After convening three times yesterday, the seven-member inner cabinet is set to meet today to discuss a proposed terrorist exchange for Gilad Shalit with Hamas. While it has been called “a make-or-break situation,” state officials have estimated that the deal will not be finalized in the near future. Meanwhile, the parents of Gilad Shalit yesterday [...]
More photos here. The Jewish Chronicle reports: David Beckham has paid his respects to his Jewish grandfather Joseph West, at the funeral held in Golders Green cemetery. Wearing a blue kippah and his grandfather’s blue Tottenham Hotspur tie, Mr Beckham and his wife Victoria joined a large gathering of friends and family at the cemetery. [...]
Ha’aretz reports: The series of attacks on Israeli targets in Turkey planned by Hezbollah, as reported in the Turkish media, which was foiled by Turkish security forces two months ago, is likely to have caused the tension between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanon border this past summer and fall. Yep. That would do it. [...]
Anti-Israel loonblogger Richard Silverstein organized “a series of media and public events on the Iranian nuclear crisis,” which was designed to “explore ways of resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis through negotiation, rather than force.” Amongst the ideas expressed at this conference was that there “is no evidence so far that Iran is actively following a [...]
Ma’an News reports on more trouble from paradise: Palestinian security confirmed local reports from Al-Khader that the car of a local Fatah leader was set on fire Friday evening. The car belonged to Fatah leader Ismail Issa from the Bethlehem-area village of Al-Khader. Security sources said the car was set ablaze by unknown arsonists while [...]
(hat tip: MILOAD – Mother-in-law of Aussie Dave)
Oh great. As if the original PETA was not wacky enough, we have our own Israeli version. An exhibit featuring naked activists covered in saran wrap was held in central Tel Aviv on Monday, as part of the 11th annual International Animal Rights Day events, during which activists across the world “remember the innocent nonhuman [...]
Here’s a preemptive last-night-of-Chanukah post, since I’ll be offline tonight for the Jewish Sabbath. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Moment of Zen – The Joy of Hanukkah www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a ceremony at A-Najah University in the West Bank city of Nablus, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. , Abbas said the Palestinians will not accept any peace deal without getting all of east Jerusalem, the sector Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed. That includes a holy site [...]
The Iranians have seemingly hacked Twitter. Nice of them to leave their email address, though (Viagra spammers takes note). Of course, it makes sense that they would target Twitter, given it caused them a lot of trouble in the wake of the Iranian election debacle and its aftermath. In fact, Iran was the top Twitter [...]
