Archive for November 2nd, 2006

Behind the News Cycle

The Jerusalem Post reports that we are soon to be host to another famous guest.

The “most famous” living scientist in the world, British physics Prof. Steven Hawking of the University of Cambridge, will visit Israel for two weeks starting December 1.
 
He will spend most of his time in Jerusalem, especially at the Hebrew University. [...]

Boreat Oil

What would Borat think of this?

The local energy sector continues to draw attention, and the latest interested party is Kazakhstan. The central Asian country is considering a bid for the Haifa oil refinery when it goes public next year, Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov announced this week.
 
Masimov said his country is also interested in [...]

Muck of the Irish

The Irish Independent are reporting an Israeli massacre.

Israeli dawn ‘massacre’ in Gaza Strip leaves nine dead
 
Israeli forces backed by tanks killed eight Palestinians, including at least five militants, yesterday and one soldier was also killed in one of the heaviest Israeli raids into the Gaza Strip in months.
 
Israeli soldiers entered northern Gaza before dawn and fighting [...]

Working 9 to 5

Newsflash: The UNIFIL force in Lebanon is doing diddley squat (hat tip: Shy Guy).
Hizbullah terrorists are free to roam at night without fear of being identified by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to a report by the German paper Der Spiegel.UNIFIL commanders were interviewed by the paper, saying their function is [...]