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Putting Women’s Rights Back on the Mideast Media Agenda

International Women’s Day on March 8 coincides with Israel Apartheid Week. This video put together by HonestReporting Canada looks at the rights of Middle Eastern women. I wonder if the feminists...

March 1, 2011 20:14 By : 1 Comment

Porn Producer to Israel Apartheid Week: Screw You

A NY Daily News staff-ed lauds a porn producer who convinced a gay/lesbian center to cancel its Israel Apartheid Week activities: The locale was the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Center, which has...

March 1, 2011 15:00 By : Leave a Comment

Sanctions: The People’s Choice?

If only the NY Times‘s logic would be applied to stronger measures against Iran: We were disappointed to hear Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey — the Muslim world’s leading democracy...

March 1, 2011 14:21 By : 1 Comment

The 3 Dumbest Things Written by Intellectuals Visiting Libya

I just gave a thumbs-up to Martin Kramer‘s list of the dumbest things written by Western intellectuals who did junkets to Libya. • 3d place: The shores of Tripoli by Stephen Walt http://goo.gl/pkzZu:...

March 1, 2011 12:37 By : Leave a Comment

Pro-Israel Blog-Off: Round 1, Match 6

Aussie Dave just announced the sixth match of the 2011 Pro-Israel Blog-Off. This match pits against each other submissions by Ultimate Culture Clash, E-Tone, and Bruce’s Mideast Soundbites. Check...

February 28, 2011 20:56 By : Leave a Comment

Vogue Defends Syrian Glow Job

Max Fisher fisks Vogue’s glow job profile of the Desert Rose Syrian first lady Asma Assad. The article’s fawning treatment of the Assad family and its portrayal of the regime as tolerant and...

February 28, 2011 19:21 By : 4 Comments

Arab Uprising Puts Palestinian Intelligentsia On Defensive

My antennae began twitching this morning when I saw Dr. Ahmed Tibi engaged in some damage control this morning. You see, Tibi visited Libya last year — a delegation of Arab-Israeli leaders were...

February 28, 2011 13:38 By : 1 Comment

February 27 Blogging

• Michael Coren wonders about the the BDS movement’s deafening silence over Gaddafi’s butchery. Where’s the outrage? Yet where are the massive street protests in Europe’s large cities?...

February 27, 2011 22:26 By : 1 Comment

Pro-Israel Blog-Off Update

Aussie Dave just announced the winner of the Pro-Israel Blog-Off’s fourth round. Congrats to Challah Hu Akbar. The current round pits submissions by 7 Agorot, Dodo Can Spell, and Yaacov Lozowick. Check...

February 27, 2011 10:22 By : Leave a Comment

Catching Up With Joe Hyams

Our very own Joe Hyams is going to address The Future of Nonprofit Summit – Israel (FONSI) event on February 28. So if you’re going to be in the Jaffa area, stop by the gathering. Details...

February 24, 2011 16:48 By : 1 Comment