Archive for January 11th, 2010

Sheikh Gets Off – After Getting Off On Torture

Sheikh Gets Off – After Getting Off On Torture

Do you remember Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the brother of the President of the United Arab Emirates with a penchant for torturing people? Well, he’s been acquitted of charges of torture after the court accepted the defence that – wait for it – he was under the influence of drugs that left him unaware [...]

Help Decide the Future of “The Day in Israel”

Since I began doing them a year ago, I have received quite a bit of feedback regarding my daily “Day in Israel” posts. It seems many of you would prefer me to have separate news update posts, mainly to ease the reading of such updates as well as the linking to them. For me, it [...]

The Day In Israel: Monday Jan 11th, 2010

The Day In Israel: Monday Jan 11th, 2010

Following a number of days in which palestinian terrorists fired close to 20 rockets and mortar shells at Israel (prompting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to vow to respond decisively and strongly to any attack), Israeli defense officials yesterday stated that in the event of a future conflict with Hamas, the IDF may be ordered by [...]