Archive for March 24th, 2004

Amnesty Condemns Israel

Amnesty International, conspicuously silent in the face of the terrorism that we have faced here in Israel, have seen it fit to condemn Israel’s killing of Sheikh Yassin. Amnesty International has condemned the extrajudicial execution by the Israeli army of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin this morning in the Gaza Strip. The attack also resulted [...]

Alternative Muslim Reactions

Iraqi blogger Zeyad shows that not all Muslims were devastated by the killing of the evil Sheikh (hat tip: Chris L.) We woke up early in the morning yesterday to the shocking news of the assasination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. One of the doctors at the residence was in hysterics about it and [...]

Another Boy Bomb

They have done it again. A Palestinian boy wearing a suicide bomber belt was captured Wednesday afternoon by IDF troops near the Hawara roadblock near Nablus, Israel Radio reported. According to media reports, the child ran in the direction of IDF soldiers apparently with the intention of exploding the belt. Soldiers stopped the child and [...]

When the Cookie Crumbles

Niall Cook responds to this post, claiming he has been misconstrued. Ho-Hum…..Purposely Miscontrued Again You have to invest in a spellchecker, Niall. You gotta love people who stoop to the levels of this moron as a means of flogging a cause. Niall, how exactly does calling me a moron fit in with your view that [...]

Quote of the Day

“Israeli Arabs always complain they are second-class citizens. Unfortunately, some of them are acting more like first-class enemies.” – Likud MK Gilad Ardan, after thousands of Israeli Arabs attended a memorial assembly for Sheikh Yassin

Quote of the Day

“Israeli Arabs always complain they are second-class citizens. Unfortunately, some of them are acting more like first-class enemies.” – Likud MK Gilad Ardan, after thousands of Israeli Arabs attended a memorial assembly for Sheikh Yassin

Discipline

In India, cheating in school is bad news for the culprits..as well as their parents. Authorities in India locked 168 high school students and 24 parents in a detention centre after accusing them of cheating in exams, officials said today. But that is nothing. Try protesting against it. Last month in Bihar, police fired on [...]

Spain Surrenders..Again

Spanish Euroleague basketball team Valencia have stated that as a result of the heightened security threat in Israel, they will not come to play their scheduled match on Thursday night. In a statement released on the club’s Web site, Valencia said that “the climate of tension and the situation of violence which is only escalating [...]

Will Big Bird Get a Nobel Peace Prize?

First, there was One Voice with Jason “George Costanza” Alexander, Mr and Mrs Brad Pitt and friends. Now, muppets are trying to bring peace to the Middle East. Where countless politicians and diplomats have failed, Elmo, Cookie Monster and their “Sesame Street” buddies are on a mission to promote peace and tolerance in the Middle [...]