After threatening to stop them, Israel has allowed the boatloads of tools and fools to reach Gaza. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday welcomed two boats that sailed from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip in efforts to break the Israeli-imposed blockade on the Palestinian territory, saying that the arrival of the boats signaled the end [...]
While the palestinians claim they do not have enough flour in Gaza, I am glad to see that not only do they have enough to subside on, but they even have extra for their recreational needs. White flower (sic.), not explosives was packed in a plastic bottle and thrown towards Israeli soldiers by a 15-year-old [...]
Frum Satire’s comments about me were in jest (and we had a very nice chat at the conference), but given that I am now officially known as a blogroll miser, I think I should explain where I’m coming from. There are three types of requests to be added to your blogroll. They can be summarized [...]
The guy who wrote the infamous Ha’aretz piece dissing the Jewish Bloggers Conference before it began has written his follow-up piece. And it is actually a fair report. More than 200 Jewish bloggers, most of them immigrants from North America, attended the First International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerusalem this past Wednesday. Attendees seemed as [...]
A number of years ago, my father was interviewed for the Jewish Migrant Oral History Project. Thankfully, I have a copy of the interview, and I will be publishing excerpts from it in his memory. Previous installments: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Interviewer: What were you being told about Perth [...]
Microsoft are bringing in the big guns. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star in a $US300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a person familiar with the effort said. The centerpiece of that campaign, to debut next month, is a series of television advertisements in which Seinfeld, [...]
A few days ago I blogged about Roseanne Barr’s scathing attack on fellow celebrity Jon Voight. Well, Jon’s not going to take it lying down. Here’s his response: Burn! Update: The insane one responds on her blob blog: Jon Voight’s words about me, where he totally blames the victim, as all right wingers always do: [...]
Meet the latest casualty of the evil Zionists: palestinian Olympic success. Nader Al-Masri, a Palestinian athlete from Gaza, finished 13th and last in his heat of the 5000 meters in the Olympic games in Beijing on Wednesday. The 28-year-old’s performance was not a surprise as he hails from the teeming, impoverished and besieged ribbon of [...]
Many have already posted about it, and I am really too exhausted to post something lengthy and articulate, so I’ll instead post some random thoughts and observations. For me, the highlight of the evening was meeting the various bloggers present, which invariably turned out to be a gigantic game of Jewish geography. Included was the [...]
While Sultan Ajlouni embraced his mother after being released from prison near Amman, his father discovered he had special Jedi powers.
