Islamic Resistance Movement – aka Hamas
This is a guest post by Professor Geoffrey Alderman CiF Watch aficionados may be aware that I am currently involved in a spat with CiF resulting from Matt Seaton’s ultimatum to me, […]
Why was this deleted?
From the thread following an article by Carlo Strenger entitled “The silence of Israel’s liberals“: Before… After…
William Bapthorpe is Back!!!
Just when you think “Comment is Free” couldn’t get any worse, it now emerges that below the line commenter, William Bapthorpe, is back with what appears to be the explicit approval of […]
Hey Matt Open up the Jewish Chronicle!
Here’s a sneak preview of what you might find.
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