Here is some promising news from the Land Down Under. When 120 students of Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths came together yesterday, the talk was not just about religion but Australia’s soccer success against Uruguay and Australian Idol. At lunchtime, 40 year 11 students, wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves), Christian crosses and the kippa (Jewish skullcap), [...]
In election-related news Following in the footsteps of Open Source Media, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s new party has been registered as Kadima (“Forward”), after initially being called Ahrayut Leumit (“National Responsiblity”). After proclaiming that he “can move an entire country forward” (i.e kadima), Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister/Likud Leadership Candidate Silvan Shalom lauds the trait of [...]
The Israeli media coverage of Michael Jackson’s latest insanity just gets worse and worse. Leaving aside the fact that Ynet, Ha’aretz, and the Jerusalem Post were all embarassingly late on this story (I blogged about it over three hours before any of them reported it), as well as Ynet’s plagiarism, now we have Ha’aretz [...]
Following my recent post on Michael Jackson’s anti-Semitic rant, Ynet have published an article on the same topic. And I suspect that Ynet have actually lifted it from me. Oh, the arrogance of the man, I hear some of you scoff. And you may be right. After all, Ynet are a large media outfit, and [...]
