August 30, 2002

Ha’aretz has an interview with Michael Oren about his book, the writing process and his feeling about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Arab News is right, he's a Zionist! 8:49:04 PM

As part of the agreement adverting a possible baseball strike, the Expos will be around for a few more years at least, but not necessary in Montreal. 8:39:10 PM

Honest Reporting pointed out an interview of David Bedein of the Jerusalem-based Israel Resource News Agency, in Reform Judaism Online on why the Palestinians are winning the media war. I don’t actually think they are, suicide bombing are a tough image to whitewash, but the Israeli government definitely needs to examine what it is doing to get its message across. 8:29:45 PM

Stefan Sharkansky examines the comedian Ray Hanania whom Jackie Mason refused to share a stage with. He is actually a opinion columnist writing reality distorting columns that include blaming Israel for the rise of Hamas and saying that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon supports their attacks as it helps him stay in power. (via Instapundit)  The only joke is the one Ray Hanania is now playing on the media. UPDATE (Nov 12/02): If you are coming from Ray Hanania's site, please look around this site and ask yourself this: - Is anything in the above post false? I linked to what Hanaia wrote, if you think I'm putting words into him mouth concerning the rise of Hamas and how Sharon supports them and their attacks, tell me, with detailed notes from his work of course. - The bit about the joke is in response to the fact that no articles I read mentioned his opinion writing, they just called him a new comedian. Not mentioning his views is a joke. - Is there any hate here? There are no blood libels, no calls to kill an entire people, no calling people pigs and apes, no calls to destroy an entire state, except those I draw attention to as examines of hate that promotes violence against a people and poison the atmosphere needed to achieve peace. For example Egypt is doing a rather poor job of selling the idea of peace to Israelis by producing TV series based on a book, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion which was top read material for Nazis. - By the way, I was surprised that I hadn't explicitly stated in any posts that I support a Palestinian state. That was an oversight. I do, but it must came about through peaceful means and not by violence and demands such as a "right of return" that would destroy Israel must be dropped. 8:26:21 PM