Archive for May 6th, 2004

Greece *

This is how Greek Olympic officials list Israel’s capital:

An insult to the memory of our massacred athletes in Munich. But not the only one, might I add.
The official said that the Foreign Ministry doesn’t intend to pursue the case any further, and that there are more important issues to press with the organizers of Olympics.
One [...]

All Holed Up and Nowhere to Go

Ha’aretz reports about another security barrier recently erected in Israel.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat fortified his West Bank headquarters with piles of old cars and barrels of concrete Thursday, fearing an Israeli invasion was imminent, Palestinian officials said. Sharon said last month he is no longer bound by a promise to U.S. President George W. [...]

Sentenced to Death

How is this for ironic? Libya blames the Jews and Zionists for deliberately infecting people with AIDS, only then to convict a PLO Arab doctor among others.
Libya has sentenced six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor to death by firing squad for deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV. Prosecutors demanded the death penalty, saying the [...]

Heartbreaking

If you are going to read only two things today, let it be this and this.

Have I Got A Deal For You

Look who’s been a very naughty boy:
Former minister Gonen Segev allegedly approached the Sri Lankan army and offered to provide it with Israeli weapon systems at a cheaper rate than they were paying, the Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday.
Segev also proposed that he be appointed the head of a Sri Lankan mission to Israel to [...]

Cartoon of the Day

(Corky Trinidad, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, March 29, 2004)

Religious Prejudice

According to Jews for Jesus, Jewish disgust at the group’s missionizing activities constitutes “religious prejudice”:
A Florida judge dismissed a lawsuit against Jews for Jesus prompted by a woman who complained she was defamed when the group called her a “Jewish believer” in its newsletter.
The newsletter’s “Praise Report,” written by the woman’s stepson, Bruce Rapp, claimed [...]

Now This is Art

Cartoonist John Spooner of The Age presents us with an alternative to the Melbourne City Councilís anti-Israel artwork.

The Lights Are On – But Nobody’s Home

Two brothers who allegedly gang raped a 16-year-old girl, and who previously claimed that they were victims of a police conspiracy, have had their convictions overturned, due to what very well may have been a juror conspiracy.
A gang rape victim faces a new ordeal after two jurors who disobeyed the judge’s directions caused the gang [...]

Trouble at the Jerusalem Post

Not all is well at the Jerusalem Post.
Following recent posts in which I criticized certain stories and pictures run on their website, I have received “inside information” which paints a bleak picture of the newspaper.
My source (gee I love the sound of that. Makes me sound like an intrepid reporter!) has revealed the following:
1. The [...]