By Itbah al-Yahud When I joined the progressive movement, I knew it would not be difficult to use it as a defense against accusations of antisemitism, but I must admit I had no idea it would be nearly this easy. To ...
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“How many children have to be eaten alive by these creatures before they take it seriously?” Kiryat Motzkin, April 19 – Local first-grader Itai Zehavi had harsh words this morning for the heads of the household he inhabits, accusing them ...
Read More »Politicians Surprised To Discover Mimouna Actually Not A Political Event
“You can’t just show me a Wikipedia article that relegates the political side to a single small paragraph and tell me it celebrates something deeper.” Jerusalem, April 18 – Political figures across Israel expressed wonderment today at the revelation that ...
Read More »Balak, King Of MOAB, Confused By Sudden Popularity
“As far as I can make out, there’s a war going on, and someone used a big weapon – that’s fine, we all want a battlefield edge, be it with chariots, giants, the Hand of YHWH, or the curses of ...
Read More »Einsatzgruppen Bitter That Now Everyone Talking Only About Gassing
“What are we, chopped liver?” Babi Yar, Ukraine, April 12 – Members of the special mobile SS killing squads tasked with mass shootings of Jews, intellectuals, clergy, political leaders, Communists, and other groups deemed “undesirable” by the Nazis voiced resentment ...
Read More »Police Bust Plot To Hold Afikoman For Ransom
Incidents of this nature occasionally mar the Passover proceedings, and that the police department took steps this year to forestall recurrences. Beersheva, April 10 – Law enforcement authorities announced today that they have arrested several juveniles who, they allege, planned ...
Read More »Palestinians Hope Refugee Camp Killings Show How Ready They Are For State
“In addition to these incidents, we’ve had the phenomenon of international Palestinian terrorism since the 1960’s, such that by now, everyone should be aware of the Palestinian readiness for a functioning state.” Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon, April 9 – Fatah and ...
Read More »Archaeologists Find Remnants Of Obama Red Line On Syria Chemical Weapons
Compounding the difficulty is the Obama administration’s own subsequent attempts to conceal or otherwise reduce the identifiability of the red lines it had established. Damascus, April 5 – Scientists digging in the outskirts of the Syrian capital have discovered fragments ...
Read More »What I Find Most Offensive About The Syria Strike Is The Cultural Appropriation Of The ‘Tomahawk’ Missile
By Holia Thanthow Western powers, especially the US, have quite a bit to answer for already, but this latest missile strike on Syria – ostensibly in response to the use of chemical weapons – adds further injustice to the world, ...
Read More »After Primary Postponed For Britney Spears Concert, Labor Calls For BDS By Musicians
“Tom Jones, Aerosmith, Rod Stewart, the Pet Shop Boys – and that’s just through June. When the heck are we going to conduct the business of this party – and of this country?” Tel Aviv, April 6 – Leadership of ...
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