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Israel’s sixty-first

Posted on April 29, 2009 | Comments Off on Israel’s sixty-first

Our Memorial Day stands, rather lonesome, a few months before our Independence Day. By contrast, Israel’s two such days come back to back. Their Remembrance Day was Monday, their Independence Day, the sixty-first, was Tuesday. I also like the way even their most senior IDF officers eschew the "chest candy" that ours wear. War, whatever lies the foreign news media like to tell, is not celebrated there. Even their national anthem has none of our rocket’s red glare. Treppenwitz explains it all rather better than I could.

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Israel: land of Odin and Thor

Posted on January 6, 2009 | Comments Off on Israel: land of Odin and Thor

David Bogner has a discerning eye for the detail behind the facade, and here he  finds the inherent bias in Sky News’ presentation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict readily apparent for all to see.

MORE: To paraphrase one of David’s commenters, any decent person would feel comfortable in the presence of any armed member of the IDF. Even a child would feel safe. Decidedly not the case with any Arab Palestinian with an AK-47.

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Wisdom for Mr. Boy

Posted on November 7, 2008 | Comments Off on Wisdom for Mr. Boy

"…let your children overhear you saying complimentary things about them to other adults,"  is a bit of wisdom I’ve decided to try that comes from Treppenwitz in Israel, in an essay worth a read for the other good ideas as well.

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Carry-out

Posted on June 23, 2008 | Comments Off on Carry-out

Ever wonder where the Palestinians, Lebanese, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc., and the other rage boys get the flags they burn in their so-called spontaneous demos? Well, look no further than right here for the explanation. Just another of terrorism’s commercial opportunities.

Via Treppenwitz

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Pvt. Sidney William Watts, R.I.P.

Posted on October 21, 2007 | Comments Off on Pvt. Sidney William Watts, R.I.P.

David Bogner’s touching tale about a British light infantryman who died, in what is now Israel, in 1917.

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Help the IDF

Posted on September 23, 2007 | Comments Off on Help the IDF

Help restore a vandalized snack shack for IDF soldiers. Helps if you have a PayPal account, but it can be established with a credit card number. Good photos of the young soldier patrons are at the link.

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Bluebonnets in Israel

Posted on June 26, 2007 | Comments Off on Bluebonnets in Israel

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Turmusim, by Treppenwitz in Jerusalem. Just a similar lupine but they sure look the same.

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