Archive for April 25th, 2008

A Palestinian Invention

The palestinian WAFA news agency reports on a new palestinian invention.
A Palestinian female youth from Hebron city town of Bany Neim managed in developing a machine for Spraying of pesticides and fertilizers to work by the sun energy.
The machine is electronically controlled. The girl is to be the first Palestinian who could do such an [...]

Quote of the Day

“I don’t know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.”
- Madonna

Reuters: Hamas Poster Boy

Yet more Reuters bias:*

A Palestinian man takes down an anti-Israel Hamas poster after a rally in Gaza, March 4, 2008. Israel dismissed on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to prepare for more fighting rather than [...]

Revealing the UNRWA’s True Colors

I mentioned on Wednesday in my blog that the UNRWA in the West Bank went on a planned 3 day strike – stopping food distribution and other services – in response to attacks and threats on UNRWA personnel by Palestinian Arabs.
And these events were not mentioned, as far as I could tell, on the UN [...]

Today’s Terrorist Attacks

A day after US President George Bush expressed his confidence in the creation of a palestinian state, palestinian terrorists expressed their confidence that terrorism will gain them even more concessions.
Two Israeli security guards were shot dead overnight Friday in a shooting attack at the Nitzanei Shalom industrial zone, near the West Bank city of Tul [...]

US Court to Wesley Snipes: Go Directly to Jail

Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has learned the hard way that crime does not pay, even if you are famous and filthy rich.
Wesley Snipes called on famous friends to vouch for him, highlighted his clean criminal record and even wrote the government $5 million in checks — all in an effort to convince a judge that [...]

Gillerman on Carter

You should know by now that when Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman opens his mouth, he invariably makes sense and sounds good in doing so.
Here’s his latest:
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called former President Jimmy Carter “a bigot” for meeting with the leader of the militant Hamas movement in Syria.
Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize [...]