Birthright Israel continues its tear as the world’s leading purveyor of clever Jewish viral videos: Hat tip: Jewish Robot UPDATE: I should add that the Israeli MASA program is giving Birthright Israel a run for its money in this department.
Here’s the portion of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Durban II speech that caused dozens of Western diplomats to walk out of a session yesterday at the U.N. racism conference: The U.N. has since said that Ahmadinejad’s address would have been even more inflammatory; he apparently left out a previously planned reference to Holocaust denial that…
After the invitation for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, to speak at next week’s “Stop Iran” rally in New York was rescinded, the blame game began. The Republican Jewish Coalition joined with the McCain campaign to blame Democratic partisanship for Palin’s removal, which they say hands victory to Iranian President Mahmoud…
JTA reports: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel a “filthy germ” and a “savage beast.” Speaking of Hezbollah terrorist chief Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated last week, Ahmadinejad said Israel was behind the death of this “righteous man.” “The West created a dark and filthy germ known as the Zionist regime, which has attacked the…
Today’s Daily News appropriates the New York Post’s epithet of choice. Unlike its archrival, however, the Daily News reserves the w-word for our actual enemies. (Admittedly, the Post’s usage was much funnier.)
Ha’aretz’s man in America, Shmuel Rosner, thinks that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia University was a win for the Iranian president and a clear loss for Israel. He explains that Ahmadinejad’s speech, and the accompanying controversy, helped to underscore his message, namely, as Rosner puts it, “It is not Iran versus the world, but Iran…
Mitt Romney kicked it off by urging the UN to revoke the Iranian president’s invitation to the General Assembly, and now Hillary Clinton’s office has a statement objecting the the already-defunct visit to Ground Zero.
Bintel Blog reader James Holstun objects to an earlier post of mine in which I quoted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as having called for Israel to be “wiped off the map.” Holstun writes: I know that this is a widespread accusation — it’s on THE WEB, after all, so it must be true! But people…
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