London-born David Landau has been appointed as Haaretz editor-in-chief. And while Allison Kaplan Sommer categorizes him as “very Orthodox and at the same time, very left-wing”, Arutz Sheva is saying the following: Landau, a former Jerusalem Post editor is seen as more centrist, perhaps even leaning to the right. Galei Tzahal Radio pointed out that [...]
Arutz Sheva reports: “Everyone knows that the reason Israel has nuclear weapons is to protect itself from being thrown into the sea.” So said yesterday, more or less, the United States’ Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Ynet reports that Rumsfeld, speaking with reporters in Munich yesterday, was asked why the United States is silent when “Israel [...]
While the Syrian government claim that they want peace with Israel, they continue propogating the vilest anti-Semitism in their official daily paper, as these items from Memri illustrate: THE SYRIAN OFFICIAL DAILY TESHREEN SAID THAT THE ISRAELI PLAN TO EVACUATE THE GAZA STRIP SETTLEMENTS ‘IS A 100% COMMERCIAL SHYLOCK DEAL, AND THE STRANGE PART IS [...]
The Media Line reports that members of the Jewish anti-Zionist group Naturei Carta met on Tuesday with Afatrat in a show of support against the security fence. According to the report, the group’s spokesperson said that the fence is a “barbaric ghetto” that contradicts Jewish teachings. Interesting, since the Judaism I know supports the preservation [...]
“Look at this creature who has given us a lot of headache.” – General Ricardo Sanchez who showed Saddam Hussein to President Bush.
The Jerusalem Post reports how an Australian educator has been in Israel learning from the Israeli experience in educating disadvantaged comunities, in order to benefit Aboriginal children. An Australian professor has studied the Israeli ‘Tafnit’ program to better the education of her country’s Aboriginal children, The Australian daily newspaper reported Thursday. For the past two [...]
Did you know that in France, you can marry a dead person? A 35-year-old Frenchwoman became both bride and widow when she married her dead boyfriend, in an exchange of vows that required authorisation from the French president. I particularly like this sentence. The deceased groom, a former policeman identified as Eric, was not present [...]
The New York Post has this to say about allegations that a cement company owned by PLO Arab Prime Minister Qureia is helping to build the security fence: Palestinian officials are probing whether there’s concrete evidence that some of their own firms are helping to build Israel’s controversial “security fence.” Thanks to Tim Blair for [...]
