The earth beneath me just moved! I must admit I got pretty scared, given the security situation here in Israel. However, everyone here is saying it was an earthquake. Update 10:22AM: Ha’aretz are calling it a “minor Earth tremor.” Take it from me – it didn’t feel minor. Update 10:30AM: Arutz Sheva call it a [...]
Australian Prime Minister John Howard and South Park’s Mr Garrison
The Jerusalem Post reports: Egypt has begun playing a “very positive and constructive” diplomatic role in the region, with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak placing significant pressure on Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei to stabilize the situation, a senior Israeli diplomatic official said Tuesday. “Positive and constructive”? I am not [...]
This is promising news. French prosecutors said on Tuesday they had opened an inquiry into transfers totaling nine million euros ($11.5 million) into bank accounts held in France by Suha Arafat, the wife of Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. The Paris public prosecutor confirmed a report in Le Canard Enchaine weekly that an inquiry into [...]
Now this is interesting. Saudi Arabia, one of the most vocal critics in the Arab world of Israel’s “security fence” in the West Bank, is quietly emulating the Israeli example by erecting a barrier along its porous border with Yemen. The barrier is part of a plan to erect what will be an electronic surveillance [...]
