Reuters reports on ill-fated Israeli plans to bump off bin Laden 10 years ago: Israel’s Mossad spy service and a foreign counterpart enlisted a confidante of Osama bin Laden to kill the Al-Qaeda leader in 1996 but the plan fell apart over a political dispute, a newspaper said on Thursday. Mossad picked up Bin Laden’s trail [...]
It’s a shame no-one nominated this for Best Series in the JIB Awards.
One of the funniest features from my Mad magazine collection was The Shadow Knows. If I recall correctly, it was done by Sergio Aragones, and involved cartoons of people in different situations. In each picture, the people’s shadows were drawn to represent the people’s true colors or feelings. For instance, a man is drawn walking [...]
For the second year in a row, I find myself having to write a JIB-related post that I wish was not necessary. You see, it seems that there are plenty of people out there who take the competition aspect too far. There are blog readers who leave snarky comments at blogs who have been [...]
Israellycool Podcast #35 is now up on my podcast site. On this week’s show, my wife Erika and I talk about the neo palestinian election results, an Iranian visitor in Israel, and listener feedback. And if you are an Israellycool Podcast listener, please stick a pin in my Podcast Frappr map.
So much for exit polls. Hamas have actually won the neo palestinian elections, assured of between 70-80 of 132 seats. As I mentioned yesterday, Hamas do not plan on amending their charter. Nor do they even intend on pretending. A senior Hamas official said Thursday recognizing Israel and talks with the Jewish state are [...]
My friends at Cox & Forkum hit the nail on the head with this cartoon from a year ago: This is precisely my point at the end of this post. Whether it be Hamas or Fatah, it does not matter. The only difference is the weapon being used.
In one of the best examples I can think of to demonstrate the real power of the blogosphere, fellow Israeli blogger (and blogware user) Lisa has arranged for an Iranian blogger to visit Israel (!) The Iranian blogger in question, Hossein Derakhshan, explains his decision to visit Israel: As a citizen journalist, I’m going [...]
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With the neo palestinian parliamentary elections having ended earlier this evening, it looks as though Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party has carved out a narrow victory. Initial polls indicate that Fatah has won 63 parliamentary seats, with Hamas winning 58. What is clear is that Hamas will be part of the government. Theoretically, they could even form [...]
