RSS

RSSArchive for August 28th, 2005

What Happens When Most of the Budget Consists of Military Spending

It is no secret that here in Israel, the police have had to implement cost-cutting measures. Israellycool reader and real life friend Josh has sent some proof of these measures. Remember, this is not photoshopped!
 

 

 

The View from Here Meets Israellycool

We already knew that The View from Here is really cool. Now it is Israellycool!
 
Have no idea what I’m talking about. Check it out here.

Israellycool on Shire Network News

I was asked by blogger, podcaster, and mate “Tom Paine,” of Silent Running fame, to represent the “anti-disengagement” view on his latest Shire Network News podcast.
 
You can hear the full interview here.

Possible Suicide Bombing in Beer Sheva

There are reports of a possible suicide bombing at Beer Sheva’s central bus station (a place I used to frequent every day). So far, at least 10 people have been wounded.
 
 
Updates
 
9.00AM: Ynetnews reports:

The bomber, who was approaching buses in the area, apparently spotted security guards and blew himself up outside the station. Police are looking [...]

Don’t Hold Back, Vanunu

Nuclear whistelblower hot-air blower Mordechai “Nanu-nanu” Vanunu has shown his extreme hatred for Israel – in an interview with an extreme Israel-hating Egyptian paper.

Israel treats people like animals, and its conduct towards the Palestinian constitutes a “Holocaust,” nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu charged in an interview with Egyptian weekly al-Ahram.
 
“That’s what Nazism did, and that’s [...]