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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cold turkey: Israel’s relations with Turkey are heading southward after a vehemently anti-Israel television program was shown prime time Tuesday evening on the state-run station TRT1, prompting Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to register a protest with the Turkish envoy. An inflammatory anti-Israeli television show in Turkey on Tuesday did what Ankara’s cancellation of Israeli [...]
Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath has expressed her views on how Israel can reduce palestinian terrorism. Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath on Saturday said all Hamas prisoners held in Israel should be released in order to bring Gilad Shalit home. “I don’t understand why we incarcerate them [...]
Believe it or not, anti-Israel celebrity Vanessa Redgrave has opposed those who protested the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv. British actress Vanessa Redgrave – a well-known critic of Israel – has joined the controversy surrounding the Toronto Film Festival’s decision to showcase Tel Aviv, according to the Jewish Chronicle. Only this time, [...]
