Archive for April 24th, 2009

No Jewish Jokes For You!

No joke.
Archbishop of Adelaide Philip Wilson has told his flock they should not tell Jewish jokes.
Archbishop Wilson said Friday that Catholics must be respectful and sensitive towards Jews.
“My sense about this is, we have to be especially careful about the way that we talk about the Jewish people because of the way that they’ve been [...]

Sheik, Rattle and Roll

Last year, I blogged about Sheik Issa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a son of the late UAE president and brother of Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, who had a thing for torturing people.
ABC News has now aired a story on him, which includes the incriminating footage [warning: some disturbing images].

(hat tip: Shy Guy, who also came [...]

The Day In Israel: Fri Apr 24th, 2009

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has stated that Europe will not dictate policy to Israel. That is the USA’s job.
Rumours of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s invitation to visit Egypt may have been exaggerated.

Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
9:48AM: Israeli PM spokesperson Mark Regev admits that naming [...]

Preliminary Report On PCHR’s Fake “Civilians”

Preliminary results of PCHR Gaza casualty analysis
In March, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights widely released a report detailing the people who were killed in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. This report was a seemingly comprehensive list of the details about every death: the name, gender, age, location, and job of each person is detailed. [...]