All Entries Tagged With: "Operation Cast Lead"
The Day In Israel: Monday Mar 15th, 2010
After waking up this morning, I was greeted with this sobering report:
‘U.S.-Israel relations at their worst in 35 years’
Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has told the country’s diplomats there that U.S.-Israeli relations face their worst crisis in 35 years, despite attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office to project a sense [...]
The Day In Israel: Monday Mar 1st, 2010
Australia has abstained from a UN resolution demanding that Israel and the palestinians investigate possible war crimes during Operation Cast Lead, in a move seen to be linked to tensions over Israel’s alleged use of forged Australian passports in the Dubai killing of terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Three months ago, Australia voted against a similar resolution which [...]
The Day In Israel: Wednesday Feb 10th, 2010
The IAF targeted sites in the Southern Gaza Strip in response to Qassams fired into southern Israel over the past few days, with no injuries or damage reported. According to Ma’an news, the air strikes targeted the Yasser Arafat International Airport in Dahaniya.
In other news, there is an airport named after Yasser Arafat, the father [...]
The Day In Israel: Tuesday Feb 2nd, 2010
British taxpayer watchdog group Taxpayers’ Alliance yesterday unveiled two reports – “Palestinian Hate Education Since Annapolis” and “Funding Hate Education,” – detailing the role of European foreign aid in funding the demonization of Israel in PA schools and media.
The Taxpayers’ Alliance said it has taken up the issue of incitement against Israel in the Palestinian [...]
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 is [...]
The Day In Israel: Thursday Jan 7th, 2010
In a number of tests overseen by the Defense Ministry, the IAF and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel’s Iron Dome this week successfully intercepted a number of missile barrages mimicking Qassam and longer-range Grad-model Katyusha rockets known to be in Hamas’s and Hizbullah’s arsenal.
The Iron Dome is supposed to be capable of intercepting all of [...]
The Day In Israel: Tuesday Dec 29th, 2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is set to come to Israel on a state visit in about one month. He is apparently bringing eight Leonardo da Vinci sketches to be put on display in the Knesset, insured by the Italian government for hundreds of thousands of dollars per picture.
Wow, the last time a Leonardo made [...]
Scenes From a Hamas Protest
It’s the Michael Jackson Martyrs Brigades!
Because We’re Bad, We’re Bad-
Come On
(Bad Bad-Really, Really Bad)
You Know We’re Bad, We’re Bad-
You Know It
Here’s a picture of palestinians holding up photos of their relatives killed during Operation Cast Lead. Undoubtedly as non-combatants.
Just a picture of a child brandishing a rifle (and an adult with some weird growth coming [...]
The Day In Israel: Tuesday Dec 22nd, 2009
After marathon talks last night, Gilad Shalit’s fate seems no clearer, with the Prime Minister’s Offices stating that the negotiation “have instructed the negotiation team regarding the continuation of the effort for returning Gilad Shalit home safe and sound.” In other words, the ministers have decided to..continue deciding.
Or have they? Ha’aretz reported that Israel has [...]
The Day In Israel: Tuesday Dec 15th, 2009
Question: Did a British court issue an arrest warrant against opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni for alleged “war crimes” committed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last winter?
Possible answers:
a) Yes
Senior officials in Israel confirmed reports on Monday that a British court issued an arrest warrant against opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni for her role in [...]
