Headline of the Day
..comes courtesy of the palestinian Ma’an News Agency: Busy day for Gaza coast guard: Giant turtle, 30 kids rescued I hope the turtle fared better than this one.
Tag: "Ma’an News"
Food For Thought
Ma’an News reports: Israeli forces seize five West Bankers Which begs the question: were they on a picnic at the time?
Dec 24, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Israel Kills Wife of Abu Mazen
No, not that Abu Mazen. And we didn’t exactly kill her. Although Ma’an typically lays the blame with us. A 52-year-old Palestinian woman died of a heart attack on Sunday when she discovered that none of her three imprisoned sons was to be released by Israel in Monday’s prisoner release, her husband said. Rebheyeh Saleh [...]
Dec 15, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Palestinian Media Panel Decries Lack of Impartiality in Reporting
Of course, by impartial and professional, they mean not showing bias against any of the palestinian terror organizations. Bias against Israel is fine. Journalists lamented the balkanization of Palestinian media at a symposium in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Sunday. A panel titled “The Role of Journalism in Enhancing Civil Society” was held [...]
Nov 25, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Arafat Remembered
Ma’an News has a tribute article to Yasser Arafat, which is begging for some mockery. On Tuesday 11 November Palestinians commemorated the death of their first leader: Abu Ammar, Al-Ra’is (the president) and in the end Al-Khityar (the old man), former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. Not to forget Abu Al-Shityar (the dirty old man), Abu [...]
Nov 11, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Mainstream Media Bias of the Day
The AFP reports: Jewish settlers beat up Palestinian boy near Hebron Bilal Daana was attacked by a group of settlers near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron. They beat him up and threw stones at him, the Palestinian medics said. The boy was taken by Israeli soldiers to a checkpoint at the entrance [...]
Nov 08, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Delicious Irony of the Day
Back to the drawing board. Journalist working on police success story has car vandalized near Ramallah police station Unidentified vandals smashed the windshields of Ma’an’s Ramallah correspondent Muhammad Al-Lahham in the central West Bank while he was preparing a report on the Palestinian police units in the city. According to Al-Lahham, he parked his car [...]
Nov 02, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Today’s Stabbing Attack
A palestinian terrorist today murdered an 86-year-old man, and wounded a police officer, in a stabbing attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. Here’s what went down: A young Arab man murdered a civilian and injured a police officer in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday morning. The 86-year-old citizen was critically injured and evacuated to [...]
Oct 23, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Palestinian Animal Blues
Ma’an News reports: Customs seizes tons of expired animal therapy products in Hebron Palestinian Authority (PA) customs officers said Friday that the department seized five tons of expired drugs and other medical supplies for animals in Hebron. Commander Wael Anati told Ma’an that officers discovered the expired supplies after raiding the house of a “suspected [...]
Oct 17, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Zionist Road Rage
Ma’an News reports on the latest act of Israeli aggression. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that an Israeli military vehicle “intentionally” slammed into a car being driven by a Palestinian on Saturday near Nablus, seriously injuring the driver. The Israeli jeep involved was reportedly a military jeep driven by a soldier on a bypass road northwest of [...]
Oct 12, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
