Archive for February, 2009
Feb 15, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day in Israel: Sun Feb 15th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. Another report of Likud working towards a unity government. Likewise regarding Hamas and Fatah. Outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to consult with Likud chairman and likely new Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu before any final decision is made on a prisoner swap for Gilad Shalit. Updates [...]
Feb 15, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Not Cool
This site has a post blasting anti-Israel scumbag blogger Richard Silverstein, and they even link to one of my many posts on the subject. The problem is, they also link to a separated at birth of mine, passing the lookalike off as Silverstein himself. Now while I don’t have any soft spot for Silverstein, I [...]
Feb 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day in Israel: Sat Feb 14th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. I’m back after another relaxing Sabbath. Here’s what I missed: The IAF bombed two Hamas weapons manufacturing facilities and some smuggling tunnels, wounding a number of terrorists. A bomb exploded on the Israel-Gaza Strip border, narrowly missing an army patrol vehicle The Prime Minister’s Office stated [...]
Feb 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
It’s Funny, She Doesn’t Look Jewish
She looks African-American, apparently. Phoebe Snow is so often mistaken for African-American, she’s decided to get to the bottom of her ethnic roots. “I’m going to take a DNA test,” Snow, a Jew whose real name is Phoebe Ann Laub, told Page Six. Her decision comes after New Jersey’s (201) magazine feted the singer as [...]
Feb 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day in Israel: Fri Feb 13th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. Deputy Hamashole leader Moussa Abu Marzouk told the official Egyptian news agency that an 18-month supplies and terror personnel replenishment “truce” between Hamas and Israel would be announced in a few days, and it won’t be linked to a deal on Gilad Shalit. Updates (Israel time; most [...]
They’ve Got It Back to Front
April 2007: Austria strongly refuted on Wednesday accusations by abductors of two German hostages in Iraq that the European country was anti-Islamic. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik stated her country rejects such accusations, noting that just six months ago, while heading the EU, Austria had hosted an international conference on Islam at a time when [...]
Feb 12, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day in Israel: Thurs Feb 12th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging, see Muqata. Political establishment sources estimate that President Shimon Peres will task Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu with establishing the next government. Meanwhile, according to the Jerusalem Post, senior Kadima and Likud officials have said that a national unity government under Netanyahu’s leadership is [...]
Feb 12, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
