Archive for December, 2006

The Greatest American Israeli Hero

I don’t know too much about the NBC show Heroes except what I’ve read from the official site, which states that it is “an epic drama that chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities.” As well as what I know from Chaim, who describes it thus:

What is Heroes? Only the [...]

The Meat’s Revenge

Looks like some women in Kuwait are taking the whole gender equality thing too far: 

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced two women to seven years in jail each for kidnapping a man and forcing him to have sex with them
 
The two were convicted of raping the man by forcing him to have sex against his will.
 
They were also [...]

Trump Hearts Israel

Donald Trump talks to Israeli business leaders (hat tip: Jerusalem Online).
 
My favorite Donald quote is after he is asked whether he has plans to come and visit Israel:

“Most importantly, I made a major contribution to Israel a number of years ago, and they named a park after me: the Donald J. Trump Park. And [...]

Give and Take

‘Tis the season of giving, so let’s have a quick look at who’s giving what.

Israel
          Palestinians              

Transfer $100 million to Abbas
Fire Kassams into Israel

Remove several checkpoints
Shoot Israeli civilians

Allow Egypt to provide Abbas’ security forces with weapons
Threaten the US

Allow the PLO’s Badr Brigade to enter the territories
                                            

Likely release palestinian prisoners

And despite the [...]

Gone to the Dogs

To those of you who feel I may have been unfairly singling out Spanish UNIFIL troops in my previous post, here’s some Italian troops being equally “useful.”

Merry Xmas

Wishing all of my Christian readers a..
Merry Xmas!

Here’s hoping your Xmas celebrations have a whole lot more meaning than UNIFIL.

Feelgood Story of the Day

Brings a tear to me eye:
A special surprise was waiting for Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni when she attended the General Assembly of the Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce this week, as an Iraqi businessman approached the minister, introduced himself and said that he will do anything to help promote peace in the region, and “even die [...]

Israellycool Podcast #52: Media as Theater of War

The latest Israellycool Podcast (#52) is now up on my podcast
site. Or you can access it directly here:
On
this week’s show, I talk about the Herzliya Conference on Media as Theater of War, which I attended. Included are interviews with bloggers Richard Fernandez, Michael Totten, Martin Solomon, and Richard Landes, as well as Joe Hyams, [...]

Say Your Prayers

Ha’aretz reports:
The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) intends to erect a small mosque at Ben-Gurion International Airport, according to the IAA Director-General Gabi Ophir.
Ophir said Thursday he has instructed the airport’s management to set up a room designated for Muslim prayers, as part of IAA efforts to improve services to passengers.
The roughly 20-square-meter room will be [...]

If I Were a Reuters Photographer

A Palestinian child fires a shot from a rifle held by a militant of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a group affiliated with the Fatah movement, during a rally A Palestinian man spends some quality time with his son on Bring Your Child to Work Day in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Dec. [...]