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Fort Hood Suspect a “Palestinian”

The US military psychiatrist suspected of going on the shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in a US army base in Texas, is of palestinian origin.
A military official told the AP that Hasan’s family has Palestinian roots. ABC News reported on Friday that Hasan’s grandfather moved to the United States in [...]

5 More Things You Don’t Want to Say When You Are About to Go To Prison

..but were all actually said by FITH disease sufferer Brendon “Brendover” O’Connell, who is about to spend time behind bars, where his behind is about to be spent.
5. “Whats up mate?”
4. “Aweeeeee poor little fella.”
3. “Hey num Nuts.”
2. “..scared by a bum from Perth.”
1. “He never had one in the fist place.”
Previously on Israellycool: The [...]

The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 6th, 2009

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, was convicted of assaulting a police officer during a 2007 protest in Jerusalem. He is to be sentenced on December 24th.
Which means Salah might just be spotted with this expression on his face again, albeit for very different reasons than before.

Updates (Israel time; most recent [...]

The Mascot

The remarkable story of a Jewish boy who fled into the forest after his family was killed by Nazis, and was later captured by Nazi soldiers who made him their mascot.

Full Time Fool

Anti-Israel blogger Richard Silverstein loves a good ad hominem attack. Here’s his latest unprovoked one against me, in the context of a wider attack on Understanding the Goldstone Report, the site with which I am involved.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2009/11/04/house-denounces-goldstone-baird-courageously-dissents/comment-page-1/#comment-115776
You’re right. There’s a website set up by Maize with almost the same name, http://www.ungoldstonereport.com/ which I confused w. the [...]

The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 5th, 2009

Here’s the IDF on yesterday’s seizure of the arms ship.
500 Tons of Weapons for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israeli Navy, 4 Nov 2009
Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy
Roughly 500 tons of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered aboard the cargo vessel “Francop” flying an Antiguan flag, which was intercepted and brought [...]

Photo of the Day

“I told you I’d shoot, but you didn’t believe me! Whyyyy didn’t you believe me?!”

The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 4th, 2009

The US House of Representatives yesterday condemned the Goldstone Report as “biased and unworthy of further consideration”, passing (344-36) a a nonbinding resolution urging President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the report.
Palestinian seething to ensue.
Meanwhile, here is a response to Goldstone from one of the co-sponsors of the [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 3rd, 2009

Arab UN delegates yesterday circulated a draft resolution that would require UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring the Goldstone report before the Security Council.
Meanwhile.. France and Britain to the rescue?!
A joint French-British UN initiative would call on Israel and the Palestinians to hold immediate, independent investigations into war crimes allegations stemming from the war in [...]

The Day In Israel: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009

Relatives of the Jewish man arrested on suspicion of deadly terror shootings and bombings have justified his actions, calling them “heroic acts of resistance.”
Naa, not really.
In the weeks following the arrest, the family still held hope that the Shin Bet had made a mistake: “We want to believe that everything will turn out to be [...]