Old and busted: French frog cuisine. New hotness: French camel cuisine. A French cook has prepared the world’s largest barbecue – spit-roasting a 550kg camel for 15 hours at a seaside Moroccan town south of Rabat. “It’s a tradition that’s fallen out of favour,” said 63-year-old Christian Falco from the south-western French city of Perpignan, [...]
Later today, I’m heading off to Australia for a 3-week visit. While I am going to be preoccupied with other matters, I do not discount the possibility of some blogging (and possibly even some podcasting) while I am away. In the meantime, you always have Elder (and possibly Brian of London) to fill the void.
Author Salman Rushdie just got that much more satanic. Shirking off accusations in many Muslim countries that he is a ‘Mossad agent’, India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie has said that he plans to visit Israel in the coming year. “May be finally I will be able to collect the payments from Mossad for all my [...]
Palestine Press Agency notes (autotranslated, cleaned up: ) Dr. Saeb Erakat, head of the Negotiations Affairs in the Palestine Liberation Organization, said that the instructions of President Mahmoud Abbas were not to sign any agreement or treaty with the Israeli side in Annapolis unless they include the release of all Palestinian prisoners without exception. Erekat [...]
Last night, Israel defeated Russia 2-1 in the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament. While the result had no consequence for Israel – we had already missed out on qualifying – it did significantly boost England’s chances of qualifying. And boy was the English team’s coach happy. England boss Steve McClaren has paid tribute to Israel’s professionalism [...]
From the people who brought you Used Car Salesman comes Granny from Hell. And she really packs a punch. (Either that, or she’s auditioning for the Jenin version of Saturday Night Fever. And we all know the crowds there can be pretty tough). My granny used to pack my lunch, but I guess that’s the [...]
Here’s proof your’e never too old or fashion-impaired to be a terrorist. He should be selling used cars, not killing people.
I have long maintained that the Israeli government should highlight the plight of the Jewish refugees who had to flee, or were forced out of, Arab lands following the establishment of the State of Israel. This is particularly pertinent, considering the palestinian’s claim of a “right of return” into Israel. And I’m not alone in [...]
“Sometimes when I do multiplication my brain works so fast that I need to take medication.” So says French “mathlete” Alexis Lemaire after having worked out in his head the 13th root of a random 200-digit number in just 72.4 seconds. My tip to Alexis is he doesn’t say that when he’s on a date. [...]
Regular readers would know that I do not have much time for HRH (His Royal Horseness) Prince Charles (or any of the royal pains-in-the-butt, for that matter). Here’s yet another reason I detest Big Ears. Senior aides to Britain’s Prince Charles said there is “no chance” the prince would ever visit Israel as such a [...]
