“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 ...
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Feed SubscriptionEx-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 ...
Read More »Palestinians Warn Annexation Will Spark Same Constant Attempts To Kill Jews As Always
“Those consequences will be hard to discern unless we specify them, because they will consist of the same continued attempts to rid the territory between the River and the Sea of Jews.” Gaza City, June 25 – Leaders on both ...
Read More »Sue Gun Manufacturers Who Enable Palestinian Leadership To Keep Shooting Selves In Foot
by Michael Sfard, attorney Tel Aviv, June 24 – American and Israeli citizens have for years pursued cases in the courts against various Arab or Palestinian entities, charging that the latter played a role in the financing or otherwise played ...
Read More »Summer: De Blasio Uncharacteristically Opposed To Sending Jews To Camps
A spokesman for De Blasio’s all-white, all-male public relations team declined to address the mayor’s uncharacteristic opposition to Jews in camps. New York, June 23 – This city’s mayor does not wish to facilitate the movement of Jews in his ...
Read More »Jewish Voice For Peace Says Kaddish Over Recent Lack Of Terrorists For Whom To Say Kaddish
“The IDF can’t be relied on to supply the requisite number of Palestinian corpses with any regularity, and that’s a tragedy.” New York, June 22 – An activist group known for treating the deaths of even the most violent, heinous ...
Read More »Egypt Not Worried About Pyramid Slavery Legacy: Everyone Thinks Those Slaves Were Just Jews
The timing of the Exodus narrative according to traditional dating places it centuries later than many of the pyramids. Cairo, June 18 – Authorities in this country of nearly 100 million dismissed concerns today that the movement to dismantle monuments ...
Read More »Arab MKs Warn Palestinians: If You Accept Israeli Citizenship We’ll Stop Representing You
Recent polls indicate anywhere from ten percent to one half of Palestinians under Palestinian rule would prefer Israeli citizenship to their current situation. Umm el-Fahm, June 18 – Legislators from the alliance of several mostly-Arab parties in Israel’s parliament addressed ...
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