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Flowers Passing Through Israel: A Valentine’s Day Story »

By Pat Racimora on Feb 13, 2009 in Gaza, Israel | 24 Comments

I was looking for a little sign of love, peace, and maybe the beginnings of a better future for some troubled spot on the planet. It’s rather like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Then I stumbled upon this small story in the New York Times. Maybe it means little and maybe it [...]

Give Us Netanyahu. Please. »

By Steve Clemons on Feb 8, 2009 in Benjamin Netanyahu, Current Affairs, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Obama Administration, Palestinians | 16 Comments

Editor’s Note: Steve Clemons’ blog is The Washington Note; read more about Steve below.
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Peter Berkowitz’s essay in the latest issue of the Weekly Standard provides good insight into what I think is the strategic irresponsibility of those in Israel’s leadership who think that they can hold steady on a course that justifies failure on an [...]

Secretary Clinton and Envoy Mitchell Confer on Middle East »

By SusanUnPC on Feb 4, 2009 in Current Affairs, Gaza, George Mitchell, Hamas, Israel, Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, State Department, State Department Press Briefings | 7 Comments

First things first: Lest there be any confusion among New York Times reporters, here is what Hillary Clinton says at the conclusion of the press conference: “We are going to report to the President in the next day.” “We,” not “he.” (The full text is below the fold.)
Here is Reuters’ video [...]

[Video & Newspaper Updates] Breaking: “In first televised interview as president, Obama speaks with Al-Arabiya” »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 26, 2009 in Current Affairs, Gaza, George Mitchell, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Middle East, Palestinians, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | 137 Comments

VIDEO OF INTERVIEW in White House:
Obama’s first interview as president
(Al-Arabiya TV exclusive)
Hisham Melhem (our bureau chief here in the DC office)conducted this exclusive interview with president Barack Obama.

(I like what he says at the beginning of part 2, about the “bankrupt” ideas of Al Qaeda.)
Jake Tapper has the lead print story on-line, and CNN’s Anderson [...]

An inevitable outcome in Gaza »

By Patrick L. Lang on Jan 19, 2009 in Egypt, Gaza, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Palestinians | 41 Comments

(bumped up by Susan)
 
“Hamas officials were set to hold talks in Cairo with Egyptian mediators to hear the Israeli response to proposals put forward by the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has offered a one-year, renewable truce on condition that all Israeli forces leave Gaza within a week and that all the [...]

Sir Gerald Kaufman on Gaza »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 18, 2009 in Gaza, Israel, Palestinians | 62 Comments

UPDATE: This is not a personal indictment of anyone or any nation. It is information. Take it in, approve it, reject it. That is up to you alone. A reader found the YouTube. We viewed it and decided it was important. Just as we found and posted several stories about attacks throughout Europe and Asia [...]

Rashid Khalidi. Now where have I heard that name before? »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 17, 2009 in Current Affairs, Gaza, Israel | 12 Comments

Maybe here? And here? And here? And here? And here? And in dozens and dozens more stories here at No Quarter, where we provided 24/7 political coverage throughout the primaries and general election, focusing appropriate and highly-detailed attention on Barack Obama’s longtime relationships with radicals like Rashid Khalidi. The two men were (are?) close [...]

PBS’s WorldFocus on Gaza & Use of Phosphorus »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 16, 2009 in Gaza, Israel, Pakistan | 29 Comments

I realize that the U.S. Air landing in the Hudson was a miracle and required great thinking by the crew, heroism by crew, passengers and rescuers, and extensive prior training to save all lives. But I was also disgusted that the cable news outlets blacked out all other news stories today. And let’s face [...]

Real soldiers do not target children »

By Patrick L. Lang on Jan 15, 2009 in Gaza, Israel | 72 Comments

If the BBC is to be believed, IDF soldiers are deliberately shooting women and children in Gaza.  Their TV reporting from the scene today interviewed doctors in hospitals who asked the obvious rhetorical question as to why they have children patients with multiple small arms wounds.  One child had two bullets in the head.  In the [...]

“Gaza Burning” - Worldwide Impact »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 14, 2009 in Gaza, Israel, Media | 43 Comments

France is under seige, with numerous fire bombings of synagogues. A Jewish student group has reported “55 anti-Semitic attacks in France since Gaza attack,” according to Pakistan Dawn. Reuters reports that “faith leaders” across France from “Jewish, Muslim and Roman Catholic faiths,” have met with President Nicolas Sarkozy to issue a plea for calm.
Mohamed Moussaoui, [...]

Fire, Water, Wind, and Old Men »

By Pat Racimora on Jan 12, 2009 in Gaza, Hamas, Israel | 49 Comments

“The most frightening dangers come from four sources: fire, water, wind, and old men.”
So goes the ancient Chinese saying, reminding us that decisions leaders make—most of them by old men—often endanger the innocents no matter which side or who started the fight.
Bernard-Henri Levy’s striking essay, Liberate the Palestinians from Hamas , seeks to [...]

A Matter of Degrees »

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 12, 2009 in Anti-Semitism, Chicago, Current Affairs, Gaza, Germany, Hamas, Hate Speech, Israel, Jews, Muslim | 39 Comments

No matter where you fall on the Israel/Gaza issue, and I know people have strong feelings on both sides, two events this past weekend are disturbing. They are disturbing because we have been down this road before. And this is a road down which we never want to go again, not Israel, not [...]

Classic NQ: Oh, How We Loved Driving Obots Into a Frenzy with Our Anti-Idolatrous Writing at NoQuarter »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 10, 2009 in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Israel, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. | 67 Comments

Susan’s Preface: Reverend Amy remembered this story by me from the primaries. She FORCED ME to post it since we’re trying to remind our readers, new and old, of some of the reasons why we might be worthy of an award for political commentary. So, embarrassed as I am to be flaunting my stuff, [...]

[UPDATE: New VIDEO Today] Over 315 280 Palestinians Dead * The latest video reports from Gaza, and a somewhat confrontational interview with an Israeli ambassador »

By SusanUnPC on Dec 29, 2008 in Current Affairs, Gaza, Israel | 21 Comments

Another Monday morning update: The death toll now is over 315 Palestinians.
Israel pounds Gaza for a third consecutive day
29 Dec 08 (accompanying text below)

Israeli jets are again bombing targets in the Gaza Strip. The air assualt is now into a third day. Warships have also been involved in the attacks, shelling the area around [...]

(Update) Obama, Nigeria and More Questionable Money »

By NancyA on Sep 8, 2008 in ACORN, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Federal Elections Commission, Gaza, Obama | 86 Comments

The BBC reported 5 days ago about money that was destined for Obama here in the United States. Guess where it was coming from? Nigeria. What part of illegal donations don’t our overseas friends understand? Or for the matter doesn’t Obama realize he can’t take overseas donations? We do know Obama doesn’t understand federal election [...]

Obama’s top defense adviser on Jews, and Rev. Wright’s Support of Hamas »

By SusanUnPC on Mar 25, 2008 in Barack Obama, Gaza, Israel | 69 Comments

Gen. Tony McPeak, Obama’s top military adviser, was interviewed by a newspaper about the Israeli/Palestinian peace process:
The interviewer asked McPeak: “So where’s the problem? State? White House?”
McPeak replied: “New York City. Miami. We have a large vote — vote, here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it.”
Translation (as if it’s [...]

Gaza & Egypt, NYC Theater, Afghan Blogger + OPEN Thread »

By SusanUnPC on Jan 26, 2008 in Afghanistan, Current Affairs, Gaza, New Yorker | 96 Comments

New report just in at the NYT today: “Tensions Grow at Egypt-Gaza Border: “Traffic over the border in Rafah remained heavy on Saturday, but Egyptians reported shortages of supplies and a growing fatigue with the Palestinian influx.”
An American woman — Sidney Misal, 49, “working for a nongovernmental organization, the Asian Rural Life Development Foundation” — [...]