Archive for October, 2007

Channeling the Scoob

I couldn’t resist cracking a smile at this (hat tip: Elder of Ziyon)
The Zionist lobby and its meddling in the Darfur crisis is a major problem facing the war-torn province, a Sudanese official has said.
The Secretary General of the Council of Foreign Media at the Sudanese Ministry of Information, Bakri Mallah, told Alalam on Thursday [...]

True Lies

When is a drug not a drug?
When it’s a leaf!
The governor of California says marijuana is not a drug, a British magazine reported today.
Arnold Schwarzenegger told the British edition of GQ magazine that he had not taken drugs.
The former bodybuilder and Hollywood star has acknowledged using marijuana in the 1970s and was shown smoking a [...]

Separated at Birth

No, this is not that kind of post. I’m talking literally.
Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein lived very similar lives. They were both born in New York, edited their high school newspapers and studied film at university. And both were adopted in 1968.
It was only at the age of 35 that they discovered each other, and [...]

Israeli News Briefs – October 28th, 2007

Updated throughout the day

IAEA potato head Mohamed ElBaradei has condemned Israel for “taking the law into their own hands” after the air raid on Syria, saying that Israel should have instead come to the IAEA. Yep, that would be effective.
The Israeli Prime Minister has not admitted that the IAF carried out an air raid on [...]

Talking Turkey

AP reports that the Iranians are once again accusing Big Satan and Little Satan of some devilish behavior, this time supporting Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. But what really struck me about the report was Turkey’s response to the accusations.
Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday accused the U.S. and Israel of supporting Kurdish separatists in northern [...]

Israeli News Briefs – October 26th, 2007

Updated throughout the day

Palestinian negotiator Saeb “It’s a Massacre” Erekat has appealed for international intervention and called the Israeli decision to cut off electricity to Gaza after each Qassam rocket “particularly provocative given that Palestinians and Israelis are meeting to negotiate an agreement on the core issues for ending the conflict between them.” Apparently, [...]

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Quote of the Day

“Today, more than ever, Israel continues along Rabin’s path — the path that will lead us to the sought after peace.”
- Israeli President Shimon Peres at yesterday’s ceremony honoring Yitzhak Rabin and marking the 12th anniversary of his assassination
And hence the myth – that the current “peace process” is conducive with Rabin’s vision – [...]

When Halle Was Silly

By now, most of you are probably aware of the infamous Halle Berry “Jewish nose” joke of last week. If not, here’s what happened.
One of Hollywood’s most famous faces has apologized for a joke about a “Jewish” nose.
Oscar winner Halle Berry called the New York Post Monday evening to apologize for a comment she’d made [...]

My Fair Allah

The Jerusalem Post is reporting that the former mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, has made the claim that there never was a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount, and the Western Wall was really part of a mosque.
The former mufti of Jerusalem, Ikrema Sabri, has made the claim that there never was a Jewish temple [...]