Let’s recall to mind once again, for the sake of the Old Fish Christiane Amanpour and her willing collaborator and host Jon Stewart, doesn’t want anyone to think he has any special feelings for Israel, a few home truths. To wit: 1. Israel did not seek, and did not want, a war with Hamas in […]
AOC spreads hoax about ‘mass grave’ supposedly discovered at a Gaza hospital
And people will believe her because they agree with her politics. “AOC Spreads Hamas ‘Mass Grave’ Hoax to Demonize Israel,” by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, April 24, 2024: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is spreading a hoax about a “mass grave” supposedly discovered at a Gaza hospital where Israeli soldiers had recently been fighting terrorists. AOC […]
Jon Stewart Takes No Notice of the UN’s Double Standard and Anti-Israel Bias
Christiane Amanpour and Jon Stewart want to make sure you understand how terrible Israel really is: “Jon Stewart & Christiane Amanpour Use Daily Show Interview to Muddle Image of Israel,” by Chaim Lax, HonestReporting, April 11, 2024: Near the end of the interview, Stewart questions why the war between Israel and Hamas is “not the […]
Christiane Amanpour and Jon Stewart Ignore Israel’s Efforts to Minimize Civilian Casualties
Christiane Amanpour and Jon Stewart recently had a highly questionable televised tête-a-tête: “Jon Stewart & Christiane Amanpour Use Daily Show Interview to Muddle Image of Israel,” by Chaim Lax, HonestReporting, April 11, 2024: Amanpour credits Al Jazeera with “trying to tell the truth in this waging war,” ignoring the fact that it is a news […]
UN top dog excludes Hamas from conflict-related sexual violence list
Who owns the UN? The Organization of Islamic Cooperation. “UN Secretary-General excludes Hamas from conflict-related sexual violence list,” by Itamar Eichner, Ynet News, April 23, 2024: Despite a damning report that included evidence and testimony from the UN Secretary-General’s representative on sexual violence during conflicts regarding Hamas crimes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres decided not to […]
Old Fish and Jon Stewart Beat Up On Israel
I call Christiane Amanpour an “Old Fish” because that is what alumnae of New Hall, a Catholic girls’ school in Chelmsford, England, call themselves. I know this because several of my relatives attended that school a few years ahead of Amanpour. And that’s exactly what Amanpour, with her special house blend of arrogance and ignorance […]
Fatah Confirms Israeli Claim That Hamas Steals Food Aid
For months, the IDF has been telling the world that the problem in Gaza is not so much the absence of food, but the inability of the aid workers to distribute it to those people it was intended to reach. Instead, said the IDF, armed Hamas operatives steal much of the aid at gunpoint, taking […]
Fatah TV anchor accuses Hamas of killing aid workers, stealing food and water, manufacturing Gaza food crisis
The Palestinian Authority has been tactically distancing itself from Iran, because Iran is a key supporter of Hamas, and the latter is the Palestinian Authority’s foremost rival. The rivalry is becoming more bitter. Awdah TV is run by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement, and a Fatah anchor has now accused Hamas of what Israel has been […]
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Iran?
On April 13, Iran launched more than 170 drones,130 ballistic missiles, and 30 cruise missiles at Israel. 99% of them were either intercepted by Israel and its allies (including ad hoc ally Jordan), or failed at liftoff or while in flight. It was quite a display both of Iranian malevolence, and of impotence. Since then, […]
Canada: Ottawa police investigate ‘hate speech’ at pro-Hamas rally, but what about breach of anti-terrorism law?
The police are reportedly investigating the pro-jihad chants in Ottawa, about which we just reported: “Ottawa police investigating chant on Parliament Hill glorifying Hamas attack,” by Dylan Robertson and Stephanie Taylor, Canadian Press, April 22, 2024: Ottawa police say they are investigating an allegation of hate speech that has emerged from a weekend protest on […]