Comments on: Beloved Israel http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: The American front of the war against Israel « Bookworm Room http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40925 The American front of the war against Israel « Bookworm Room Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:05:23 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40925 [...] the American press viewed the Six Day War at the time it actually took place.  I urge you to read that post, as well as part II and part III, since they are eye openers when compared with modern coverage of [...] [...] the American press viewed the Six Day War at the time it actually took place.  I urge you to read that post, as well as part II and part III, since they are eye openers when compared with modern coverage of [...]

]]> By: Bookworm http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40915 Bookworm Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:01:26 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40915 All conclusions, no facts, in #7. Pretty much par for the course on that side of the intellectual divide. Sorry for being snide, but there's just no reasoned response available to a message such as that. To those just checking out this post, if you're interested in actual facts, I recommend reading "<a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/media/pdf/BigLies.pdf" rel="nofollow">Big Lies : Demolishing the Myths of the Propaganda War Against Israel</a>," a document heavily filled with actual facts, rather than mere accusations. All conclusions, no facts, in #7. Pretty much par for the course on that side of the intellectual divide. Sorry for being snide, but there’s just no reasoned response available to a message such as that.

To those just checking out this post, if you’re interested in actual facts, I recommend reading “Big Lies : Demolishing the Myths of the Propaganda War Against Israel,” a document heavily filled with actual facts, rather than mere accusations.

]]> By: AIPAC BAARF http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40910 AIPAC BAARF Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:04:10 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-40910 I was going through my UN Resolution Violation charts the other day and I couldnt help but notice that Israel has DEFIED INTERNATIONAL LAW since at least 1948. Israel blocks borders (international crime), Deport and exile Palestinians from their land and homes. Steal Palestinian land. Kill Palestinians etc... Lets not forget all the Israeli false flag ops, the strangle-hold they have on a corrupt (Israeli backed) Palestinian government and the imprisoned, exiled or assasinated Palestinian leaders/intellectuals. Israel wants to steal land - FINAL. They want all the land... I was going through my UN Resolution Violation charts the other day and I couldnt help but notice that Israel has DEFIED INTERNATIONAL LAW since at least 1948. Israel blocks borders (international crime), Deport and exile Palestinians from their land and homes. Steal Palestinian land. Kill Palestinians etc… Lets not forget all the Israeli false flag ops, the strangle-hold they have on a corrupt (Israeli backed) Palestinian government and the imprisoned, exiled or assasinated Palestinian leaders/intellectuals. Israel wants to steal land – FINAL. They want all the land…

]]> By: Jack’s Newswatch http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9369 Jack’s Newswatch Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:06:40 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9369 [...] When my mother was going through her stuff, she came upon a 1967 issue of Life magazine entitled “Israel’s Swift Victory.” It’s a 100 page special edition, so I won’t attempt to retype all of it here. I’ll just cherry-pick my way through those bits of coverage I found most striking. What makes the magazine so distinct from today’s coverage is the tone. The Life editors admired Israel tremendously for standing up to the overwhelming odds the Arab nations presented, and triumphing. The very first page identifies Israel as a beleaguered haven for refugees, surrounded by an ocean of hostile Arab nations: The state of Israel, no bigger than Massachusetts, was established in 1948 in Palestine as a haven for the war-ravaged Jewish communities of Europe. Bitter fighting attended her birth and fixed her boundaries against the surrounding phalanx of hostile Arab states: Jordan cut into her narrow wasp waist and through the holy city of Jerusalem; Egypt along her western desert flank was entrenched in the coastal strip of Gaza. At Israel’s southern tip is the strategic port of Elath, against which Egypt made the play that brought on th war and unhinged the entire Middle East. [...] [...] When my mother was going through her stuff, she came upon a 1967 issue of Life magazine entitled “Israel’s Swift Victory.” It’s a 100 page special edition, so I won’t attempt to retype all of it here. I’ll just cherry-pick my way through those bits of coverage I found most striking. What makes the magazine so distinct from today’s coverage is the tone. The Life editors admired Israel tremendously for standing up to the overwhelming odds the Arab nations presented, and triumphing. The very first page identifies Israel as a beleaguered haven for refugees, surrounded by an ocean of hostile Arab nations: The state of Israel, no bigger than Massachusetts, was established in 1948 in Palestine as a haven for the war-ravaged Jewish communities of Europe. Bitter fighting attended her birth and fixed her boundaries against the surrounding phalanx of hostile Arab states: Jordan cut into her narrow wasp waist and through the holy city of Jerusalem; Egypt along her western desert flank was entrenched in the coastal strip of Gaza. At Israel’s southern tip is the strategic port of Elath, against which Egypt made the play that brought on th war and unhinged the entire Middle East. [...]

]]> By: Jack http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9367 Jack Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:54:10 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9367 I remember that special edition and I sometimes refer to the pictures I saw in it "way back when". Miles and miles of abandoned Egyptian tanks, later same thing for back packs and rifles, then came the helmets and finally the sandals. If possible a scan of the pictures would be much appreciated. I can use them to make a number of points. Take care. I remember that special edition and I sometimes refer to the pictures I saw in it “way back when”. Miles and miles of abandoned Egyptian tanks, later same thing for back packs and rifles, then came the helmets and finally the sandals.

If possible a scan of the pictures would be much appreciated. I can use them to make a number of points.

Take care.

]]> By: A treasure-trove of war news from almost 40 years ago « Bookworm Room http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9322 A treasure-trove of war news from almost 40 years ago « Bookworm Room Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:31:26 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9322 [...] My Mom was quite the packrat.  In addition to the Life magazine that I quoted from in the two previous posts (here and here), which was published at the end of the War, my Mom also saved the June 16, 1967 edition of Life magazine, which was written within days of the War’s abrupt beginning and swift end.  The news reports are pretty much the same as in the commemorative edition (sometimes verbatim), but there’s still something new and surprising, making it an enlightening glimpse at a different era of reporting.  How’s this for unimaginable rhetoric, which appears in the magazine’s opening editorial? The tremendous discrepancy between the competence of Israeli and Arab armies is the most obvious fact from which to start [in searching for meaning about the War].  The Israelis are very patriotic, brave and skillful soldiers, brilliantly led.  But that only gives half an explanation of their huge — and mounting — military superiority.  The other half may yield to an impolite but unavoidable question:  what is the matter with the Arab armies?  Was there ever a people so bellicose in politics, so reckless and raucous in hostility — and then so unpugnacious in pitched combat — as Nasser’s Egyptians? [...] [...] My Mom was quite the packrat.  In addition to the Life magazine that I quoted from in the two previous posts (here and here), which was published at the end of the War, my Mom also saved the June 16, 1967 edition of Life magazine, which was written within days of the War’s abrupt beginning and swift end.  The news reports are pretty much the same as in the commemorative edition (sometimes verbatim), but there’s still something new and surprising, making it an enlightening glimpse at a different era of reporting.  How’s this for unimaginable rhetoric, which appears in the magazine’s opening editorial? The tremendous discrepancy between the competence of Israeli and Arab armies is the most obvious fact from which to start [in searching for meaning about the War].  The Israelis are very patriotic, brave and skillful soldiers, brilliantly led.  But that only gives half an explanation of their huge — and mounting — military superiority.  The other half may yield to an impolite but unavoidable question:  what is the matter with the Arab armies?  Was there ever a people so bellicose in politics, so reckless and raucous in hostility — and then so unpugnacious in pitched combat — as Nasser’s Egyptians? [...]

]]> By: Webloggin - Blog Archive » More on How the Press Covered Israel a Mere 40 Years Ago http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9309 Webloggin - Blog Archive » More on How the Press Covered Israel a Mere 40 Years Ago Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:12:08 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9309 [...] More on How the Press Covered Israel a Mere 40 Years Ago By Bookworm at Bookworm RoomAugust 28, 2006 at 5:12 pm in Feature Article, Media Watch, Israel I’m still going through my 1967 Life magazine special edition about the 1967 war, and would like to highlight two more articles within the magazine, one about the refugee situation, one about Russia’s involvement in events. [...] [...] More on How the Press Covered Israel a Mere 40 Years Ago By Bookworm at Bookworm RoomAugust 28, 2006 at 5:12 pm in Feature Article, Media Watch, Israel I’m still going through my 1967 Life magazine special edition about the 1967 war, and would like to highlight two more articles within the magazine, one about the refugee situation, one about Russia’s involvement in events. [...]

]]> By: More on how the press covered Israel a mere 40 years ago « Bookworm Room http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9304 More on how the press covered Israel a mere 40 years ago « Bookworm Room Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:53:17 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9304 [...] I’m still going through my 1967 Life magazine special edition about the 1967 war, and would like to highlight two more articles within the magazine, one about the refugee situation, one about Russia’s involvement in events. [...] [...] I’m still going through my 1967 Life magazine special edition about the 1967 war, and would like to highlight two more articles within the magazine, one about the refugee situation, one about Russia’s involvement in events. [...]

]]> By: mamapajamas http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9301 mamapajamas Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:07:12 +0000 https://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2006/08/28/beloved-israel/#comment-9301 Searching back into my own memory, I can recall news film of destroyed school buses that had been shot from the Golan Heights by Yassir Arafat's PLO, hiding behind the skirts of the women and children of the Palestinian refugees. I can remember seeing photos of young Israeli moms shopping, sometimes holding children's hands, but always with Uzis slung over their shoulders, specifically because of attacks coming from the Arab world, mostly from the PLO. I can recall a period when there was absolutly NO crime in Israel because the general population was always armed to the teeth, and a mugging or common burglary would have been an act of suicide. Am I the only person on Earth who remembers all this? Why do so many people, especially in the MSM, have a memory span that seems to go back only about two weeks? Searching back into my own memory, I can recall news film of destroyed school buses that had been shot from the Golan Heights by Yassir Arafat’s PLO, hiding behind the skirts of the women and children of the Palestinian refugees. I can remember seeing photos of young Israeli moms shopping, sometimes holding children’s hands, but always with Uzis slung over their shoulders, specifically because of attacks coming from the Arab world, mostly from the PLO. I can recall a period when there was absolutly NO crime in Israel because the general population was always armed to the teeth, and a mugging or common burglary would have been an act of suicide.

Am I the only person on Earth who remembers all this? Why do so many people, especially in the MSM, have a memory span that seems to go back only about two weeks?

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