At The Count of Three: Awwww
Anti-Israel blogger and all-round nasty piece of work Richard Silverstein (http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/) has suffered a setback in court.
Archive for February, 2009
Israeli Elections 2009: The Next Day
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. What a cliffhanger. What a political system. With 99% of the votes counted, Kadima is ahead of Likud by one seat. (source: Ha’aretz) But here’s the interesting thing: the right-wing bloc leads the center-left bloc 65-55, so Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu seems to have the better [...]
Feb 11, 2009 | 6 comments | View Post
Liveblogging the Israeli Elections 2009
Sticky post. Scroll down for new posts and updates. Welcome to the Israeli Elections 2009 liveblogging post. I will be blogging throughout the day, and will then be joined by two guests with excellent knowledge of the Israeli political system, who will provide commentary, analysis and answer your questions: Professor Barry Rubin is Director of [...]
Feb 10, 2009 | 10 comments | View Post
Latest Zionist Plot Against “Al Aqsa”
Just about every day the Palestinian Arabic press mentions another Jewish plot against the Al Aqsa Mosque. Either the Jews are planning to build a synagogue there, or they are building a tunnel underneath, or they are installing cameras nearby, but either way they know that the goal is the same – to destroy the [...]
Feb 10, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Tomorrow’s Election Coverage
I have some exciting news regarding tomorrow’s blogging of the Israeli elections. Stay tuned for more. In the meantime, if any of you are graphically talented and would like to create an election banner for tomorrow’s election post, please write me at israellycool-at-yahoo-dot-com. You’ll get attribution and the satisfaction of having helped me out.
Feb 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Wrong Elliot
Now this is what I call a cock-up. Courtesy of the ever (un)reliable Jerusalem Post picture-caption-generator-thingamebob.
Feb 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Open Thread: Israeli Election Edition
With the Israeli elections tomorrow, now is a good time to start discussing who you will/would vote for and why. As for me, I am still undecided. Do I go with a party that more fits my ideology, but voting for which may increase the chance of a party I detest gaining power? Or do [...]
Feb 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day In Israel: Mon Feb 9th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging see The Muqata. As expected, the IAF struck some Hamas outposts in south Gaza in (disproportionate) response to yesterday’s firing of rockets at civilians in Israel. There were unconfirmed reports that a Hamashole may have messed up his hair. Updates (Israel time; most [...]
Tragedy Down Under
I have obviously been very much focused on events in Israel, especially as of late, so I want to make a point of mentioning the devastating bushfires wreaking havoc in Australia, which have killed over 130 people at last count. I pray that the ordeal be over soon, with no more life being lost. I [...]
Feb 09, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day In Israel: Sun Feb 8th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day. For other liveblogging see The Muqata. A deal to secure the release of the Gilad Shalit may be close because Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni have softened their positions and are now willing to release more and “higher quality” (i.e. “bloodier [...]
Feb 08, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
