Here’s someone I bet wasn’t invited to speak at Israel Apartheid Week. At first glance, Fayce (not his real name), looks like a normal, young Tel Aviv resident. His native sounding unaccented Hebrew – complete with all of the Israeli slang – and his mannerisms bear all the hallmarks of someone who has lived in [...]
The Jerusalem Post reports on yet another palestinian kidnapping of foreigners, which ended predictably, if not quicker than usual. Three American women were briefly kidnapped Tuesday in the West Bank city of Nablus and were released later in the evening, Palestinian security officials said. There was no claim of responsibility by an armed Palestinian group. [...]
Australia’s most decent dissent judge has shown why he should quit his day job. High Court judge Michael Kirby yesterday accused America of being “obsessed” with September 11, 2001, saying more people died each day of AIDS than perished in the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Justice Kirby played down the significance [...]
Does this woman ever shut up? Germaine Greer has slammed as simpering and unmanly the gallery portrait of Steve Irwin that replaced hers. Greer said it was disgraceful that it had taken the Australian National Portrait Gallery six months to to hang a portrait of the late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. While she commended the [...]
Australia terrorist David Hicks (according to an identikit), and Australian musician Bernard Fanning (hat tip: Tim Blair)
Ynetnews reports: Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah is suffering from some form of depression, Israeli behavioral researchers said. The experts, who examined Nasrallah’s patterns of behavior during recent public appearances and compared it to his conduct in the past, said if their assertion was correct it would be difficult to predict the Hizbullah chief’s actions in [...]
This old palestinian man reminds me of an old version of Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds.
Rocky times for Sylvester. Sylvester Stallone will probably be allowed to leave Australia today, despite being under investigation for trying to bring banned items into the country. The actor had several items confiscated by Customs officials who questioned him and his entourage for two hours at Sydney airport late on Friday. Rumor has it that [...]
I just love this caption. Palestinian men, many of them carrying weapons, march during a protest to demand jobs in the Palestinian security forces in Gaza City Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) Notice how the fact the men are carrying weapons is mentioned as an aside, as if it is incidental. Not only [...]
Two moles have been found inside the White House and dealt with. At this stage, it doesn’t look like they have caused any damage.
