Archive for June, 2006

Like a Red Flag to a Bull

Big Pharaoh has posted some of the Arab reactions to Paintsil’s Israeli flag waving. Needless to say, many Arabs are not happy about it. “I ask every Arab and Muslim who has zeal for his religion to boycott all kinds of Ghanaian products even if they were necessary for the daily life” (Big Pharaoh: ummm, [...]

TerrorIslam Online

At Islam Online, Taiwo from Nigeria asks the scholar: What is the way to proceed regarding the Palestinian issue, which has, as the days pass, escalated in terms of complexity and violence? Islam Online’s “scholar” responds: Dear questioner, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we implore Allah earnestly to guide Muslims in all [...]

One for the Fans

Some more light has been shed on the now famous Ghana-Israeli flag waving incident from a few days ago. John Paintsil, the player involved, has explained why he did it: “I love the supporters in Israel so I decided to take out the flag,” Paintsil said.   “I have played for Hapoel and Maccabi Tel [...]

Not All is Lost

Brazil 2 Australia 0 Despite the rare planetary alignment that sparked the interest of Indian astrologers, Brazil defeated Australia. Nevertheless, Australia had a number of scoring opportunities, and challenged their more fancied opponents. But not all is lost: Croatia’s draw with Japan means that Australia need only draw against Croatia to progress to the next [...]

The Ghanan and the Flag

Israellycool reader Joseph writes to me about a curious incident at the World Cup: …..when Ghana won, one of the Ghanian players pulled out an Israeli flag and waved it all around on his victory run…I did not see this game due to the Jewish Sabbath, so I did some detective work, and managed to [...]

Straight from The Horse’s Mouth

Now that Abu Bakar “Bucktooth” Bashir – leader of the al-Qaida-linked terror group behind the Bali bombings (among others) – is out of jail, he is letting loose with his mouth. A reputed leader of the al-Qaida-linked terror group blamed for deadly bombings across Indonesia on Thursday accused President Bush and Australian Prime Minister John [...]

Israellycool Podcast #46: The Unbearable Brightness of Fishbein

The latest Israellycool Podcast (#46) is now up on my podcast site. On this week’s show, I talk about the Gaza beach incident, Olmert’s love for Chirac and Abbas, the escapades of young Benjamin Bright-Fishbein, Zionist celebrities, and Australia’s great victory in the World Cup. And don’t forget: If you are an Israellycool Podcast listener, [...]

Just One of the Boys

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert describes his dream woman to his French hosts..  

The Outing of Spidey

Fancy that..Spiderman has outed himself. For a comic book hero, it’s the ultimate taboo.   In the latest edition of the Marvel comic Civil War on sale today, Spiderman does the unthinkable and removes his Spidey mask to publicly reveal his hidden identity.   “I’m proud of who I am, and I’m here right now [...]

Quote of the Day

“9/11 touched every one of us. Making this movie, I knew how important it was to be as good as I could ever be in anything…I worked my ass off to try, because I wanted to make sure that it worked for people it did affect even closer than it did for the rest of [...]