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Ashrawi Lashes Out

PLO Arab Hanan Ashrawi has reacted to criticism against her selection as the recipient of this year’s Sydney Peace Prize by implying that she has faced more hatred in Australia than in Israel. “I was amazed at the degree of, not just negative response, but a certain degree of hatred, which I don’t find even [...]

Hard Luck

Talk about rotten luck… Gordon Young and his wife Bev were planning to spend their recent $800,000 Tattslotto jackpot win on a dream tour around Australia when they were struck and killed by a car during an afternoon walk on Tuesday. The death of the recently retired couple from near Leongatha, both in their early [...]

Luke on the Offensive

Mark Hamill, the actor who played “Luke Skywalker” in Star Wars, takes a subtle jab at Jewish Hollywood personalities. “I don’t mind the Hollywood caste system. I know the tenuous position I’m in on the entertainment food chain. I don’t get invited to A-list affairs. Me? I’m listless,” he says. “If anything, it hardens my [...]

Like Father, Like Son

Muammar Gaddafi’s son also has problems with the truth.

Confusing Headline of the Day

Environment Ministry: Dead Sea is dying Hmm…… Of course, I blogged about this a while back, when Al-Crapeeza found it fit to blame Israel for the Dead Sea’s predicament.

More of the Same

Why do we even bother? The newly-approved Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Rafik al-Natsheh supports continued violence and said he was “encouraged” by the recent EU poll fingering Israel as the primary threat to the world. He also advocates PLO Arab non-compromise on the issues of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

Exceeding all Red Lines

Arutz Sheva reports that Irineos (or as I like to call him, “Urineos”), the unrecognized leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and a candidate for the post of Greek Orthodox Patriarch, was caught lying to IDF soldiers and trying to smuggle in a gun to Yasser Arafat. Urineos has in the past claimed [...]

David Bar-Ilan Dead

Former Jerusalem Post executive editor and pioneer in exposing and combating media bias toward Israel, David Bar-Illan, has died at the age of 73. Sincere condolences to his family. He will be sorely missed.

Let’s Just All Kissinger and Make Up

Former U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger is optimistic about the chance of peace between Israel and the PLO Arabs. “There are ways to get out of the deadlock, and I am actually quite optimistic,” Kissinger said in an interview with Israel Radio. “Some positions will have to be changed, especially on the Arab side, [...]

Exciting News

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