Archive for January, 2009

The Day In Israel: Sat Jan 31st, 2009

The Day In Israel: Sat Jan 31st, 2009

Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging see The Muqata. Here are the main stories I missed while celebrating the Jewish Sabbath: The palestinians fired ‘only’ one Qassam into Israel today. Here’s the IDF response. Palestinians in Nablus decided to get in on the projectile fun. Then there were those [...]

Liveblogging the Conflict: Fri Jan 30th, 2009

Liveblogging the Conflict: Fri Jan 30th, 2009

Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging see The Muqata. Israel plans to today appeal the decision by the Spanish judge to party like its 1492 open a probe against National Infrastructures Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and six other current or former Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in Gaza that [...]

Liveblogging the Conflict: Thurs Jan 29th, 2009

Liveblogging the Conflict: Thurs Jan 29th, 2009

Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging see The Muqata. Late last night, the IAF struck a weapons manufacturing site near a Hamas outpost and a smuggling tunnel. Speaking of smuggling tunnels, IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Ido Nehushtan said that he doubted the long-term efficacy of our bombing campaign against [...]

Liveblogging the Conflict: Wed Jan 28th, 2009

Liveblogging the Conflict: Wed Jan 28th, 2009

I’m getting that deja vu feeling, with the IAF striking at smuggling tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor before dawn today. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) Click refresh to see new updates during the day. 11:56PM: Gorilla boy a son of monkeys and pigs? Highly doubtful, but funny all the same (hat tip: Kafir [...]

The Day in Israel: Tues Jan 27th, 2009

The Day in Israel: Tues Jan 27th, 2009

French efforts to lift the boycott of Hamas have been stymied. And the French would have gotten away with it too, had it not been for those meddling yids. New US envoy George Mitchell plans to give Hamas the cold shoulder, instead cozying up to the PA’s terrorists in suits. Kadima has kicked of its [...]

Letterman’s 9 Most Hilariously Awkward Moments

Enjoy…or should that be cringe?

Australia Day Open Thread

Australia Day Open Thread

Happy Australia Day! You didn’t think I forgot, did you?

The Day in Israel: Mon Jan 26th, 2009

The Day in Israel: Mon Jan 26th, 2009

Likud Chairman Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu is leading in the polls for preferred Prime Minister of Israel.  In fact, he is ahead for the trifecta – being the preferred choice also for Finance Minister and Foreign Minister. Meanwhile, Bibi continues to position himself more to the center, stating that a Likud-led government would not build new [...]

The Day in Israel: Sun Jan 25th, 2009

The Day in Israel: Sun Jan 25th, 2009

A US naval taskforce has reportedly been ordered to hunt down weapons ships sent by Iran to rearm Hamas in Gaza. In fact, the US Navy already intercepted a suspected Iranian arms ship in the Red Sea last week . Israeli Foreign Minister and Prime Minister candidate Tzipi Livni has warned that Bibi would be [...]

Playing the Goat

From the people who brought us email scams comes Magic Goat! Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery. Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after [...]