Archive for March 5th, 2006

French Media and the Halimi Affair

Israellycool reader Grumpy Troll has given some more insight into the French media’s coverage of the murder of Ilan Halimi. 
Here in France, the religion of Ilan Halimi’s killers is virtually unreported. No major French news agency has revealed that the murderers recited the Qur’an in calls to the family. There has only been [...]

Geraldo to the Rescue

American TV “personality” Geraldo Rivera has decided he knows the answer to achieving peace in the Middle East: him!
Shelly Yechimovitz isn’t alone. Another TV personality has decided to trade in his microphone for Israeli politics. Says who? None other than American talk show host Heraldo Rivera, in an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Israel’s leading [...]

Quote of the Day

“There is an attempt to gain politically from the incident. There is something almost ridiculous in the fact that the Muslim public, which is intolerant of Christianity and its leaders, is at the forefront of the protest against an incident carried out by a weird couple and is trying to leverage the incident for election [...]

One Day in Moscow

Hamas political chief, Khaled Mashaal, is greeted at Moscow’s main mosque.

“Ok, Mordy, stand up now. Your’e embarrassing me.”

Double “O Seven Behave”

The new Bond, Daniel Craig, has had a scary thought.
James Bond star Daniel Craig is ready to bare all in his first film as 007.
Craig, 37, told movie bosses he would not only show his bottom – but was happy to do the Full Monty.
The star of Casino Royale said: “In today’s world we expect [...]

Looking to Buy

Looks who’s coming to ‘Pina:
US pop diva Madonna wants to buy a house in the Israeli town of Rosh Pina, where the ancient Jewish Kabbalah tradition expects the Messiah to appear at the end of the world.
Yediot Aharonot said the owner of a 100-year-old, ramshackle five-bedroom villa overlooking the Sea of the Galilee had been [...]