Archive for August 5th, 2003

Footage of ISM Antics

Only In Israel, an interesting Israeli blog I have only recently seen, has some telling footage of the ISM protesters shouting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, taken from Israeli television. As noted in an earlier posting, this equates to calling for Israel’s destruction.

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THE GULF BETWEEN US
Honest Reporting points to an interesting article based on two LA Times articles (here and here) that highlight the difference in attitudes between a palestinian and Israeli youngster of similar socio-economic backgrounds.
On hatred: Lely (the Israeli) says, “Of course not all Arabs are bad…but I hate the ones who are bad. [...]

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WELCOME TO THE FOLD?
Rumour has it that Madonna now goes by the Jewish name “Esther”.
I guess that is what you call changing labels.

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WHERE’S WALDO?

Not quite. The above picture in fact shows a new “Jews for Jesus” advertising campaign in Britain.
The advertisements, which hit Britain in July, show a group of fervently Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. One of them is wearing a bright red Jews for Jesus T-shirt. The ad’s slogan urges, “Think [...]

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ANTI-SEMITISM 101
Andrew Wilkie would be proud.
According to an article in Ha’aretz, the British Press Complaints Commission regards anti-semitic views as being legitimate:
The British Press Complaints Commission last week justified an Observer newspaper columnist who announced in his column that he does not intend to read pro-Israel letters if they are signed by people with [...]

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IF STUPIDITY WAS A CRIME…
these people would be locked up.
Supporters of David Hicks, the Adelaide man suspected of training with al-Qaeda, will celebrate his 28th birthday this week with balloons and fairy bread.
Members of the Fair Go For David group will hold a morning tea in First Fleet Park in Sydney and converge on [...]

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THE WORLD’S WORST JOKE
Did you hear the one about the country that is the world’s second largest sponsor of terror and has chemical weapons pointed at Israel?
They assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council for the second time.
No joke.