This next quote seems especially apt in light of current events involving UNRWA, which deals with PLO Arab refugees. “Since 1948 we have been demanding the return of the refugees to their homeland, while it is we who constrained them to leave it. Between the invitation extended to the refugees [to flee to the surrounding [...]
What is going on in Australia? Our taxi drivers are apparently the worst in the world, our koalas are overbreeding, our airports are experiencing security scares, our police are bored, and our roads are going to hell. But the good news is that it looks like John Howard may retain office.
Many people, including former US Presidential candidate Al Gore, have compared Christian fundamentalism to Islamic fundamentalism. But there’s a huge difference, as illustrated by this statement by American evangelist Pat Robertson: “The President has backed away from [the road map] but if he were to touch Jerusalem, he’d lose all evangelical support,” Robertson said. “Evangelicals would form [...]
All kids like dessert. But some like desert: A 20-month-old boy wandered for 9 km (5.5 miles) through the scorching desert of southeast Iran before his parents followed his footprints and found him sitting in an open irrigation channel, police say. Errant toddler Ali Esfandiarpour had been playing at home in a small village [...]
UNRWA’s Peter Hansen looks a bit like someone from the past. Which may explain his disdain for capitalist Israel.
Today’s picture shows someone playing ping pong at the Dead Sea.
In the wake of Israel’s allegations that terrorists loaded a Kassam missile on to an UNRWA ambulance, UNRWA hasn’t just responded defensively. They have gone on the offensive. “We want an apology from the Israelis, because we didn’t commit any wrongdoing,” said Lionel Brisson, UNRWA director of operations. UN workers do not carry weapons [...]
