By John Kerry Diplomacy, like politics, is the art of the possible. You have to be realistic about what you can achieve. You Jews have lost sight of that principle, and insist on persisting, even thriving, despite longstanding indications that ...
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Feed SubscriptionDamascus Ophthalmologist Denies Complicity In 400,000 Deaths
If confirmed, the allegations would make Dr. Assad a possible second as a murderous practitioner of medicine only to notorious Nazi physician Joseph Mengele. Damascus, December 7 – An eye doctor accused of involvement the demise of hundreds of thousands ...
Read More »Herzog Hoping Buyers Of HaPoel Tel Aviv Also Want Labor Party
Both organizations have roots on the political left. Tel Aviv, December 7 – Zionist Union faction chief and Opposition leader Isaac Herzog voiced confidence today that if and when a buyer comes along to purchase and rehabilitate the ailing HaPoel Tel ...
Read More »Shepherd’s Union Says Jacob Violated Regulations By Moving Rock Off Well By Himself
In further violation of regulations, he proceeded to water the livestock of the shepherdess Rachel, daughter of Laban. Paddan Aram, December 6 – Representatives of the Aram Naharayim Herders’ Association called for sanctions against Jacob today after the latter allegedly ...
Read More »Trump Offers To Have Mexico Also Pay For Israeli Separation Barrier
Netanyahu aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to comment on the specifics of the offer. Washington, December 5 – President-elect Donald Trump continued to insist today his administration will construct a wall along the US-Mexico border and that Mexico ...
Read More »Man Has Local Shop Make Pro-BDS Shirts To Sell At Guns ‘N’ Roses Tel Aviv Concert
“Admit it, you’re jealous you didn’t think of this yourself first.” Yarkon Park, December 5 – Axl Rose and his bandmates will perform here in seven months, but one area entrepreneur already sees an economic niche that the scheduled concert ...
Read More »Soon-To-Be-Drafted North Tel Aviv High Schoolers Ask Whether IDF Provides ‘Safe Space’ For Progressives
“The army has to understand that feelings are the most important thing.” Ramat Aviv, December 4 – A group of twelfth-graders in an upscale section of Israel’s hippest metropolis spent time this afternoon discussing their upcoming military service, and inquired ...
Read More »We’re Not ‘Post-Truth’ Because We Palestinians Never HAD Truth
By Saeb Erekat Much hay has been made lately of the phrase “post-truth,” to the point that Oxford Dictionaries named it the 2016 word of the year. As far as that goes, fine, but we Palestinians can’t really jump on ...
Read More »Mideast Countries Regret Not Leaving Some Jews For Their Kids to Expel
“It’s not the same, persecuting Copts,” observed Aiwil Qillemal, 80. Baghdad, November 30 – Community elders throughout the Muslim Middle East voiced wistfulness today at the realization that present and future generations in their countries will never know the pleasure ...
Read More »Committee Delays Vote On Law Declaring Delay Of Vote A Dick Move
Whoever votes in favor of such a delay will carry an air of dickishness for the duration of the legislative session. Jerusalem, November 30 – The Knesset Legislative Committee voted unanimously today to postpone a plenum vote on a bill ...
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