“Obviously, the Zionists got to these ancient peoples before we did.” Samaria, May 18 – The inhabitants of this ten-tribe kingdom north of Jerusalem, along with their brethren in the kingdom Judah to the south, are oblivious to the fact ...
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Feed SubscriptionHipsters Call Sefirah-Beards Cultural Appropriation
Hipsters say they were doing it before it became so mainstream. Tel Aviv, May 17 – Avant-garde and trendy populations are voicing disapproval of the Jewish practice among men not to shave or take haircuts for most of the seven-week ...
Read More »Hackers To Undermine Israel By Attacking Dry-Cleaner Website
The move is part of an upcoming attempt to bring Israel to its knees. Iata, Palestinian Territories, May 16 – Members of the clandestine hacker collective known as Anonymous hatched a plan this week to take down the institutions and ...
Read More »Mideast Book Fair Removes Non-Antisemitic Work
Adherence to those rules is the responsibility of each vendor, not the publisher or author, explained organizer spokesman Jabr Waqqi. Ramallah, May 16 – Controversy erupted at a regional book fair in the Palestinian capital this week after visitors discovered for ...
Read More »Venezuela To Nationalize Poverty, Violence
Prudent stewardship of government-managed riots, hunger, and general unrest has the potential to make up for lost oil revenue. Caracas, May 15 – As the economy worsens and the prospect of forcible government action to forestall the closure of factories ...
Read More »Arab MKs Blast Gov’t For Nakba-Day Heat Wave
“This government continually boasts how the country made the desert bloom. Anyone with such power over nature is automatically suspect in inclement weather.” Jerusalem, May 15 – Members of the Arab Joint List delegation to Knesset denounced the government of ...
Read More »Syrian Lives Aren’t As Important As My Legacy
By Barack Obama Recent reports about Ben Rhodes, my foreign policy guru, and his alleged overselling of the Iran Deal have raised quite a few questions about my Middle East policy. To lay those questions to rest, let me be ...
Read More »UN: Israel Independence Day Fireworks Noise ‘Collective Punishment’
“The noisy displays rub salt in the collective would inflicted by Israel when the latter refused to be pushed into the sea.” Geneva, May 13 – The United Nations Human Rights Council again weighed in against Israel today, calling Wednesday ...
Read More »Muslims Protest Jewish Dominance Of International Tanakh Contest
“Clearly the selection of winners is far from random, which raises all sorts of red flags for a society that claims to be democratic and pluralistic,” said MK Zehava Gal-On. Jerusalem, May 12 – The annual ritual involving the final ...
Read More »Israelis To Honor Nature By Bickering In Lusher Setting
Ein Gedi Nature Reserve, May 12 – Israelis by the tens of thousands thousands took advantage of the Independence Day holiday to break from routine and argue in greener, more bucolic areas of the country for a change. Schools are closed and most ...
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