More on Saddam’s capture, this time from Newsweek. Now it would appear that Saddam put up some brave resistance – if spitting counts. The Special Forces commando had already pulled the pin. He was primed to toss the grenade into the “spider hole,” a Vietnam-era nickname for lethal hiding places. But the man cowering inside [...]
Ignoring my recent advice, Shmuley Boteach writes yet another Michael Jackson column, this time in response to the news that the Prince of Pop has converted to the Nation of Islam. But once again, the column degenerates into an exercise in self-promotion. Firstly, not only did I never try and make Michael Jewish, I strongly [...]
The Egyptians are pressing Israel to resume peace negotiations with the PLO Arabs. But what does “peace” mean to the Egyptians? Israeli officials are expected to protest Egyptian drones, being used to spy on Israeli defense facilities, when Foreign Minister Ahmad Maher El Sayed visits this week. Amid growing military tensions, Israel reportedly threatened to [...]
Now introducing the US military’s new secret weapon – Eminem. Lebanese Mohammed Jaber said he went to Iraq on a pilgrimage to Muslim holy sites, he ended up being “tortured” with loud rap music by US troops suspicious he might be a foreign fighter against Americans. Jaber said an Iraqi taxi driver handed him and [...]
Noam Chomsky’s new book gets savaged by The Age reviewer. And I think this sums up how much the reviewer hated it. Hegemony and Survival is badly organised, poorly argued and written with all the skill of an undergraduate essay finished on the last night of term with the help of caffeine. For all the [...]
Deepikaglobal has a story about an Israeli surgeon who saves the lives of suicide bombers, only to become victim to a suicide bomb himself. ”I remember commenting to one of the nurses during the surgery (on the bomb-maker), ‘Tell the terrorists, when they make a bomb for me to make sure it’s a small one [...]
It is bad enough that they obstruct the IDF and aid terrorists. It is even worse when they get into the country for free, on a program designed to provide young Jews with an educational trip to Israel. Birthright israel’s free trips to the country paid for by Jewish philanthropists eager to foster ties to [...]
