“It belongs much more in our comic-book, cartoon-show milieu than in anything resembling human reality.” Somewhere in the Levant, July 9 – Realms located in the world of the imaginary such as Middle Earth, Krypton, and Eternia gained a new member ...
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Feed SubscriptionCOVID Guidelines Almost As Coherent As Case For Palestinian Statehood
“We find slightly more support for the idea that Israel should rely on existential enemies to help guarantee its security.” Jerusalem. July 8 – Ministry of Health pronouncements governing public behavior during the current second wave of the coronavirus pandemic ...
Read More »2050: Annexation To Happen Any Day Now, Assures Bibi
“I think he means it,” argued Yesha Freier of the nationalist Jewish Right at Home Party. Jerusalem, 7 July 2050 – Israel’s prime minister sought today to allay his political base’s fears that the much-anticipated application of Israeli law to certain parts ...
Read More »Mossad Hints At Responsibility For Gas Buildup In Ayatollah’s Gut
Security stinks. Tel Aviv, July 6 – Offhand comments by senior Israeli intelligence officials today appeared to allude to an element of Israel’s alleged ongoing operations inside the Islamic republic of Iran to degrade that foe’s weapons capability across the ...
Read More »At Our ‘Day Of Rage’ Gathering We Almost Had A Minyan To Say Kaddish For Terrorists
by Yonah Lieberman, If Not Now New York, July 3 – Yesterday’s series of protests in solidarity with Palestine and against Israeli annexation of Palestinian land attracted so many attendees that at our best-attended event, in Philadelphia, we could almost ...
Read More »Nation That Colonized Half Of World Warns Jews Not To Assert Control Over Own Homeland
UK and EU opposition, though by no means unified, comes against the backdrop of two thousand years of European and other dominant powers trying to prevent Jewish sovereignty anywhere. London, July 2 – A country that maintained a globe-spanning empire ...
Read More »Newsroom Scare: Religion Reporter Almost Gets Something Right
“That was a close one,” breathed publisher Amos Schocken. Tel Aviv, July 1 – Editorial and reporting staff at Haaretz breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday upon discovering that an article on Orthodox Jews did not, as feared, let facts ...
Read More »Ex-Obama Syria Policymakers Unsure Why Calling Israeli Annexation A ‘Red Line’ Ineffective
“It’s almost as if no one believes us.” Washington, June 30 – Former officials of the previous presidential administration voiced puzzlement today at the limited impact of their alarm-sounding on potential application of Israeli law to areas beyond the 1949 ...
Read More »Israelis Facing Another Heat Wave Wonder Whether Mossad Even Doing Its Job
“Allowing Israelis to be subject to the vagaries of inclement weather leaves open the possibility of denying Israel controls the weather at all.” Ashkelon, June 29 – Residents of this southern coastal city and their compatriots around the country expressed ...
Read More »Experts Question Wisdom Of Legalizing Cannabis In Country With Lousy Brownies
“If an anti-cannabis figure or organization were advancing this argument, you could dismiss it as insincere, but for us this is essential.” Jerusalem, June 25 – Impending legislation to remove criminal penalties for possession of marijuana has led a group ...
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