Archive for September, 2004

Happy Sukkot

Today I am home from work, preparing for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. And while this is one of my favorite Jewish holidays, and one which I would love to elaborate on, I simply don’t have the time right now!
 
Instead, I am going to point you here. 
 
To my Jewish readers, I would like to say Chag [...]

Released

Riad Ali Ghanem, the Israeli Druze who was kidnapped by PLO Arab terrorists, has been released. But may questions remain unanswered, like who captured him, and why? But here at Israellycool, I believe I have a pretty good idea as to the answers to these questions.
 
Consider the following:

The circumstances surrounding Ali’s disappearance remain unclear after [...]

Missing: Israeli Journalist and PLO Arab Sense of Morality

Reuters reports:

Palestinian security forces searched on Tuesday for an Israeli Arab producer for CNN television who was kidnapped by gunmen in the Gaza Strip, and the militant Hamas group called for his immediate release
Given PA complicity with terrorists, the search shouldn’t take too long. It might be a case of merely opening the door to the broom [...]

The Good Evil Samaritan

British hostage Ken Bigley may still be alive in Iraq. And look who has promised to help.

Yasser Arafat has promised to intercede on behalf of British hostage Ken Bigley, a senior Irish politician says.
Michael Higgins, foreign affairs spokesman for the Labour Party in Dublin, said the Palestinian leader made his pledge in a letter [...]

The House Hole that Jack Built

British Forgeign Secretary Jack Straw is in hot water for shaking hands with Zimbabwean President, and habitual human rights violator, Robert Mugabe. And he has only made matters worse with what must qualify as worst excuse. Ever.

Jack Straw shook hands with Robert Mugabe at a UN meeting, it has emerged. The embarrassing encounter was one of [...]

It’s in the Game

What will they think of next?

A video game company hopes to cash in on the publicity surrounding Sen. John Kerry’s Vietnam service by sending players on a simulation of the Swift Boat mission that won the Democratic presidential candidate the Silver Star.
 
Playing as a square-jawed, machine-gun-toting Lt. John Kerry, gamers lead a team of [...]

Israel in Pictures

Today’s picture is of a cafe at kibbutz Kiryat Anavim. But here’s the best part: the name of the cafe is Coffee Anan.

(I am still awaiting the opening of a monkey park in Israel called Monkey Cloud).

Kidnap in Gaza

As you have no doubt already heard, PLO Arab gunmen have kidnapped an Israeli Arab journalist who works as a producer and translator for CNN.

Palestinian gunmen on Monday kidnapped an Israeli Arab journalist working for CNN as he was riding in a taxi in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.
 
Riad Ali Ghanem, 40, a Druze from [...]

Turn the Other Cheek..So I Can Smash It

More strife in the Holy land. And not a Jew nor Muslim in sight:

Greek Orthodox and Franciscan priests got into a fist fight Monday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Christianity’s holiest shrine, after arguing over whether a door in the basilica should be closed during a procession. 
But this isn’t the first time something [...]

Around the Israeli Blogosphere

Introducing a new weekly feature of this blog –  Around the Israeli Blogosphere – which I see as an opportunity to spread the word about my fellow Israeli bloggers, who, like me, are informing the world about life in Israel.
 
Without further ado…
 
There is alot of guilt going around the Israeli blogosphere at the moment… David Bogner [...]