Today my Website was hacked by the Islamic State. In return I say to them, “May you live forever.” It’s a line from 300, one of my favorite films. King Leonidas has been betrayed by Ephialtes of Trachis, who guided the Persians to the trail they used to encircle the Spartans and Thespians blocking the…
The law of unintended consequences
September 14, 2014
Before Operation Protective Edge, I was a staunch supporter of Israel. I bought pizza for Israeli soldiers, and I corresponded with a few of them. It never really occurred to me to study the motivations of the anti-Israel crowd, since we’re all free to have whatever beliefs we want. Also, I didn’t think much about…
Guest post: The dance of the Israel hater
September 13, 2014
By Racheli Ben Yehuda. Reprinted with permission. Hi Thomas. Let me start by saying THANK YOU (if I could shout it I would). I have been following you since the start of Operation Protective Edge, and the daily articles you posted gave me a lot of confidence. I have a Pinterest account and was using…
The not-dead little girl
September 12, 2014
On August 3, 2014, The Israeli Defense Forces fired a small missile at two terrorists riding a motorcycle near the Rafah Preparatory “A” Boys School. Human Rights Watch has called this attack a war crime. In reality it was a surgical strike that was immediately exploited by the Palestinians, Hamas, “human rights” groups, and the…
How to avoid being called a Jew-hater
September 9, 2014
Lots of people want to argue with me about my Pallywood posts. That’s fine. Not a single one of them knows anything about munitions. Their arguments are, “You’re lying!” “That’s rubbish!” “You’re a paid Israeli agent!” and “You’re a Jew!” The same people insist that they’re not antisemitic. You know how to avoid being called…
Deconstructing “Shujayea: Massacre at Dawn”
September 6, 2014
The Al Jazeera network has produced a piece of shoddy propaganda titled Shujayea: Massacre at Dawn, by Amjad Almalki and Ahmad Ashour. It’s a genuinely terrible film that gives me the opportunity to expose more Palestinian lies. The twenty-two minutes and forty-two seconds seem like hours, but if you want to watch the whole thing,…
The most fake-bombed mosque in Gaza
September 5, 2014
I tried to find out the name of this fake-bombed mosque in Gaza City, but none of the photo captions identify it. If you know, tell me the name, so I can try and find evidence of the terrible damage that all those Israeli aerial munitions caused. My current estimate is that about 90 percent…
The saddest movie ever made
September 3, 2014
On October 7, 2011, I was diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. My reaction was atypical: By that night I’d shaken off the chronic rage that had defined me. I thought that my new state of mind was permanent, but it wasn’t. No amount of good cheer could’ve withstood the suicides of my parents in February and…
No, it’s not speculation
September 1, 2014
Today an Israeli guy on Twitter said he doesn’t read my Pallywood posts because they’re just speculation presented as fact checking. Both points are incorrect. First of all, I’m not a fact checker. I’m a blogger and failed author. The notion of presenting myself as a fact checker cracks me up. Coverage of Israel is…