A Dutch journalist is held up for a few hours at the airport on her way into Israel for security checks and already, in her head, she’s writing the story of how bad it must be for a Palestinian. But then reality bites. Read the whole thing, extracts below. Five hours at Tel Aviv airport [...]
Not good. Some 48 percent of Israeli Arabs believe Iran should be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, according to a poll released recently by the University of Haifa. Professor Sami Samuha, who supervised the poll, attributed the high level of support to Israeli Arabs’ desire for “Israel not to be a strong state,” or from [...]
Here he is with another variation of his idiot look. Previously: Olmert’s Idiot Look Olmert’s Idiot Look
In 1901, Dwight L. Elmendorf set out to visit Palestine and document it with photographs (his “only weapon,” as he put it.) He published the pictures in a 1912 book called “A Camera Crusade Through the Holy Land.” The photographs are quite good, but two are of particular interest. The first is of the “Mosque [...]
A group of Knesset members has signed a petition calling on President Shimon Peres to pardon Omri Sharon, the corrupt son of former PM Ariel Sharon who is serving a 7-month jail sentence for lying under oath, filing false affidavits, and violating campaign laws. Their main argument? The sentence will prevent Omri from being at [...]
I’ve tracked down the full text of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s motion for the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. The motion that had some ALP and Liberal Party MPs foaming at the mouth. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s motion for the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel I move: That the House: [...]
Here’s something interesting that escaped my radar a number of weeks ago. It looks like tennis superstar Maria Sharapova didn’t really mind the grunts emanating from the Ramat Hasharon audience (see here for what they mean – ed.). It even seems that she plans on returning to Israel soon. In a secret transaction sighed last [...]
Yesterday, UN envoy Robert Serry gave a report to the UN Security Council. As can be expected, most of the report was more of the same – blaming Israel for how it is dealing with Gaza, blaming settlements for creating a humanitarian crisis (not quite sure how that works), claiming that Israel has not removed [...]
Question: Which Member of Knesset is most likely to tell a gay man that he makes the Earth move? Answer: Shlomo Benizri. But it’s not what you think.
