Archive for December 23rd, 2004

Merry Xmas!

I am heading off to my brother-in-law’s Bar Mitzvah party now, and will probably not get a change to blog tomorrow. So I would like to take the opportunity to wish all of my Christian readers a
 
 
Merry Xmas!

Bin Laden: The Early Years

A childhood friend of Osama bin Laden reveals what interested the arch terrorist as a young man.

Batarfi says he was a neighbor of bin Laden when they were growing up in Mushrefah, Saudi Arabia. He said bin Laden’s mother, Alia, introduced him to his wife, and has described playing football with bin Laden.
 
“Bin Laden [...]

Let’s Go to the Pizza Store for our Honeymoon

Nothing says “I love you” like blowing up some Jews.

An Israeli-Arab planned to carry out a suicide bombing attack at an American-owned restaurant in Jerusalem together with his 16-year old fiancee shortly after their wedding, Israel’s Shin Bet revealed today.
 
Ahmed Yakub Jazawi, 22, a Palestinian resident of the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu-Tor who [...]

Quote of the Day

“Despite any political conflicts America has with France, most Americans have enormous affection for thing French.”
- Hollywood actor and director Woody Allen
 
Let’s see what Israellycool readers think (non-Americans included).
 

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Not the Sharpest Axe in the Shed

The Age reports:

Religious axe killer jailed
 
A man was jailed for 18 years after he went berserk and killed a man when he and his wife told him they were atheists.
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Appoo, a drifter, who was heading to Goondiwindi in far south west Queensland, was hitchhiking near Woodford, north west of Brisbane, when Mrs McDonald picked him [...]

Only in Israel

Tonight during a commercial break for The Ambassador, I flicked the channel over to Israel’s Channel 1, and caught part of an interview with Tony Blair.
 
The interview was conducted by two Israeli journalists – one male and one female. The male’s English was passable – I seem to recall him even using the word “ramifications” [...]

Arafat’s Blue Chip Kosher Dip Investments

Now how’s this for irony (hat tip: LGF):

At a time when the authority was starved for funds, Arafat’s money managers placed bets from Tel Aviv to Silicon Valley on venture capital funds, software startups and telecommunications companies….
 
Over the past two years, Fayyad, Rachid and their staff have been weighing which assets should be sold in [...]