Archive for December 18th, 2003

Now It’s Their Problem

This serves the Europeans right for volunteering to give refuge to these murderers, rather than allowing Israel to deal with them as she saw fit. A Palestinian terrorist who was granted refuge in Belgium, following the Church of the Nativity standoff in 2002, was arrested this week in connection with local organized crime. Belgian police [...]

Lightning Strikes

The Pope approves of Mel Gibson’s The Passion. But I am not entirely convinced that G-d does. Actor Jim Caviezel has been struck by lightning while playing Jesus in Mel Gibson’s controversial film The Passion Of Christ. The lightning bolt hit Caviezel and the film’s assistant director Jan Michelini while they were filming in a [...]

Americans for Israel

According to the Jerusalem Post, an ADL poll reveals the extent of US support for Israel. Forty percent of Americans sympathize with Israel in the dispute between Israeli and the Palestinians whereas only 15% sympathize with Palestinians. 39% of those surveyed consider the Palestinians to be responsible for the current violence in the Middle East [...]

Conflict of Interest

How is this for infuriating? Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center Director Nitsana Darshan-Leitner has written to United States Attorney General John Ashcroft alerting him to the fact the Palestinian Security Service commander assigned to investigate the October bombing attack on American personnel in Gaza was very likely the terrorist who planned it. Gaza Commander [...]

The Old and the New

Israel is phasing out the world-famous Uzi. Israel’s military is phasing out the legendary Uzi submachine gun, calling it antiquated and replacing it with more sophisticated, electronics-outfitted weaponry, an army spokesman said Wednesday. But the Uzi, a national icon and the country’s most famous contribution to the arms industry, will still be produced and exported, [...]

Iranian Support for Israel!

Yesterday, I blogged on hatred for Israel in Iran. But this report from Debka illustrates that while there is public scorn for Israel, there is a groundswell of clandestine support for the Jewish state. This week, Israel’s Iranian-born defense minister Shaul Mofaz made the unique gesture of answering questions from listeners in Iran ñ in [...]

Lying Pond Scum

This monster has seemingly graduated from the Saeb Erakat School of Lying. A former school caretaker was convicted Wednesday of murdering two 10-year-old girls, in a case that attracted huge media attention in Britain. Ian Huntley, 29, was given two life sentences. He had denied murdering the girls, claiming Holly Wells accidentally drowned in his [...]