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Palestinian cabinet spokesman Ghassan Khatib on the death of Jawaher Abu-Rahma: "There is only one message conveyed by them and this is that the case was a typical one of tear gas inhalation." Typical?...

Melanie Phillips was on Israeli TV, discussing Israel's public diplomacy, and other issues. All I can say is, Wow. I'm not surprised. At a recent HonestReporting conference, her keynote speech...

UPDATE Jan. 9, 1:05 pm: Here's an IDF video of the incident. Doesn't look symbolic to me, and Waghorn's description of people throwing stones strikes me as under-stated, to say the least. *...

If you film videos, record podcasts or write blog posts and you care about Israel, heads up. IsraellyCool's organizing the 2011 Pro-Israel Blog-off, a showcase of the best Israel advocacy online. HonestReporting's...

A group of Gaza youth chafing under Islamist restrictions exploded after Hamas forcibly shut down an internationally-financed youth group. An angry manifesto and video is catching the Big Media's...

You'll smile when you read why Tim Marshall of Sky News reports that the new Mossad chief is Dr. Dolittle. If you thought Meir Dagan's replacement was Tamir Pardo, think again. Arab conspiracy...

Doing research for the 2010 Dishonest Reporter awards had me going back on a year´s worth of blogging. With the benefit of hindsight, I looked at posts in terms of the issues and angles I raised (and...

Did Jawaher Abu Rahma really die from inhaling tear gas or is this yet another Big Lie? It wouldn't be the first time Palestinian deaths blamed on the IDF have turned out to be, at best, mistaken,...

> Women Fighters Willing to Die For Gaza> Visiting Dubai Journalist: PA Is Like Europe> 2 At J'lem British Consulate Charged with Aiding Hamas> Stanley Fischer on Israel's Brain Drain>...

Sholto Byrnes of the New Statesman astounds me with his take on Moshe Katsav's conviction: The conviction last week of the country's eighth president, Moshe Katsav, of rape, is described in today's...