Anne's Opinions

Forty years ago, at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by Palestinian terrorists. The families of the slain athletes have campaigned ever since for an official minute’s silence in their memory, and every Olympics they have been … Continue reading →

I wrote a short item about Foley’s Bar within my post last week about the bullying tactics of the Irish-Palestinian Society.  Today I received an update from two of my commenters, cba (by email) and Roxymuzak (who posted his comment … Continue reading →

Chag Sameach to all of Israel, and especially to Jerusalem which is celebrating 45 years of reunification since its liberation in the Six Day War of 1967. Arutz Sheva has a short but evocative piece about Yom Yerushalayim’s events, Jerusalem’s … Continue reading →

All the doom and gloom that dominates the news  about Israel and the Middle East makes us forget that there is plenty of good news about Israel too.  So I am going to try and make “Good News Friday” a … Continue reading →

This post was cross-posted at CiFWatch. Yesterday’s letters page in the Guardian exposes yet another of the editors’ underhanded ways of slamming Israel and simultaneously being able to claim uninvolvement. The page contains four letters accusing Israel of everything from … Continue reading →

This article is a cross-post from CiFWatch. It’s Naqba Day, and the Guardian is certainly not one to miss an opportunity to bash Israel. Yesterday’s contribution to this landmark day was an article by Khaled Diab who is: …a regular … Continue reading →

Unlike boring old Yom Haatzmaut, when all you can do is sing, dance, barbecue, hike and generally have fun with family and friends, Naqba Day provides all sorts of exciting possibilities to mark the historic occasion. Firstly, you can celebrate … Continue reading →

In my earlier article about the bullying tactics of the IPSC and their fellow-travelling anti-Israel haters, some of the commenters expressed despair at the hatred of Israel and seeming lack of pro-active action on the part of pro-Israel groups and … Continue reading →

Following the dramatic revelations last week about a foiled “underwear bomb plot”, and the startling news that the “bomber” was in fact an undercover British agent, US intelligence agents together with MI6 and MI5 are furious that the news was … Continue reading →

The BDS movement can chalk up another minor victory when the Irish folk band Dervish were forced to pull out of a concert in Israel recently after yet another anti-Israel onslaught by the pro-Palestinian (or rather, anti-Israel) Irish Palestinian Solidarity … Continue reading →