Hezbollah loses (for now)
Tony Badran has a complete roundup of the results of the Lebanese election. It features of names that I’m unfamiliar with, but will be of interest with those who have a detailed knowledge of Lebanese...
View ArticleThe morning after the morning after three years later
Snoopy noted a Bradley Burston column in the wake of Israel’s war with Hezbollah in 2006 in which Burston wrote (the link to Ha’aretz has expired):When this war is over and Israel’s troops are gone...
View ArticleIran plane crash cause: Exploding bomb parts
The plane that crashed in Iran two weeks ago that killed everyone on board crashed because it was carrying arms to Hezbollah.According to the sources, the aircraft was carrying a large number of modern...
View ArticleThursday SNB
Oh, so THAT’s why HRW released a report about Hamas: So they could accuse Israel of more war crimes. I was thinking it was more to do with being caught trying to bash Israel to the Saudis so they could...
View ArticleWhen smuggling arms is political
There’s an interesting tidbit in a report of the indictment of Lebanese men for smuggling arms to Hezbollah.Harb, Moussa Ali Hamdan of Brooklyn and Hasan Antar Karaki of Beirut were also charged with...
View ArticleHezbollah’s next milestone?
Close to a year and a half ago, Meryl observed a news report that despite Security Council resolution 1701, Hezbollah was three times as strong as it had been during its war against Israel in 2006...
View ArticleWednesday snarkers
Mad Mahmoud is laughing at Obama: He’s not just insulting him, he’s taunting him. Iran isn’t afraid of sanctions. (Probably because there aren’t any and won’t be anytime soon.) Wow, that outstretched...
View ArticleThe anti-Israel media double standard
A few days ago, Israel released formerly classified photos that detailed Hezbollah weapons caches and soldiers nestled deeply within southern Lebanese civilian villages and towns. The world media...
View ArticleAround the news, briefly
So, how’s that Syrian outreach going for us? Not good at all. Nope. So, let’s see—the Obama administration outreach to Russia? Zilch. Syria? Zilch. Iran? Zilch. North Korea? Zilch. How’s about the...
View ArticleMideast Media Sampler – 05/27/2013
1) Why didn’t Abbas answer Olmert? Last week Avi Issacharoff reported on a recent interview he had with Ehud Olmert in The Tower. Much of the story was known, but Olmert provided some new specifics...
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