Archive for January 3rd, 2008
“Taking Cover” Technique #80: The Nonchalant Approach
Per the man standing (center):
Palestinians take cover during clashes with the Israeli army, during a military operation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.
Return of the Bird Flu
Great, just what we need on top of everything else.
Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon ordered Thursday the culling of all fowl in a three kilometer radius of the northern town of Binyamina.
Simhon’s order comes following the earlier detection of a deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in a Binyamina kindergarten petting zoo.
According to Professor Shmuel Rishpon, [...]
Divorce, Egyptian-Style
From AFP:
An Egyptian woman is seeking clarification from a court on whether her husband’s declaration of divorce by text message is legally valid, a state-run newspsaper reported on Thursday.After missing a call from her husband on her mobile phone, Iqbal Abul Nasr received a text message from him saying “I divorce you because you [...]
Bad Music
The Australian Jewish News reports that Croation ultra-Nationalist Marko Perkovic and his band Thompson (not to be confused with this band), have been cleared to enter Australia and play a series of concerts (hat tip: Jewgle Perth).
According to the ADL:
Croatian-based singer Marko Perkovic (who is also called Thompson) and his band Thompson are known for [...]
Protected
A Palestinian child is protected from the cold during a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement in the West Bank village of Beit Fajjar near Bethlehem, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008. (AP Photo / Nasser Shiyoukhi)
Now that they’re being protected from the perils of the cold, I’m sure the palestinian [...]
Caught In A Web Of Lies
PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki has denied that the men who murdered two off-duty IDF soldiers were members of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party, and that the murders were nationalistically motivated, as was reported in the Israeli media yesterday.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian government said Wednesday that a shooting attack which killed two off-duty Israeli soldiers near Hebron [...]
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