Archive for September 2nd, 2003
Let’s Play Sue the Jews
Not satisfied with suing Jews for the exodus from Egypt that occurred 34 centuries ago, the Muslims are pursuing another frivolous law suit:
Libya’s payment of compensation to the families of victims in two plane crashes seems to have inspired yet another compensation claim – by families of victims of an Arab aircraft that was shot [...]
Al-Crapeeza
Al-Jazeera has launched its English-language Web site, after previously operating a temporary site. It claims that its “team of dedicated journalists with their multi-national education and diversified backgrounds share a common set of attributes: objectivity, accuracy, and a passion for truth”. A brief journey through the site reveals a very different picture – subjectivity, inaccuracy [...]
Inane Danes
Still on the subject of ambassadors, this news from The Media Line:
Carsten Damsgaard, the Danish diplomat whose homosexuality incited a flurry of protest among Denmark’s Christian fundamentalists, begins his term as the country’s ambassador to Israel on Monday.
Young Danish protesters clashed with older conservatives following Damsgaard’s appointment in May. The younger people accuse the conservatives [...]
French Denial
According to JTA, Gerard Araud, the French ambassador to Israel, denied Israeli media reports that he had described Ariel Sharon as a thug and referred to Israel as a paranoid country.
The ambassador “formally denies all the quotes attributed to him by an Israeli journalist with regard to the paranoid State of Israel and its loutish [...]
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