The announcement has thrown many pilgrims’ plans into disarray. Jerusalem, October 6 – This year’s observance of the Day of Atonement at the Holy Temple will take place without children under the age of 14, the Temple Administration has announced, ...
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If adopted throughout the IDF, the program is expected to save up to 1.5 billion shekels annually. Tel Nof Air Base, October 5 – Efforts to bring defense spending under control have sparked an initiative across all branches of the ...
Read More »Mossad Engineering Disasters So Israeli Relief Efforts Can Look Good
Ali Abunimah has been documenting cases of what he has come to call “aid-washing.” Haiti, October 5 – Hurricane Matthew swept through this impoverished nation yesterday, leaving behind devastation and yet another humanitarian crisis – a breach into which a ...
Read More »Study Fails To Find Anyone Who Actually Likes Honey Cake
“Some people just won’t depart from tradition no matter how mediocre – or just plain awful, in the case of my mother-in-law – the traditional dishes might taste.” Tel Aviv, October 2 – A comprehensive research project covering one of ...
Read More »Israel To Pump Dangerous Gas Into Jordan For 15 Years
“It is beyond heinous for a nation founded in the wake of Nazi genocide to be pumping gas in any direction,” declared Human Rights Watch Director Ken Roth. Amman, September 28 – Human rights organizations and diplomatic officials expressed shock ...
Read More »I’m Pretty Sure My Vision Didn’t Involve Funeral Traffic Snarls
By Shimon Peres Oh look, I’m dead now. That’s a relief. Yes, it’s sad and disappointing, but the time comes for everyone, and I’ve had more time than most. Media attention has already turned to pretentious discussion of my legacy ...
Read More »Arab MKs To Attend Peres Funeral If Allowed To Distribute Candy
“I daresay the Zionist State will refuse this compromise, betraying the very intransigence which lies at the root of the conflict.” Jerusalem, September 29 – Leaders of Israel’s Arab political parties softened their stance today on the death and funeral ...
Read More »King David Hotel Making Sure Only To Send Male Staff To Bill Clinton’s Suite
“It wouldn’t do to have this historic, reputable institution get its name soiled in association with any scandal.” Jerusalem, September 29 – The management of the hotel where former US President Bill Clinton is staying in order to attend Shimon ...
Read More »Peres Now Advising Heaven On Economic Reform, Nuclear Development
“He’s been around almost as long as we have.” Supernal Realms, September 28 – Newly-arrived resident of Paradise Shimon Peres got to work immediately today, after it was announced that the longtime public servant would serve as a consultant to ...
Read More »Iran Mulls Nuclear Strike On Israel As World Leaders There For Peres Funeral
If successful, such an attack would eliminate many of the people who represent a check on the Islamic Republic’s efforts to build its sphere of influence Tehran, September 28 – Military and political chiefs in the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
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