National Geographic’s Whitewashing of Hamas and the Gaza Tunnels
One usually turns to National Geographic to look at the world and marvel at the planet. It covers issues critical to human and animal survival. I love National Geographic and so do my…
Security on the Ground: A Perspectives Tour
What does security look like on the ground and up close? It is far more intricately woven and much more nuanced than what mass media could possibly convey, or is willing to convey….
Responses to Some Dumb Stuff on Facebook
Guest post by Eden Banarie CK has been trying to get me to write for Jewlicious since, I don’t know, 2008. But I guess it took a perfect storm of conditions – coincidentally…
Rap Against Rockets: Benefit for the Residents of Southern Israel
The residents of Southern Israel and Sderot haven’t had a moment of peace thanks to the hundreds of rockets launched by terrorists in Gaza. Jewlicious is partnering with a group of Israeli rappers…
A Carefully Calibrated Attack
Cross posted from the New York Times Room for Debate where the question asked was How Can Targeted Killings Be Justified? Also participating in the debate were Law professor and author Alan Dershowitz,…
Cal. Assembly: Combat Anti-Semitic Activity on Campus
Support for terrorism, hate speech, and blatant anti-Semitism on California college campuses is an issue that we have covered extensively here at Jewlicious over the last few years. The California Assembly has now…
To Assassinate or Not to Assassinate?
Less than 24 hours ago, Hamas senior operative Kamal Ranaja was found assassinated in his home in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Hussein Murtada, director of Iran’s al-Alam TV station, says the armed group…
Latest Flotilla Intercepted by IDF. Yawn.
Last Friday, the IDF boarded two boats attempting to run Israel’s maritime blockade on Gaza. One boat was Canadian and the other Irish and they carried 27 pro-Palestinian activists, journalists and crew members….
No, don’t help Abbas and the PA with prisoner releases
There’s a little bit of fear-mongering going on right now by some parties that want Israel to release Fatah prisoners to make Mahmoud Abbas look good. The IDF, for example, has expressed to…
Gilad Shalit’s Ugly Hamas Shirt…
…is a fucking fashion sensation in Gaza That’s right. Available in four colors, including the classic black worn by Shalit, the shirts are flying off the shelf in Gaza. Selling at 50 shekels…
Gilad Shalit is Coming Home: The Joy and the Agony
1024 Palestinian detainees are set to be released in the near future and Gilad Shalit is coming home in a deal brokered between Israel, Hamas and Egypt. Last night in Jerusalem, at the…
Flotilla victory?
Amid this conclusion, the pessimist in me cannot help but ask if the flotilla organizers and their well-funded backers lost a pawn in exchange for a rook, if they took a step back while preparing to take two steps forward.
Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Activist: Why I am not sailing aboard the Dutch ship after all
Hasna El Maroudi, 26, Dutch pro-Palestinian activist/journalist of Moroccan descent, had planned to join other activists aboard a Dutch ship to Gaza. She changed her mind after having to deal with the sponsoring…
The Color Usurple – Alice Walker Weaves a False Tale
Alice Walker, a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and author of “The Color Purple,” was reached by Foreign Policy magazine from her hotel in Greece, as she prepares to board a flotilla (or faux-tilla…
What happens next in the Middle East? Dr. Walid Phares speaks
Interview with Middle East expert Dr. Walid Phares by David Bratslavsky I was recently in Washington D.C. and had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Walid Phares. He is an American scholar born…
Richard Goldstone Reconsiders the Goldstone Report
Shocker! Well, no. Not really. Almost a year ago I stated in a comment that “based on some of his comments thus far, I don’t believe we’ve heard Goldstone’s final word on the…
YouTube Shuts Down Palestinian Media Watch
How can you show hate without being accused of spreading hate? YouTube has closed down PMW’s main video account – PALWATCH – for “violating YouTube terms of use”, by supposedly propagating hate speech….
The War With the Palestinians Enters a New Phase
In the Guardian, an important British paper, Saeb Erakat has published an essay making it absolutely clear that the Palestinians have no intention of giving up on their intention to have any and…
Time to End the Palestinian Authority’s Sham and Release Gilad Shalit in the Process
Israel has been facing a problem for some years now because of a fiction. The invention of the “moderate Palestinian leadership” began upon Arafat’s death when it was announced by the media that…
The Palestinians make it clear: No deal
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that under no circumstances would the PA sign an agreement with Israel which required the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state or a land swap….
ICT Day 2: 1st Morning Plenary Session
Hi everyone, so, due to technically difficulties, these summaries are being uploaded a bit late. However, tomorrow, I promise to upload them in a timelier manner. This Morning’s First Plenary Session featured speakers:…
ICT Talking Heads Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff
Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff. The speakers are: Prof. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense (1983 – 1984) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988 – 1990); Lt….
Hamas Cracks Down on Panties
We’ve already written about the women of Palestine’s proclivity for provocative panties. While that post did raise the ire of some, I enjoyed writing it because it provided insight into some of the…
4 Years in Captivity
Friday marked the four-year anniversary of the kidnapping/capture of Gilad Schalit by Hamas, the terrorist organization which controls the Gaza Strip. In Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post, the Schalit family, and 10,000…
No Laughing Matter: Unrestricted Naval Trade with Hamas?
So imagine Hamas as poofy Englishmen… And the viral video PR onslaught against the Fauxtilla continues. I have no idea who exactly is behind this video and their Web site provides scant details…
Desperately Needed Fauxtilla Humanitarian Aid blocked by Hamas
Uhm… Aren’t people starving in Gaza? How can the people managing The World’s Most Desperate Human Rights Disaster ™ deny their people the desperately needed humanitarian aid they so badly need? CNN reports…
