Archive for April, 2008

Rushing to Blame Israel

The mainstream media such as AP is having a field day reporting today’s deaths of 7 palestinians, including children. Israeli strike kills 7 Palestinians An Israeli tank shell slammed into a tiny Gaza Strip home Monday during a skirmish with gunmen, killing a Palestinian woman and four of her children as they prepared to sit [...]

A Comment From Gaza

From commenter Mesow (from Gaza): Well, I’m not Gazan, but I live here, and I think, being Christian, that Hamas is so close-minded, hateful and showing how strong it is by killing civilians either Israelis or Palestinians, dont think Hamas killed Israelis only, but everyone in its way, and uses little kids (3-15 years old) [...]

Quote of the Day

“It seems to me that, today, it can be stated confidently — and not, God forbid, arrogantly — that the Israeli people has a government that knows how to protect it, that it has a leadership that knows how to look out for its security and future.” – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The only [...]

Muslims in Support of the Pig

Bring out the flying pig who, incidentally, has unexpected support. A new Muslim organization is coming out with a highly untraditional campaign, demanding better care for Danish hogs, which according to the organization suffer unnecessarily from grueling transports and castration without anesthesia. Imam Abdul Wahid Pedersen [ed. one of Denmark's more radical imams], who heads [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Today’s Terrorist Attacks

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 [...]

US Court to Wesley Snipes: Go Directly to Jail

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 [...]