Category Archives: 5MFI Blog

Teaching Hypocrisy

Two Irish Parliamentarians Oppose Israel Boycott by Teachers Union Ireland Members of Irish Parliament, Joanna Tuffy (Labour) and Charlie Flanagan (Fine Gael) have both said publicly that they oppose the recent motion by the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) to boycott … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog, Irish Eyes | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Moaning

Mona Seif – will she take the prize? Mona Seif supports blowing up gas pipelines, invading embassies and attacks on civilian targets. She helps impoverish her country, ruin its reputation and was unintentionally responsible for sending it back to the 7th … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Facebook lowers the bar

Facebook Community Standards? I reported a Facebook Page Death to Israel.† Facebook replied ‘Thanks for your recent report of a potential violation on Facebook. After reviewing your report, we were not able to confirm that the specific page you reported … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged | Leave a comment

Massaging the media

Overview/Facts/Leaders/Media http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14631745 as it was on 31 August 2011 at 10:09 GMT One could come away from this article imagining, as the photograph suggests,  there is a struggle in the media reflecting the struggles between the two major leadership factions. If … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off

The one-eyed is King

Overview/Facts/Leaders/Media http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14631273 as it was on 31 August 2011 The first thing one notices in the profile on Leaders is that Fatah/PNA head Mahmoud Abbas receives more than twice the coverage of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniya. Why is that? The second … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Facts with the territory

Overview/Facts/Leaders/Media http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14631271 as it was on 31 August 2011  at 10:10 GMT Facts are supposed to be, well, factual. So what do we make of intended seat of government East Jerusalem? Fatah also intends Revolution until Victory. Is that a fact, a … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Comes with the territory

BBC profiles Palestine – as the narrative requires Overview/Facts/Leaders/Media http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14630174 as it was 28 February 2013 at 12:22 GMT Sometimes things pass under the radar and some never change. In 2005 I submitted a point-by-point fisking of the then current Israel and the … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off

All in the label

Relabeling Sabra & Shatila as Deir Yassin Today is the memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen Servicemen and Women. Tomorrow is Independence Day. A good reason to hobble a mislabeled libel gone viral. One persistent feature of Pallywood Fauxtography is the … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Nakba vs. Nakba

Nakba of the Jews Iain Banks is dying of cancer and his last public act will be to raise his middle finger to Israel. Somehow impending mortality is supposed to make ignorance of the facts and a totally credulous acceptance of … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Hasbara central

Do YOU want to help? It’s not often if at all that I start up a Five Minutes for Israel article with an apology. I promised Israel advocate and activist Jeremy Dery†, who among many other things admins the Pro-Israel … Continue reading

Posted in 5MFI Blog | Tagged , , | Comments Off