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S&P RAISES ISRAEL’S CREDIT RATING FROM A TO A+

http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=237342 S&P raises Israel’s credit rating from A to A+ Finance Minister Steinitz praises move as “badge of honor” and reward for Israel’s responsible actions during global economic crisis. International credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s announced on Friday that it has raised Israel’s credit rating from A to A+. The company said that the […]

OUR MAN IN TRIPOLI: DIANA WEST

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1899/Our-Man-in-Tripoli.aspx John Rosenthal provides a cheat sheet on Al Qaeda in Libya — US-supported Al Qaeda in Libya — at Hudson New York. It is shocking evidence of how far off course we have drifted since September 11, 2001. Abdul Hakim Belhadj — today, “commander of Tripoli”; yesterday, founder of the Al Qaeda affiliate called […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND ISRAEL DERANGEMENT SYNDROME

The British government and Israel Derangement Syndrome Melanie Phillips http://melaniephillips.com/the-british-government-and-israel-derangement-syndrome Government ministers might be concerned to know quite how often I am now accosted by strangers in public places. These strangers are usually, although not always, Jews. They accost me on the Tube, at the theatre, in the supermarket, in restaurants and in the street. […]

ADL IN A SNIT…THE ENEMY IS NOT SHARIA…IT’S (GASP) MEL GIBSON

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/09/us-melgibson-idUSTRE7884PD20110909 Mel Gibson film about Jewish hero draws criticism LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A film about a Jewish hero being produced by Mel Gibson, the actor who went on a public anti-Semitic tirade in 2006, drew sharp criticism on Friday from Jewish leaders who felt it was a slap in their faces. Gibson’s company, Icon […]

ROGER KIMBALL: “SHUT UP HE EXPLAINED”

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/09/09/shut-up-he-explained/?print=1 “Sobering isn’t it? It’s an unmitigated litany of failure, evidence of economic illiteracy, political incompetence, and ideological extremism. What a legacy. No wonder that nearly everywhere one turns these days you hear echoing the same acronym: OMG: Obama must go.”So where’s Ring Lardner when you need, like now? “Are you lost daddy I arsked […]

SAUDI LINK TO 9/11IN SARASOTA FLORIDA: ANTHOONY SUMMERS AND DAN CHRISTENSEN

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/07/v-print/2395698/link-to-911-hijackers-found-in.html#ixzz1XSyualSE Link to 9/11 hijackers found in Sarasota By Anthony Summers and Dan Christensen Special to The Miami Herald Just two weeks before the 9/11 hijackers slammed into the Pentagon and World Trade Center, members of a Saudi family abruptly vacated their luxury home near Sarasota, leaving a brand new car in the driveway, a […]

EMBASSY RIOTS: ISRAELI ENVOY LEAVES EGYPT….OBAMA IS “VERY CONCERNED”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4120175,00.html Embassy riots: Israeli envoy leaves Egypt Mob attack on Israeli embassy in Egyptian capital leads to dramatic decision: Air Force plane returns ambassador, 80 diplomats and their family members to Israel. Six Israelis stranded in building rescued by Egyptian commando force Attila Somfalvi Night drama: Friday’s violent clashes at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo continued […]

ISRAELI AMBASSADOR FLEES AFTER EGYPTIANS RANSACK EMBASSY IN CAIRO

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/09/egyptians-ransack-building-housing-israel-embassy/ Israeli Ambassador Flees After Egyptians Ransack Embassy in Cairo CAIRO – Protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped documents out of the windows as hundreds more demonstrated outside, prompting the ambassador and his family to leave the country. The unrest was a further worsening of already deteriorating ties between Israel […]

DR. MARTIN SHERMAN: TURKISH TANTRUMS

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=237241

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=237241

Martin Sherman, one of Israel’s fines commentators is right and my argument is not with him but rather with the fantasies promoted by “Orientalists” is that there was a great comity between Turks and Jews. It was tolerance of the dhimmis at best and harsh Ottoman rule in Palestine which always favored the Arabs. Furthermore, throughout the Ottoman Empire, despite periods of relative calm there were outbreaks of violence, dislocation and forced migration of Jews and Assyrian Christians. And, one of the most painful episodes was the sinking of the ship Sturma in Turkish waters in 1941. The ship carrying 769 Jewish refugees in appalling conditions was chased from Palestine by the British. It foundered off the shores of Turkey which refused to assist or accept the refugees when the ship sank with all its wretched passengers including children.

Turkey is not changing…it is reverting to form. A pox on them! rsk

Martin Sherman: Turkish Tantrums

The loss of Turkey as a strategic ally is a huge blow. But it is a result of what Turkey has become, not what Israel has – or has not – done.

… Shut up. Go back to Auschwitz!
… We’re helping Arabs go against the US. Don’t forget 9/11, guys

– Radio transmission from the Gaza bound flotilla in May 2010 in response to the Israel Navy’s warning that it was entering an area under naval blockade Nothing could illustrate more graphically the sentiments that prevailed aboard the Mavi Marmara than the invective hurled by the “activists” at the Israeli naval forces charged with enforcing the eminently legal and legitimate maritime quarantine of Gaza.

P. DAVID HORNIK: ISRAELI TENSIONS RISE OVER “RADICAL ISLAMIC WINTER”

Israeli Tensions Rise over ‘Radical Islamic Winter’ Posted By P. David Hornik URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/09/israeli-tensions-rise-over-radical-islamic-winter/   A battle raged in Israel this week—for the time being, a verbal one. It started with some words from the homefront commander, Maj. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, in a conference at Tel Aviv University on Monday. First it should […]