Huffington Post, another example of anti Israel bias:

In the HP World/Israel section, this is the image at 10:53am EST on September 13th, 2011.

Can you spot what doesn’t belong?

Why is the replacement for Congressman Weiner on this page? Anyone? Anyone?

October 29th update: My post eventually got posted, and at the end of last night had 6 faves on it, with one flag. As of this morning the post with all the replies disappeared. I'm trying to repost it now, and I am sending a query to the moderators as to why they are abusing their privileges.


Doud Kuttab is a Palestinian blogger on the Huffingtonpost. Today, he addresses a long pet peeve of mine, Palestinian reference to the Israelis as Yehuds instead of Israeli, or Israeli Jews.

My response to the article has been rejected four times now even though it violated no terms of service. I don't know why it's rejected, they wont tell me. Here is what I would like to say:

Nothing screams louder in the *delegitimization* of an entire nation than refering to people as Yehuds. It is as if Israel does not exist. The minute that the Palestinians begin calling Israelis, Izraili instead of Yehud, is the minute that peace becomes a reality.

As to the reasons why Israel is THE Jewish state? I leave you with this tidbit:

On November 29, 1947 in NY the General Assembly of the United Nations debated the UNSCOP proposals. During the debate, the Soviet representative, Andrei Gromyko, astonished the Zionists representatives by his warm endorsement of their desire for statehood. "The Jewish people had been closely linked with Palestine for a considerable period in history. As a result of the war, the Jews as a people have suffered more than any other people. The total number of the Jewish population who perished at the hands of the Nazi executioners is estimated at approximately six million. The Jewish people were therefore striving to create a State of their own, and it would be unjust to deny them that right'.

When the vote was taken, the partition proposal was accepted by thirty-three votes to thirteen, with ten abstentions. Britain was among those states which abstained. All six independent Arab states voted against the plan, as did four Muslim states- Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey - and 3 other states, Cuba, Greece and India. Among those in favor of partition were the US, Soviet Union, Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland and Sweden.

Anti Semitic post of the day part B - Oct 14th, 2010 PM - Edition

October 15th, 2010 - Update - Soma99's post has been deleted, but Banh still stands.

Just as I thought that today was kind of over, I came across this little gem of an exchange. Again taking place .... you guessed it, where else if not at the Huffington Post in an article about Helen Thomas crying or some non sense of that sorts. The players are:

Soma99, a member since Sept 2010, no doubt a banned member that returned under an assumed alias. Soma99 has many many antisemitic posts, but this one takes the cake. Soma99 is giving his/her opinion on what to do with the Israelis that live in Israel:


Then there is Banh haven't seen this little character much, but banh is the one that prompted Soma99's response.

Click here for a direct link to the exchange, which I suspect will eventually disappear.

Anti Semitic Post of the Day Oct 14th, 2010

October 15th, 2010 - Update - The exchange has been scrubbed. Even though my post was not offensive it was deleted, unlike in Banh and Soma99's case where they scrubbed Soma99 post, but not Banh.

This is taking place as I type this entry, at the Huffington Post and the link to the article is right here. It goes without saying that the comment section again is plagued with heavily antisemitic posts, this one though takes the prize:

As anyone who is familiar with the history of Jewish people would understand, this is precisely why Israel exists today.

This is the direct link to the post.

Portrait of an anti semite

Audadvnc is a member since 2009, known for his short somewhat snappy comments, stands out for his blatant paranoia and irrational fear of Jews, here are a few self explanatory examples:

His response to Rick Sanchez being fired for his bigoted remarks:

Audadvnc comment about $900 Million in aid money to the Palestinians, financing terrorism.

Audadvnc comment regarding the new Israeli Loyalty Oath

And the prize winner of the Anti Semite award of the week goes to:

Abuse of Power - Follow up

Last night, I received the following e-mail from the Huffington Post moderation team:




I have never complained anywhere, or to anyone that Sharmaine removes her posts.

My beef in this particular case is not with deletions, but with endless *demonizations* of the Israelis and Jews. How it's the norm for authors like Sharmaine Narwani and MJ Rosenberg, but when it's dished back (without any violations of TOS), the comments are mercilessly flagged and the moderators of the Huffington post delete them.

In other words, the mods play favorites.

Why have the Terms of Service if it wont be adhered to, or adhered and enforced ONLY when it's suitable?

Abuse of Power

The ever delightfully pleasant Ms. Sharmain Narwani, this time, dehumanizing the Settlers of West Bank, claiming that they are deliberately used as human shields. In fact, she posted that the parents of children in the WB are irresponsible and the children should be taken away, because the children are being put in harms way on purpose.

Needless to say, I responded in kind, and here is what I said:

The argument is logical valid, and most importantly not against the Terms of Service. Yet within minutes, an onslaught of personal attacks commenced. The post though, never violated the terms of service has been scrubbed.

Have a look at these screen shots, how every single post after mine has been in violation of the terms of service, but all got faved, while mine got flagged.

I raised the issue of this abuse in the Huffington Post's article on: HuffPost Comments: Addressing Concerns About Our Community Moderator Badge.

Here is what I said.

Needless to say, they still scrubbed the post with no explanation as to why.

It seems that it's okay to paint Israelis and Jews as less than human, but when it's done back, the gang mentality rules.

Alex Young Shows her 21 Year Old Punk Face again.

This time, after about a week long hiatus, our lovely multiple personalities friend known as Alex Young, Majed Mazin, resurfaced again, I was thinking that this time our 21 year old troubled punk who dreams of large Arab penises and isn't afraid to claim it on the Huffington Post is at it again. This time, her "pearls of wisdom" were dropped in the comment section of the article discussing the firing of Rick Sanchez from CNN:

This is a direct link to her post.

Post of the day, typical for Huffington Post

The above is an example of a typical Huffington Post comment in the Israel section of the website. A call for bombing Israel five flags and all, is still up there. And the Huffington Post claims that they moderate their forums and do not tolerate abusive language.

Update as of 10/4/2010, the post was finally removed.