Archive for August 21st, 2003
Good News
As an Australian living in Israel, this headline brings a tear of joy to me eye: Israel’s youth cricket team wins European Championships.
What’s better, we pummelled France and Beligum.
Jokes of the Day
Hamas today stated that the pinpoint killing of their terrorist official Ismail Abu Shanab meant the end of the ceasefire.
This proclamation is made all the more ridiculous when you consider the fact that it was Hamas itself who claimed responsibility for Tuesday night’s suicide bombing, the very catalyst for today’s IDF action.
But there’s more.
The Palestinian [...]
True Words Spoken
There are not one, but two, opinion pieces on Tuesday’s suicide bombings in today’s Australian, which are refreshingly accurate and honest.
The following excerpts are taken from the editorial:
Significantly, the two attacks come just as major milestones were being passed on both the road map to peace and Iraq’s road to recovery. Israel was about to [...]
Victims
The list of victims from Tuesday night’s suicide bombing includes the following:
- 6 children, the youngest whom was only 5 months old – A 22-year old woman in her 8th month of pregnancy – A 12-year old boy, 6 months shy of celebrating his bar mitzvah – 4 rabbis
Most of the people on the bus [...]
Moving
After yelling and screaming for a while now, Blogger have finally returned my mail and upgraded me to an ads-free version. So no more obnoxious pro-Palestinian ads appearing above my blog.
I am not sure, though, whether I want to stay with Blogger..too many problems. I may have to consider a move to some other application. [...]
Interesting Article on Idi
JTA has a very interesting piece called Idi Amin and Israel: First love, then hate. It reveals the following:
- Amin converted to Islam at age 15. – In 1963 he served as a special trainee of the Israel Defense Forces, earning his paratrooper wings. – He once said “Arab victory in the war with Israel [...]
