Thursday, May 9, 2013

Even smart people can be stupid Hawking the hypocrite

Even smart people can be stupid Hawking the hypocrite
Stephen Hawking Reaffirms Support of Israel Boycott - Jonny Paul (Jerusalem Post)
On Wednesday, University of Cambridge physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking reiterated that he pulled out of the fifth President's Conference in Jerusalem because he supports an academic boycott of Israel.
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, director of Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, noted, "His whole computer-based communication system runs on a chip designed by Israel's Intel team."

Important Northbrook lecture on America and Israel June 7

Please join me at this important community event and
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Richard's passionate commitment to Israel.

The Richard G. Schoenstadt Memorial Lecture
Israel, America, and the World

Featuring

John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine, columnist for the New York Post, former presidential speechwriter, and author of best-selling books on political analysis.

William Kristol, political analyst and commentator, founder and editor of The Weekly Standard and a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel

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Sunday, June 9, 2013
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John Podhoretz Bill Kristol

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Successful Israeli strike on Syrian chemical weapons

WJD
Successful Israeli strike on Syrian chemical weapons
Saturday's Israeli air strikes on Damascus was far more than an attack on weapons being sent to Hezbollah, American officials said on Monday. It was a direct assault on Syria's entire chemical weapons arsenal - and it succeeded.

The strikes hit multiple targets in the early morning hours on Saturday, but YNet reports that the primary target was "a military research center that American officials have called the country’s main chemical weapons facility."

It is possible that this was the source of the single massive explosion that lit the night sky over Damascus for hours. Video of the explosion has gone viral on the Internet.

Should this report prove accurate, it would mean a major shift in Israeli tactics. With its "red line" on the transfer of chemical weapons already violated, Israel appears to have decided on a policy of absolute preemption.

It is not only determined to prevent the transfer of chemical weapons, but to completely eliminate the Syrian regime's chemical weapons arsenal. This implies a much larger military operation, and one that may continue for some time.

Hamas schooling -kill Israelis

Hamas Schools Teaching Children How to Kill Israelis–with Real Guns Commentary blog

Evelyn Gordon | @evelyng1234

05.01.2013 - 2:00 PM

Having complained frequently about the media’s failure to report anything that might detract from their preferred narrative of Israel-as-villain, I’m delighted to discover that one British paper is bucking this trend. The Telegraph ran two articles this week describing the miserable situation in Hamas-run Gaza. And as reporter Phoebe Greenwood makes clear, the culprit isn’t Israel, but the elected Hamas government.
The first describes how Hamas has introduced military training into the curriculum of Gaza high schools–after having previously excised sports from said curriculum on the grounds that there wasn’t time for it. The mandatory weekly classes include learning how to shoot a Kalashnikov rifle; students who so choose can learn more advanced skills, like throwing grenades, at optional two-week camps. The article also includes video footage of Hamas militants demonstrating their skills for the students on a school playground: They carry out a mock raid on an Israel Defense Forces outpost, killing one soldier and capturing another, then demolish the outpost with a rocket-propelled grenade.