Sunday, March 4, 2012

1. AIPAC - the 2012 American Israel Political Action Committee policy conference starts today. President Obama has already addressed the delegates - here is a link to his remarks.

2. The President and Israel - is the President correct when he speaks of his strong support of Israel? Does the record support him? This link - Reminder: Israel Can’t Rely on Obama’s Iran Assurances Because They Don’t Exist « Commentary Magazine - and this video suggest otherwise.

3. On the Topic Of President Obama - Professor Barry Rubin thinks he should apologize for burning American credibility. Also see - Obama: Apology for Koran Burning “Calmed Things Down” « Commentary Magazine

4. Meanwhile In Canada - Prime Minister Netanyahu is stopping in Canada on his way to AIPAC. Some reactions:

5. The United Nations Human Rights Council - Again... - Outrage: UN rights council readies resolution praising Qaddafi regime’s human rights record at View from Geneva and

6. Andrew Breitbart - conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart died last week of natural causes at the unnaturally young age of 43. Remembering the Late Andrew Breitbart, Media Entrepreneur Formerly of the Drudge Report – Tablet Magazine

7. Those Critical Of Israel From Afar - might well wonder how they would act and what they would do if they had to always allow for something like this - At Habima Theater, all the parking lot's a bomb shelter The Times of Israel - and to be clear - I'm not saying that someone cannot take issue with things Israel does the same way that one might criticize other countries - I'm saying (as I have said a fair amount recently) that it's easy to talk big when you are thousands of miles away.

8. The Menace Of Building Houses - 336 Homes Supposedly Threaten World Peace

9. Harvard - I suppose this is academic freedom - Trying to give respectability to the one-state solution at Harvard Richard L. Cravatts Ops & Blogs The Times of Israel, Laundering anti-Semitism at Harvard - JPost - Opinion - Op-Eds and What Rules Should Harvard Have? Opinion The Harvard Crimson.

10. An Ambassador Of Another Type - Casspi not cavalier about role as 'Israeli ambassador' in US The Times of Israel

11. It Takes A Jewish Woman - In the face of desperate Zimbabwe poverty, a Jewish woman provides hope The Times of Israel

12. The EU Criticizes Israel - EU criticizes Israel over Ramallah TV station raids The Times of Israel - they say that Israel has violated the Oslo Accords in so doing - not that 2 wrongs make a right, but also not a word whenever the PA does such a thing - which it tends to do with rather more incitement (antisemitism in the education system and media) and violence (suicide attacks, etc.). And in a sidebar, here's the great Victor Davis Hanson on the EU - Works and Days » Europe in the Rearview Mirror

13. And This Is What You Get On PA TV Anyway - Sbarro terrorist gets TV show - Israel News, Ynetnews

14. Syria - Michael Totten » An Israeli Embeds with the Free Syrian Army, Why some Syrians have stuck with Assad The Times of Israel, Rubin Reports » Some Real Heroes: Syria’s Humanitarian Martyrs and Russia, China join U.N. council in Syria rebuke Reuters

15. Iran - Wishing upon Iran, Iran's Ahmadinejad, reviled abroad, fades at home Reuters

16. Back To Basics - in more ways than one - A Soldier Connects to His Jewish Roots During Basic Training – Tablet Magazine

17. Snow in Israel - I would be willing to bet that most people in the West think of Israel as some sort of desert-like country like Kuwait (which is slightly smaller than Israel). I wonder what they'd say if you told them of the tremendous geographic differences in Israel, and that it even snows there sometimes - Winter wonderland Laura Ben-David Ops & Blogs The Times of Israel. Maybe some of their other perceptions of Israel are incorrect as well......

18. These videos are really cool - I am too old, and I wouldn't want my kids to do this - but....