Browsing Tag Iranian nuclear weapons

Israel, Iran and the Oliphant in the Room

Pat Oliphant‘s portrayal of Israel and the US  reduced to “brains and brawn” isn’t just twisted — it’s low. Maybe I’m just oversensitive to years of anti-Semitic...

March 22, 2012 15:05 By : 8 Comments

Divergent Polls On Israeli Attack: It’s All in the Question

Two polls released this week indicate divergent American attitudes towards Israeli military action against Iran. First, the University of Maryland reported that only one in four Americans would favor...

March 15, 2012 11:49 By : 1 Comment

A Dead Iranian Scientist and Israel’s “No Comment” Policy

A reader I’ll call A. in Australia wants to know about Israel and Mostafa Rashan, a Natanz uranium enrichment supervisor assassinated last week. She writes: Yesterday, we had reports that a scientist...

January 15, 2012 15:14 By : 2 Comments

War Game Scenario: Israel on the Day After

An Israeli think tank staged a war game scenario imagining the day after Iran successfully tested a nuclear weapon. The Times of London (paywall, republished in The Australian) saw the results, and quite...

January 10, 2012 11:03 By : 3 Comments

Media Cheat Sheet 12/06/2011

Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Fallout continues from a trio of American diplomatic slaps at Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood has to navigate between...

December 6, 2011 18:50 By : 1 Comment

Media Cheat Sheet 12/01/2011

Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Iran’s feeling the heat on a lot of levels. Big Media thinks Israeli start-ups are cool. And Time says, “So...

December 1, 2011 17:14 By : 3 Comments

Might Jerusalem Survive A Nuke?

I checked out Would I Survive A Nuke (via Gizmodo). You enter your location and choose size of closest population centers and bombs and hit enter. I chose a relatively conservative scenario — A single...

November 14, 2011 10:33 By : 2 Comments

Media Cheat Sheet 11/08/2011

Welcome to everyone reading my cheat sheet for the first time. I used to write an in-house digest for the HonestReporting staff assessing the news, trends in coverage and other items of interest. We decided...

November 8, 2011 16:55 By : 1 Comment

Media Cheat Sheet 11/03/2011

Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Big time speculation of a possible attack on Iran eclipsed the Palestinian statehood push and the new Gaza flotilla. Iran’s...

November 3, 2011 17:52 By : 1 Comment

Monday Morning Media Mix 10/03/2011

What to read before your work day begins? What Happened Before Nothing Happened? — Hillary Clinton kvetches that “nothing has happened” with the peace process. She might be be surprised...

October 3, 2011 14:48 By : Leave a Comment