Archive for June, 2005

Out of Context

I know I shouldn’t bother, but I can’t help myself.
 
Our friend dAWK manages to show his one-sidedness and sloppiness with this effort.
 
His implication is clear – the army are in cahoots with Jewish “settlers” throwing rocks at PLO Arabs.
 
The problem is that if he had bothered checking the caption that accompanied photos of this incident, he would [...]

There Once Was a Man From Qazvin..

Ever wondered why US Secretary of State criticized Iran? Could it have something to do with the fact that Iran is one of the principal sponsors of terror in the world today, and is aggressively pursing nuclear weapons? Or does the answer lie somewhere else? 

Perplexed by the vitriol of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s attacks on [...]

Israellycool Podcast #7 June 29th, 2005

In this special mid-week edition conceived at the last minute, Dave gets serious and speaks about the thorny issue of Disengagement from Gaza, including his views on both the Disengagement itself, and the various methods of expressing opposition to it.
 
The podcast is located on this page, from where you can listen and subscribe to the [...]

AFP Captions You Are Not Likely To See

An Egyptian woman protests against the disengagement plan

Eye vs Eye

Behold, the most literal interpretation of “an eye for an eye”* I have ever seen.

An Iranian court has sentenced a man to have his eyes surgically removed for a crime he committed as a teenager 12 years ago. Amnesty International has condemned the sentence, reported in the Iranian daily Etemaad, but local human rights groups [...]

Symbolic Picture of the Day

In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, right, receives a lemon from American Carol Salomon, a representative of the U.S delegation for the annual conference of the Jewish Agency, in his office in Jerusalem Tuesday June 28, 2005.

Quote of the Day

“I am very proud of the way in which Australia has supported Israel, I am very proud of the voting record of Australia in the United Nations over the past nine-and-a-quarter years, and the attitude that we have taken will continue.”
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, after accepting the Sydney Jewish Communal Appeal’s inaugural Award for [...]

Shattering the Image

To beer or not to beer. That is the question.

The image of Australia as a nation of beer drinkers is under attack, with new figures on Monday showing Australians are drinking less beer and more wine and spirits.
 
The shift is a result of an increase in the amount of wine available in Australia and [...]

Strength of Conviction

A court has convicted a former IDF soldier who killed an ISM terror-enabler, of manslaughter.

A court convicted a former Israeli soldier of manslaughter Monday in the shooting death of a pro-Palestinian British activist, the first time a soldier has been found guilty of killing a foreign citizen during more than four years of Palestinian-Israeli violence. [...]

Attack of the Nazi Sex Dolls

No, this post is not about some obscure horror film, but rather another plan of Hitler’s that has now come to light.

The Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler ordered, in 1941, a Danish doctor named Olen Hannussen, to develop the world’s first inflatable sex doll, the Italian newspaper “Corriere della Sera’ reported on Monday. 
 
The doll was [...]