Bulgaria

‘She just wants chocolate! What is she, an Arab?’
Israeli social media is talking about one thing today: the video showing Israeli passengers cursing and threatening a flight attendant on their way to Varna, Bulgaria. The headlines are pretty much the same all over, and include the words: “Watch: The Ugly Israeli,” in reference to what Israelis see as the rude behavior they are…
By Ami Kaufman February 22, 2015
NoamSheizaf, NoamS
On lowering the moral standards for the other side: A response to Derfner
Larry Derfner gets dangerously close to blaming Israel for the Burgas attack. When Israel assassinated Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh and five Iranian nuclear scientists, it was picking a fight, and the payback – or part of it – was Wednesday’s bus bombing. I agree that when Israeli leaders decided to assassinate Iranian scientists, they increased the…
By Noam Sheizaf July 20, 2012
On the Bulgaria terror attack and the Israeli fear of new violence
Every terror attack brings back the horror of all the others that preceded it. The bomb that exploded a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last night is beyond horrific – it is a physical, emotional and psychological nightmare. For the Israeli and Bulgarian families of the dead, the nightmare will never end. The…
By Dahlia Scheindlin July 19, 2012
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