tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54960352012-02-16T02:52:06.579-05:00Cutting straight to the pointMeryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-26193520918333986422009-04-12T22:58:00.000-04:002009-04-12T22:59:34.054-04:00

Everyone head over to Yourish.com. It's back.

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-68918385305622601362009-04-12T11:08:00.004-04:002009-04-12T11:13:04.326-04:00

I don't know how much credit to give this story, but it has a few pretty funny moments at the end.Egypt has been waiting to put Hamas in its place for almost a year and a half. Ever since the organization controlling the Gaza Strip broke through the Rafah crossing, a series of issues in which Hamas refused to compromise were left without a harsh response – but now, according to a senior

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-48002056240413478682009-04-11T08:53:00.003-04:002009-04-12T11:04:03.529-04:00

Egypt arrested a cell of terrorists that were smuggling weapons into and out of Gaza. Hassan Nasrallah has admitted his men were part of the ring, and accused Egypt of supporting the Israeli side by not allowing his men to freely smuggle weapons into Gaza. Egypt is not very pleased with the goings-on, because the cell was also taking aim at the Egyptian government--a charge that Nasrallah, of

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-60444447746958289242009-04-10T11:30:00.004-04:002009-04-11T08:42:16.821-04:00

I knew the Palestinians claimed a lot of things, but I didn't know that the Palestinians claim the Dead Sea Scrolls as their own, simply by reason of the place in which they were discovered.But the "moderate" prime minister of the Palestinians is protesting a Canadian museum's display of the scrolls.Beginning in June, the ROM will host a six-month exhibit of the famed Dead Sea Scrolls, organized

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-89009412981654169152009-04-09T10:30:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:38:00.422-04:00

A video to be watched, and shared.I don't care who's sponsoring this site. They're right.

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-41285151098501900382009-04-08T19:00:00.000-04:002009-04-08T19:00:01.416-04:00

Even as Danny Zamir protests, IDF reservists who served in Operation Cast Lead are asking Israeli's attorney general to investigate Ha'aretz for publishing the accounts of supposed "war crimes" without adequately checking their veracity.The letter, signed by 65 reservists who served in Operation Cast Lead, sent the letter to Mazuz on Monday and asked that he launch an investigation against

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-55472926046971862652009-04-08T18:00:00.000-04:002009-04-08T18:00:01.345-04:00

Have a happy and kosher Pesach, my friends.

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-72324940225022222142009-04-08T09:30:00.000-04:002009-04-08T09:52:34.598-04:00

Talk to Hamas? Why? Because they'll eventually moderate, learn to live with Israel in a Palestinian state, side by side in peace and equality?No, they won't. They keep saying so. The world keeps ignoring it when they do.Dr. Ismail Radwan, a senior political leader of Hamas, stated that Hamas will not deal with or be part of any government which recognizes the occupation, and will not accept the

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-55720125179745954352009-04-08T03:43:00.001-04:002009-04-08T03:45:17.801-04:00

Beverly Giesebrecht aka Khadija Abdul Qahaar, the woman who converted to Islam to honor her new brethren's breathtaking victory of 911, who created a pro-Jihadi Web site, Jihad Unspun, was allegedly kidnapped by her Taleban colleagues.My guess would be that it is not a kidnapping at all. It is just a playacting, based on the old and honorable tradition still strong in some rural areas - the fake

SnoopyTheGoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-39927743376539358152009-04-07T23:20:00.002-04:002009-04-07T23:23:15.914-04:00

Mom's in town for Passover, and as the holiday is tomorrow, posting will necessarily be light. I'll be cooking, let's see, in the morning. Then driving to Northern VA, where I will be cooking in the afternoon, and attending a Seder in the evening. Then tomorrow, lather, linse, repeat.I cooked tonight, in fact. Trader Joe's is selling kosher for Passover Empire meat products, so we had Chicken

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-81082691922990978522009-04-07T11:00:00.000-04:002009-04-07T11:08:01.358-04:00

The AP reports a terror attack as follows:Israeli police kill Palestinian at demolition siteIsraeli police fatally shot a Palestinian motorist Tuesday as he tried to run down officers guarding the demolition of the home of a militant who killed three Israelis with a construction vehicle in July.Notice the headline does not state that the Palestinian was committing a terror attack, and thus was--

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-48651247805268202782009-04-07T08:00:00.000-04:002009-04-07T08:00:03.687-04:00

With the recent launch of a North Korean missile in the news, it's a bit reassuring to know that Israel had a successful test of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile rocket.The test was conducted jointly by the IAF and the US Missile Defense Agency. The Arrow is a project developed in cooperation by the IAI and Boeing.The defensive missile was launched around 11 a.m. from the army's Palmahim base

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-30734952069018853652009-04-06T12:30:00.000-04:002009-04-06T12:30:00.823-04:00

A week late the New York Times has a Memo from Cairo, For Egypt, Promise of 1979 Peace Still Unfulfilled. Of course the article is mostly reported through the prism of how little Egypt has gained from the Camp David Accords.But mention of the anniversary also served as a reminder of promises unfulfilled. Egyptians were told that the treaty would lead to a comprehensive peace, and it did not. They

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-49861200157822222602009-04-06T11:00:00.000-04:002009-04-06T11:00:04.366-04:00

Oh, this ruling is going to get the ISM peace creeps into a tizzy.The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court denied a restitution claim filed by the family of the suicide bomber who carried out the 2001 attack on the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem. The family demanded monetary compensation from the State for razing their house, in the West Bank city of Jenin.Izz al-Din Shuheil al-Masri blew himself up in

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-20678848878071120342009-04-06T10:00:00.000-04:002009-04-06T10:00:02.061-04:00

According to the Washington Post the U.S. Army is looking at the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah to determine how the United States should focus its own armed forces:Since then, the Defense Department has dispatched as many as a dozen teams to interview Israeli officers who fought against Hezbollah. The Army and Marine Corps have sponsored a series of multimillion-dollar war games to test

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-51924876717128398232009-04-06T09:00:00.000-04:002009-04-06T09:00:03.979-04:00

Phillip Weiss is concerned that the New York Times is not sufficiently anti-Israel and asks:Why does the 'Times' only let Arabs criticize Israel? He elucidates his point:The reader sees Bisharat and says, Well, he would feel that way, he's Arab, and it's an ancient feud. But there are many non-Arabs who would gladly lift a pen against the oppression done in our name.I'm sorry but has he ever read

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-76881206742850439192009-04-06T08:00:00.002-04:002009-04-06T08:00:02.764-04:00

We, the bloggers, can allow ourselves to write (or not to write) about whatever tickles our fancy on any given day. There is no carrot at the end of the road, no fixed hours and, aside of a very few followers, no captive audience. Only other bloggers that drop by from time to time to commiserate.It's completely different with journalists. There are schedules, editors, readers, the salary day, the

SnoopyTheGoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-25045841626496648332009-04-05T20:13:00.004-04:002009-04-05T20:55:03.078-04:00

I'll be using Blogger for the time being. Neither I nor my friend have enormous amounts of time to devote to finding how my blog was taken over, especially since Passover is approaching.We may get to fixing things tomorrow. If not, next weekend. But the blog is here, with PHP, and I think there's an RSS feed to it. Let me know what you'd like me to add to the temporary yourish.com home.When

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-71243590737354538042009-04-05T09:07:00.004-04:002009-04-05T09:23:34.719-04:00

Two teenagers died as a result of terror attacks in Israel last week. The first, Shlomo Nativ, 13, was killed by a terrorist wielding an axe.The second was a teenaged Bedouin, an Israeli Arab, who died while trying to kill Israeli policemen. Take a look at how the AP describes each of the teenagers. This is exactly why I have a category titled "AP media bias." Netanyahu's government also is

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-26724260966327826142009-04-05T07:00:00.000-04:002009-04-05T07:00:02.462-04:00

President Obama says a nuclear-weapons free world is an achievable goal.President Barack Obama's vision of a world without nuclear arms is an achievable goal and the president will pursue it with an eye on the lessons learned from four decades of difficult diplomacy, the White House said Saturday. The comments by Denis McDonough, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, came

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-38685842288864202009-04-05T01:00:00.006-04:002009-04-05T01:18:33.739-04:00

I am pleased to let you know that Haveil Havalim #211: The Preparing for Pesach Edition is up at Ima on (and off) the bima.Haveil Havalim is the weekly blog carnival of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere. It serves as an excellent resource that you can use to find out what has been happening within the J-blogosphere during the past week.A list of past and future hosts can be found here.

Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-72123387252397680162009-04-05T00:38:00.006-04:002009-04-05T00:44:27.674-04:00

While we're waiting for serious blogging to continue, enjoy the creative flight attendant!

Soccer Dadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-35359855106728907532009-04-05T00:34:00.003-04:002009-04-05T00:59:05.815-04:00

This is a bit easier than posting straight HTML.We're working on plugging the holes. We'll get that fixed, and then my blog will be back to business as usual.Here, however, I can do things a little quicker.That, plus a domain redirect, and we're back in business full-time.

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-38695351470389830532009-04-05T00:26:00.001-04:002009-04-05T00:29:16.044-04:00

You know, I completely forgot about this blog.I knew I set it up for a reason.

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-50141800576199602182007-07-23T10:55:00.001-04:002007-07-23T10:59:05.582-04:00

Yes, my site is down. There's been a major server issue for about the past 24 hours, and no end is yet in sight. Nor has Bluehost mentioned whether they're moving me to another server.I have no idea if I've lost any files, either. My last backup was a couple of weeks ago.And on top of everything else, work calls... so you're all going to go through withdrawal for a while, I think.Please also note

Meryl Yourishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064204358201624137noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5496035.post-1056087734726866832003-06-20T01:42:00.000-04:002009-04-05T00:24:32.209-04:00

Yes, it's really me. What can I say, I like to be contrary from time to time. Hm. Perhaps I should see if I can get this one up to the stats of my main blog. Man, this new Blogger template is nice. Why's everyone leaving?

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