Archive for October 23rd, 2007

Going Postal

It has been 12 years since Prime Minister Rabin was murdered. You would think a major Israeli news site would be able to do the math.
Then again, we are talking about the Jerusalem Post (you can see previous examples of their “work” here, here, and here).
It’s no wonder I prefer Ha’aretz as a news source, [...]

Column of the Day

Andrew Bolt asks the question on all of our minds.
“Why is it that naked protesters are almost always of the Left?”
Why is it that naked protesters are almost always of the Left?
I’ve seen nude protests against global warming, cars, George Bush, the Iraq war, genetically modified crops, meat-eaters and the army.
But never have protesters stripped [...]

Separated at Birth

Some palestinian woman and the mom from Stop! Or my Mom will Shoot.

The sad thing is, it is not the first time I have been able to make this comparison.
And still on the subject of Sylvester Stallone

A Palestinian woman walks past a wall decorated with photographs of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, bottom left, [...]

Israeli News Briefs – October 23rd, 2007

Updated throughout the day

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is fast helping me get over my anti-French neurosis.
An official at Afghanistan’s embassy in Germany has been replaced for the unspeakable crime of inviting an Israeli diplomat to a function. I guess they’re just getting back at us for our unreasonable response in similar circumstances.
Israeli cable television [...]