Archive for August, 2007

Near Lynch

Near Lynch

An IDF officer today mistakenly entered a palestinian town, and almost got lynched for his troubles. Luckily for him (and unlike in the case of the October 2000 events in Ramallah), palestinian policemen helped save him from the lynch mob, rather than joining it. An IDF officer was rescued Monday afternoon by Palestinian Authority police [...]

Separated at Birth

Separated at Birth

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and the Death Star

Reaching For The Stars

While palestinian first-graders are learning how to become martyrs, their Israeli counterparts are learning the regular things first-graders learn. You know…reading, writing…astrophysics and astronomy…. Pupils in Jerusalem’s Har Homa neighborhood can now aspire to reach the stars, thanks to a new curriculum from first grade that includes astrophysics, astronomy and space studies. It will be [...]

The Planting

 The palestinian Ma’an News Agency reports: A Palestinian citizen was killed by Israeli forces on Monday, east of Al Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical sources informed Ma’an that 43-year-old Farid Abu Thahir died on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli forces opened fire at him while he [...]

A Life Without Taste

Having already targeted Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, and Diana, the late Princess of Wales, Germaine Greer has now set her sights on……cuddly toys. Teddies and bunnies are taken into exams and sat on the desks, as if to be without them for three hours would induce hysteria and fainting spells. Soft toys are left along [...]

Syriana

Hamas has reportedly received instructions from its leaders in Syria to carry out a mega terror attack. Hamas leaders in Damascus instructed the group’s loyalists in the West Bank to carry out a large-scale terror attack in Israel, the Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] deputy director said during Sunday’s cabinet meeting. No surprises that Hamas [...]

Prison Break

The palestinian Ma’an News Agency reports: The Nafha prisoners’ society on Sunday condemned what it described as the Israeli prisons’ authorities neglect of healthcare in Israeli jails and maltreatment of Palestinian prisoners. The society issued a statement decrying the terrible conditions for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and stating that the prisons are miserable and [...]

Lessons to Learn From Israelis

Professor As’ad Abdul Rahman, Chairman of the Palestinian Encyclopedia, has written an interesting column in the Gulf News, which, although containing some factual errors, is worth reading for the fact that he recognizes his people have a lot to learn from Israel. A wise man once said that “if you know your enemy, you would [...]

More Hamas Trademark Infringement

Fresh from creating Farfur, the Mickey Mouse knock-off, those crazy, murderous folks over at Hamas are hedging their bets on more Disney cowardice, and have now knocked off another Disney fan favorite. Introducing the no-named Simba the Lion knock-off. After killing off its Mickey Mouse-lookalike, Hamas has turned to another Disneyesque character — televising a [...]

Meeting the Queen

In an article entitled The most embarrassing moments in my diplomatic career, veteran Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner reminisces about the time he presented his ambassador’s credentials to the queen. Escorted into the queen’s chamber by a chamberlain dressed like the Duke of Wellington, I executed the rehearsed choreography with due aplomb: bowing at the door, [...]