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Archive for December 7th, 2003
Quote of the Day
“There’s no doubt that the road map is the leading plan. What we are doing serves to breathe new life into the road map.” – Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, one of the members of the Israeli delegation behind the Geneva accord, which met with Colin Powell Talk about bad breath…
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What’s In a Name?
Yael at World Watching has drawn my attention to BabyNames.com, an interesting site on which you can discover the meanings of names. The results can be somewhat freaky: Saddam: Crusher Yaser: Wealth Of course, sometimes they are just plain wrong: Hussein: Handsome one Osama: Lion-like And speaking of names, I don’t see this one catching [...]
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Where is it Going?
This from the Jerusalem Post: The European Union is providing nearly US$40 million in assistance to the Palestinians for government reforms and emergency economic aid, an EU official said on Saturday. With that money, Suha AFatRat can buy a heck of a lot of shoes and purses, not to mention the weaponry that Al-Aqsa Martyrs [...]
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Joke of the Day
Al-Bawaba report: Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin told a German magazine a Jewish state could be established in Europe. And we all know how much they love us there.
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Thoughts on Geneva
Even the left are against it…left-wing Israeli academic Shlomo Avineri has lashed out against the Geneva Accords. Do [the Geneva Accord authors] have the right to brazenly lie to the public as to what [their] document does or does not contain?” asked Avineri in a December 1 opinion article in Yediot Ahronot.
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On Settlements
This past Sabbath, my wife, two daughters and I went to Beit-El, which is a “settlement” north of Jerusalem. My in-laws have recently moved there, since my father-in-law has just started working at Israel National News Radio (The Marty Roberts Show). Driving to Beit-El is an experience. The roads are winding and narrow, and palestinian [...]
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We’re Back, Baby!
It looks like my rant worked. Wizbang has nominated Israellycool for Best Crawly Amphibians Ecosystem Level Blog. Not too sure what that means, but it is a nomination! Vote for Israellycool and help us create a slice of blog history. Maybe not..but at least help our traffic increase!
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We Are Back, Baby!
It looks like my rant worked. Wizbang has not totally ignored Israellycool. We are nominated for Best Crawly Amphibians Ecosystem Level Blog. Ok, it is not even obvious what this means, but it is a nomination! Help get Israellycool over the line and a slice of blog history. Or at the very least, some publicity [...]
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