Archive for March 19th, 2007

Holyland Hooters

Hooters are expanding into Israel.
U.S. restaurant chain Hooters, known for waitresses in low-cut blouses and short skirts, will open its first branch in Israel this summer, in the Mediterranean seaside city of Tel Aviv.
“I strongly believe that the Hooters concept is something that Israelis are looking for,” Ofer Ahiraz, who bought the Hooters franchise for [...]

The Shame

AP reports on today’s terrorist attack (the shooting attack that wounded an innocent Israeli man, not the suicide bombing that was averted):
Hamas shooting embarasses Palestinians
Hamas militants shot and wounded an Israeli civilian near the main cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Monday, embarrassing the Palestinians’ new government and laying bare internal friction [...]

The Fighting Cocks of Iran

Last week, Iran were not too happy with the Hollywood war epic 300:

Effects-laden war epic 300 has been criticised as an attack on Iranian culture by government figures.The Hollywood film, which has broken US box office records, is a retelling of a battle in which a small Greek army resisted a Persian invasion.
 
Javad Shamaqdari, a [...]