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Shire Network News

It is very rare that I plug other sites or podcasts, so when I do, you should listen.
One of my favorite podcasts is Shire Network News. The main people behind the show – Brian of London and Tom Paine (not their real names) – have been longtime supporters of Israellycool, even in the days I [...]

Great Satan Pictures Presents..

Sometimes kissing the tush of a meglomaniacal tyrant will get you a movie about said meglomaniacal tyrant. Other times, it will only get you chapped lips.
Just ask Oliver Stone.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposal by controversial American movie director Oliver Stone to make a film about him because Stone is part the [...]

“Who Are You Calling a ‘Panzee?”

When watching the closing credits to the upcoming movie Speed Racer, you may not see the words “No monkeys were harmed in the making of this film.”
There’s a reason for that.
Christina Ricci’s latest film has sparked outrage following allegations a chimpanzee was beaten on set. The chimp is said to have bitten an actor on [...]

A Real Moderate

Ha’aretz has a fascinating article and interview with Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born Muslim-Italian writer and journalist, who passionately defends Israel’s right to exist, and condemns the Islamic fundamentalism death cult.
It’s not every day that a Muslim intellectual puts his own head on the line to defend Israel’s right to exist. But that is exactly what [...]

Welcome Back, Dummkopf

Looks like someone prefers life on the inside.
Mordechai Vanunu, the technician who served 18 years in jail for delivering nuclear secrets to the Sunday Times in 1986, is going back to jail.
On Monday, Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court sentenced him to six months in jail for having committed 14 violations of the restrictions imposed upon him when [...]