“The system just isn’t set up to deal with that kind of anomaly.” London, January 25 – The main computer handling incoming dispatches from British Broadcasting Corporation journalists around the world was forced into automatic shutdown this afternoon after a ...
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Social media sites have been the context for the vast majority of Smugly-Note-Others’-Non-Observance-Of-International-Holocaust-Remembrance-Day Day. Tel Aviv, January 27 – International Holocaust Memorial Day occurs today, on the anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, or, as it is observed in ...
Read More »Google Fears Driverless Competition From ‘Cars’ That Hit Israelis
“If the Guardian, Times of London, and Agence France-Presse have it right, there is an unknown number of driverless cars already out there.” Mountain View, CA, January 26 – Executives at global technology giant Google voiced concerns today about unknown ...
Read More »I Was Actually Quite Flattered By The Jews-Apes-Pigs Thing
By Harambe I’m no religion or culture expert. I’m a gorilla. But there’s still a part of me that swells with pride when Muslims call Jews “the children of apes and pigs.” They chose my taxonomic order to associate with the ...
Read More »Iran Points To Asterisk In Geneva Conventions: *Only Applies To Israel
Such a proviso helps explain the conduct of the international arena over several decades. Tehran, January 25 – Scholars of International Law held a symposium today on the legality of Iran’s settlement of Shia Muslims in formerly Sunni areas of ...
Read More »Treasury Imposes Tax On Use Of Phrase, “In A Normal Country…”
Criticism of the measure was not long in coming. “In any norm- I mean, this is no way to go about making or enforcing public policy.” Jerusalem, January 25 – Tax Authority officials announced today the imposition of a charge for ...
Read More »Internet Ban Cited As Key Factor In Low Recruitment Of Haredim To ISIS
Defense officials declined to comment until they have read the report. Bnei Brak, January 24 – Analysts examining recruitment patterns among those who join the Islamic State have determined that the lack of Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the ranks of the ...
Read More »Trump To Fund Embassy Move By Cutting Democrats’ Pensions
“The Democratic Party, I need not remind you, has been complicit in the mistreatment of our closest ally in the Middle East.” Washington, January 23 – Monies to cover the costs of transferring the US Embassy in Tel Aviv to ...
Read More »Scarecrow’s Brain, Tin Man’s Heart Harvested From Palestinians
As evidence, the commission pointed to statements in Palestinian media to the effect that innocent Palestinians are routinely kidnapped and murdered by Israel. Emerald City, January 23 – An investigative commission has found that the transplanted organs given to two ...
Read More »Palestinians Threaten Violence If King David Moves Capital From Hebron To Jerusalem
“There never was a Temp – no, wait, we can’t use that claim yet,” hesitated Saeb Erekat. Ramallah, January 22 – Palestinian leaders warned that if the king of Israel moves forward with his plan to establish Jerusalem as the ...
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