It’s, like, a work of art, man. At the grave : A Palestinian woman mourns at the grave of a relative on the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha at a cemetery in the West Bank town of Jenin. (AFP/Saif Dahlah) By the way, if you stare at the image long enough, [...]
Arabs have been unanimous in rejecting the idea of Israel being a “Jewish state.” Their reasons are that, by definition, a Jewish state would be discriminatory against Arabs and Muslims. If you define “Jewish” in purely religious terms, that would mean that any state that defines itself as “Islamic” is, by definition, equally guilty of [...]
Ynet reports: Livnat bill: Every student must visit museum Proposal by MK Limor Livant would require every Israeli pupil to visit museum, attend two cultural events every year. Former education minister notes: ‘Not all students have such opportunities, especially in the periphery.’ Students’ parents to foot bill So, seen any good theatre shows lately? A [...]
More Discrimination: Israeli Firefighters Do Not Put Out Arab Car Fire A firefighting vehicle from the Karmiel station that was called up Tuesday night to put out a car that was supposedly ablaze in the Arab town of Rama in the Galilee was stoned by villagers, who succeeded in shattering its front windshield. IDF Uses [...]
(Cross-posted from Elder of Ziyon) It is time for our First Annual Palestinian Arab Greatest Hits awards, known affectionately as the Splodies. Here is where we honor the very best of the (soon-to-be) 600 Palestinian Arabs who died from their brethren’s violent acts this year. So, without further ado, I present the 2007 Splodie Awards, [...]
Scientific American has announced the winners of this years’ SciAm 50, the magazine’s annual award celebrating “visionaries from the worlds of research, industry and politics whose recent accomplishments point toward a brighter technological future for everyone” (hat tip: Scott). This year’s award winners includes 3 professors from Tel Aviv University: Itay Baruchi and Eshel Ben-Jacob [...]
Extraordinary: RNPS PICTURES OF THE YEAR – A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth, April 11, 2007. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official reported. REUTERS/Frank Lin (TAIWAN) I think those who [...]
News from across the border: An Egyptian man has been charged with fatally stabbing his wife on their wedding night when he decided she was not a virgin. Ibrahim Ali and Hoda Salem were married in the village of Al-Quba in the Nile Delta. On their wedding night, residents heard Salem screaming and found her [...]
A Hamas operative was killed Tuesday when an IAF aircraft fired a missile at a Hamas post in southern Gaza, officials from the group said….The latest airstrike came after ten Islamic Jihad operatives were killed overnight Monday and early Tuesday as the IDF stepped up its operations against terrorists in the Gaza Strip and the [...]
There’s a caption here, waiting to happen. My contribution: Chabad Rabbi: You’ll be back? Who do you think you are? The Rebbe?
