Click refresh to see new updates during the day It was not just Israeli Chief Rabbi Lau who was disappointed by the pope’s speech at Yad Vashem. The speech by Pope Benedict XVI Monday at Yad Vashem drew criticism from staff members of the Holocaust memorial, who described it as disappointing and lukewarm. The chairman [...]
I am not sure my brain can handle this. Sean Penn’s marriage to Robyn Wright Penn reportedly ended because he had started seeing actress Natalie Portman. Star magazine reports Penn, 48, and Portman, 27, have been together since at least March 17, when spies say they were spotted kissing for over 45 minutes at the [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day In an interview with The Times, Jordan’s King Abdullah has said that: US President Obama’s meeting with Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu next week has “become the acid test” for the Administration’s commitment to peace in the Middle East His last encounter 10 years ago with Netanyahu [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day According to “confidential reports” (oops!) sent to Jerusalem , the US has set October as its target for completing the first round of talks with Iran on its nuclear program, after which time Washington’s stance toward Tehran will stiffen (whatever that really means). Updates (Israel time; [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Shavua tov, my dear readers. Here’s the main news I missed today: Head Hamashole Khaled Mashaal has warned the PA against forming a new government and reiterated his group’s opposition to a two-state solution. Egypt’s Muslim brotherhood thinks US President Barack Obama is helping the “Zionist [...]
Taken from the real martyr bios from the always entertaining Hamas website. For previous profiles, see here. The Skunk Karam Al-Wadiya Karam hemorrhaged for hours before his eyes get closed for ever. He looked different; the light was coming out of his face, and his body was spreading musk on the people who came for [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Senior Israeli officials have reportedly expressed concerns recently over the sharp decline in the coordination between Israel and the United States on security and state affairs since both President Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu took office. “Obama’s people brief their Israeli counterparts in advance much less [...]
This is just begging for a caption My effort: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tries to wipe his contingent off the map. (photo via Fark) Update: Alternative caption: Wipe Israel off the map? He evidently can’t even wipe his own bum.
Click refresh to see new updates during the day PA president Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday that he and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak plan to present the Obama administration with a complete formula for resolving the Middle East conflict. Meanwhile, Arab sources have told Ha’aretz that any renewed involvement in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would be based [...]
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Israel President Shimon Peres has met privately with US President Barack Obama, after which time Peres told reporters that “there is no space between us and the United States.” Methinks it is a spelling error, and should read: “there is no space between U.S and the [...]
