Archive for April 11th, 2008

Psychological Egoism in the Arab/Israeli Conflict

(adapted from a post at Elder of Ziyon)
A book was recently published that examined the 1936 Olympics. It includes a section on the debate within the United States as to whether to boycott the games because of German racism.
While any objective observer would have clearly seen that Hitler had no interest in allowing German Jews [...]

Reality Bites: “I’ve Totally Binned That ‘Good Guy, Bad Guy’ thing I had in my head”

A Dutch journalist is held up for a few hours at the airport on her way into Israel for security checks and already, in her head, she’s writing the story of how bad it must be for a Palestinian. But then reality bites. Read the whole thing, extracts below.
Five hours at Tel Aviv airport [...]

Hairstyle Man 4: Still At It

Guess who.

Yep, that our friend Hairstyle Man, and we’ve seen him wearing that shirt before.
But I’m not complaining. After all, at least he’s wearing a shirt.

Death of a Human Shield

Ha’aretz reports:
Israel Defense Forces troops killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy and two militants in a cross-border raid into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, Hamas and medical officials said. Medical officials said the boy sustained bullet wounds in the head and chest during an exchange of fire near the refugee camp of Bureij in [...]

Ken Lee Or Without You

Not quite Mariah Carey.

Spoiling the Broth

Who would have thought that employing palestinians in a restaurant was a recipe for disaster?
The thwarting of an alarming terror plot was cleared for publication on Thursday, almost three weeks after a joint Shin Bet and police operation led to the arrest of two Palestinian employees of the ‘Grill Express’ restaurant in Ramat Gan.
The men, [...]

Green Day

Palestinians celebrate the “Lettuce” festival in the West Bank village of Artas, near Bethlehem, April 10, 2008. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK)
As in “Lettuce kill as many Jews as possible.”
But seriously, I’m guessing those lettuce were not grown in Gaza greenhouses.

Back

I’m back from my trip, but I think I left my brain at the luggage claim.
Regular posting will likely resume after I track it down.