Archive for April 19th, 2004

No Mood to Party

Reuters reports about an opportunistic PLO Arab DJ: With so much killing and economic misery, few Palestinians feel like partying. So for the intrepid DJ Saadeh, it’s a good thing that protest rallies are in demand. “It’s assassination season,” he said, turning on a microphone at an angry gathering in Ramallah the day after Israel’s [...]

Quote of the Day

“People are perfectly prepared to commemorate the Holocaust, but they won’t recognize our right to prevent the next Holocaust.” – U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos at an annual Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony in LA, attended by the Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Nobody Loves Me

I am beginning to feel like the Israeli blogger equivalent of leprosy. First, I was omitted from the Ha’aretz article on Anglo-Israeli bloggers. Then, a fellow Israeli blogger did not see it fit to mention me as a heinous omission from the Ha’aretz article. Then, a commenter on the aforementioned Israeli blog cast doubts on [...]

Swiss Ambassador Commemorates Holocaust Day

Introducing the Swiss ambassador – a man of principles. It is just a shame that his principles stink like Swiss cheese. The Swiss ambassador to Israel has refused to attend a Jerusalem street-naming ceremony Monday honoring a Swiss Righteous Gentile who saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust because the street is located in an [...]

Change of Terrorist Policy

MEMRI reports: IN A COMMUNIQU… IN RESPONSE TO THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER ABD AL-’AZIZ AL-RANTISI, FATAH’S AL-AQSA MARTYRS BRIGADES STATED: ‘BUSH AND SHARON ARE THE HITLER OF THE ERA, AND THEY CONSTITUTE A DANGER TO WORLD SECURITY. ALL THE FIGHTING [PALESTINIAN] FACTIONS ARE CALLED UPON TO CAUSE AN EARTHQUAKE TO THE ZIONIST ENEMY. THE [...]

Technological Breakthrough in Israel

Another amazing Israeli contribution to the world: Drip irrigation ICQ Epilady micro-camera pill A new generation computer chip. A team of Israeli researchers at Intel has achieved a breakthrough in chip development that promises to change the world of computing and telecommunications within 5 to 10 years. For the first time, the team succeeded in [...]

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today we commemorate Holocaust Day (Yom HaShoah) here in Israel. Actually, it began last night, with the television line-up reading like a who’s who of Holocaust movies – Schindler’s List, The Piano, Life is Beautiful and Uprising among the shows on offer. For those lacking the stomach for these types of shows, there was Fox [...]