D’UH JOSCHKE Ha’aretz reports the following from Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom’s meeting in Brussels with the EU’s council of foreign ministers: German Foreign Minister Joschke Fischer said he had the impression that Israel feels ostracized. “I was astounded by the Israelis’ feeling of isolation,” he said. Apparently, Fischer was also “shocked” by revelations that Germany [...]
PALESTINIANS CAUGHT BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE An interesting article by the Jerusalem Post that supports a contention that I have made time and time again – that the rest of the arab world pretend to care about the palestinians when it comes to supporting their war against Israel, but really couldn’t care less [...]
IDI-OSYNCRASIES Idi Amin, whom we learned may soon be turning up daisies, was quite the megalomaniac. In the summer of 1972 Amin paid a surprise visit to Queen Elizabeth in London, telling her size 47 shoes were difficult to get in Uganda and asking her where she got her husband’s shoes. Amin later went on [...]
