by the Middle East The Middle East, May 12 – It’s so touching to see Western – and some non-Western – figures express their worries that certain moves against or by entities in my neighborhood will disrupt my stability, and ...
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Feed SubscriptionCampus Israel Advocate Confounds ‘Progressive’ Opponents By Identifying As Anti-Zionist
“The far-left toolbox doesn’t have many tools, and the ‘oppression!’ cry is their go-to tactic for silencing opponents.” Davis, May 11 – A student activist in California’s state higher education system has confused and stymied anti-Israel groups at his school ...
Read More »Waqf Says Israel Jams Al Aqsa Prayers From Reaching Allah
“If we do not ask the omniscient deity to help us, how can He know what we want?” Jerusalem, May 7 – Islamic officials at the council that administers holy sites on the Temple Mount accused the Jewish State today ...
Read More »Iran Reluctant To Leave Assad Alone In Syria With Only Russia To Abet War Crimes
“Arguing in favor of finding a solution to our dilemma that does not involve forcing President Assad to put all his war crime eggs in one Cyrillic basket.” Tehran, May 7 – Officials in the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...
Read More »Study Finds Tyranny Of Majority OK If Your Side Does It
The only factor of any significance that determines whether the tyranny of the majority remains of concern. Tel Aviv, May 6 – Researchers have discovered that a major principle of democratic systems – namely that those systems must find ways ...
Read More »Shop Closed, Shuk Stall Owner Hasn’t Yelled At Customers In Weeks
“I need to be screaming insults at customers, especially tourists, at least twenty minutes a day.” Jerusalem, May 5 – The proprietor of a spice, nut, and seed establishment at this city’s main open-air market voiced his continued frustration today ...
Read More »Israeli Prisons Depriving Palestinians Of Candy To Sneak During Ramadan Fast
Chocolate-covered wafers are a staple of Ramadan daytime eating. Ofer Prison, May 4 – Human rights organizations issued yet another denunciation of Israel’s security and defense policies today following revelations that the Jewish State has not given Palestinians incarcerated in ...
Read More »Simba, Everything The Light Touches Is Our Kingdom Unless Muslims Ever Ruled It, Even Briefly
by King Mufasa Serengeti – Simba, look out over the pridelands. All the way to the horizon in all directions. Everything the sunlight touches, we hold sway. Except for that shadowy place, the badlands where the hyenas roam. And except ...
Read More »Saeb Erekat To Highlight HBO Comedy Special
“The on-stage characters seem to seriously believe in the morally-inverted universe they inhabit.” New York, April 30 – A leading cable network and entertainment production company announced today it will harness the comedic potential of a mostly-untapped resource: leading Palestinian ...
Read More »Community Performs Annual Ritual Of Arguing Whether To Make Bracha On Yom Haatzmaut Hallel
“It’s a cherished community custom.” West Hempstead, New York, April 29 – Israel’s Chief Rabbinate long ago ordained the recitation of a series of laudatory and thanksgiving Psalms on the anniversary of Israel’s statehood announcement in 1948, and some synagogues ...
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