Archive for November 30th, 2006

If I Were a Reuters Photographer

Undertakers lower the body of an Israeli woman who was killed by a Palestinian rocket in the Israeli town of Sderot Jewish extremists lay a land mine, November 15.

Mandatory Reading

Lee Kaplan has another must-read article on the ISM.

A Swedish Meatball in Israel
 
The demand came into Israel’s Foreign Ministry from the Swedish ambassador in Tel Aviv demanding an explanation. A Swedish ISM activist, a woman named Tove Johansson, was struck in the face by those nasty settlers in Hebron. Johansson, 19, was in Hebron demonstrating [...]

Official Blog of Israel

The State of Israel now has a blog: Isrealli
 

 
The Israeli Consul for media and public affairs in New York calls this “the official blog of the State of Israel”, and “the first state Blog out there.” They also want feedback.
 
Here are my initial thoughts:
 
1. It’s better late than never, but why did it take so long?
 
2. [...]

The Case of the Anti-Israel Dictionary

Israellycool
reader Andrew has forwarded a mail from a friend of his, who points out
that when you look up the word “annex” in the UK version of
www.ask.com, this
is what you get:
annex
noun
1.  
an addition that extends a main building
verb
1.  
take illegally, as of territory: “The Israelis are annexing more and more territory on the West
Bank “
2.   take
(territory) by conquest: [...]