Archive for October 3rd, 2004

Hardly an Apprentice When it Comes to Racism

A contestant from reality tv show The Apprentice has learned that being caught on camera uttering an anti-Semitic remark can be a real bummer.

Apparently, Donald Trump isn’t the only one who doesn’t want the latest Apprentice reject.
 
The New York City real-estate firm that employed reality-show firee Jennifer Crisafulli is distancing itself from the trumped [...]

Return of the Unsolicited Opinion

Yet another example of musicians who should stick to making music:

Bruce Springsteen has plugged his guitar into a political amplifier, launching a series of concerts with some of the biggest names in rock music aimed at ousting President George W Bush.
 
Discarding his long-held distaste for the harsh world of US party politics, Springsteen joined forces [...]

Separated at Birth

Memri has an article on how an interviewer on Saudi Arabia’s IQRA TV Channel asked people on the street the following questions:
“Would You, as a Human Being, be Willing to Shake Hands with a Jew?”
“Would you refuse to shake hands with a Jew?”
“If a Child Asks You Who ‘Who are the Jews,’ What Would [...]

Spot the Difference

Which picture contains the stretcher, and which ones contains the Kassam rocket?
 

 
Note: If your name is Peter Hansen, try again. 

The Trouble With Islam

In the post September 11 world, there has been no shortage of people willing to cast a critical eye at Islam and its role in fostering the conditions and mindset, which have provided such fertile ground for terrorism. What there has been a manifest shortage of is moderate Muslims willing to openly cast this critical eye.
 
Irshad Manji is [...]

Israel in Pictures

Today’s picture is of a sunset at Jaffa beach.

The Many Faces of Afatrat – Part 3

Afatrat has revealed more aspects to his personality poisonality.
 
There’s his tough side (AP):
 

“Go ahead. Make my day!”
And then there’s his sensitive side (AFP):
 

“I can’t believe little Judenrhein is dead. He was such a good gerbil, and quite feisty.”
(Added to The Many Faces of Afatrat)

Follow-Up to “A Familar Tale”

Reader Cynthia writes:

For your information. After reading A Familiar Tale I emailed Gisela Graham. My email and their response follows.  To Whom It May Concern,  I read with amazement a rejection letter sent to an Israeli job applicant from Piers Croke of your company. This letter is circulating on the internet. Mr. Croke refers to [...]

UNRWA Complicity in Terror

IDF cameras have caught PLO Arab terrorists doing the inconceivable – loading what appears to be a Kassam rocket into a UN ambulance. As a result of this damning evidence, Israel is demanding the resignation of Peter Hansen, the commissioner-general of UNRWA in Gaza, and a known hater of Israel.
 
In response, this is what Hansen [...]