Archive for May 4th, 2004

Quote of the Day

“I take it off, we go up into the sky, climb up, head down toward Aqaba. And I wanted to look at Aqaba, so I’m coming down over Aqaba, and I suddenly hear this voice on the intercom, and he says, ‘Senator, you’d better turn faster, you’re going over Egypt.’” – US Presidential candidate John [...]

Media Follies

Palestinian boy killed in West Bank explosion So goes the Reuters headline, leading the average reader to believe that the Israelis are responsible. That is, until you read the actual story. A nine-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and two other children were wounded in the West Bank on Tuesday when they accidentally detonated a pipe [...]

Burning Hatred

Maariv reports: Police officers recently foiled a suicide bombing attack in Israel, it was revealed on Monday. However, a highly unusual chain of events led to his apprehension. It appears a leak in his bomb-belt caused phosphorus material to reach his skin causing such a severe burn that a hole was literally seen in the [...]

Forfeited

Just when you thought that the brutal murder of Tali Hatuel and her children Tehila, Hadar, Roni and Meirav could not have been more depraved, comes this information from Arutz Sheva: It was also learned that the terrorists not only murdered the 34-year-old mother of four who was eight months pregnant along with her children, [...]

CNN Saves the Day

Reported heroics from CNN: Yisrael Medad, former director of Israel’s Media Watch, reported that a source from the Gush Katif Regional Council called him and explained the heroism of CNN’s Mike Schwartz, the producer for the CNN crew in Israel: “He saved Jewish lives today,” the source explained. As the events were described to Medad: [...]

Cartoon of the Day

(Bill Schorr, United Media, March 30, 2004)

Art With a Capital “F”

The Herald Sun reports about Melbourne taxpayer-funded anti-Semitism hiding under the guise of art. Jewish leaders demand the removal of a piece of art critical of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. The taxpayer-funded work — in a Flinders St window — lists allegations about the creation of Israel. —- The State Opposition and the Australia/Israel [...]