Archive for April 15th, 2010

Israel Tourism Ad Ban Oddity

Israel Tourism Ad Ban Oddity

Yesterday, I blogged about the British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling that the Israeli tourism advert containing the Kotel/Wailing Wall breached truthfulness guidelines and could not be used. While the whole thing is absurd, there is another element of this story that caught my attention. The ruling seems to have followed a complaint by one [...]

The Day In Israel: Thursday April 15th, 2010

The Day In Israel: Thursday April 15th, 2010

US President Barack Obama has reportedly told French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he is determined to keep the pressure on Israel and the palestinians to renew peace talks and implement confidence-building measures. According to a Western diplomat familiar with the details of the Sarkozy-Obama meeting two weeks ago in Washington, Obama said the administration’s latest [...]