Such repurposing of images has occurred in previous rounds of Hamas-Israel warfare. Gaza City, February 18 – While the militant Islamist organization that runs this coastal territory has not engaged in large-scale hostilities with Israel since the summer of 2014, ...
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He had refrained from mentioning it to any of the other children, lest discussion of the earth-shattering prospect of naughtiness in Sunday school bring the teacher to her senses and cause her to change her mind. Peoria, IL, February 18 ...
Read More »Man Killing Thousands Of Sunnis Deeply Concerned For Sunni Welfare
Sieges, assaults, massacres, mistreatment of captives, and myriad other acts of aggression against a mostly-Sunni population show an abiding care for the welfare of Sunnis. Beirut, February 17 – The head of a Shiite militant organization whose troops are involved in ...
Read More »Oxford Students Majoring In Antisemitism Might Be Unable To Finish
A scramble ensued in the Sociology and Political Science departments in the wake of the announcement. Oxford, February 17 – Students pursuing an academic degree in Jew-hatred at one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities may now face ...
Read More »Got A Shoehorn? I Gotta Fit A Story Into The Anti-Israel Narrative
By Luke Baker, Reuters I seem to have misplaced my shoehorn. That’s going to make it more difficult to force the story I have to report to fit the familiar assumptions of Israel-bad, Palestinians-good. Not impossible, mind you, but more ...
Read More »Palestinian Study: Hebrew Descended From Pig Latin
The pig-oriented linguistic argument fits into a trend in Palestinian and Islamic scholarship at large. Ramallah, February 16 – Linguistic researchers at Bir Zeit University published an article this week in which they argue that Hebrew is not in fact a ...
Read More »Meretz Downplays UN Israel Fixation: ‘99% Of Knesset Votes Also About Israel’
No one has ever accused the Knesset of anti-Israel bias. Tel Aviv, February 15 – The leader of Israel’s hard-left Meretz Party defended the United Nations Security and Human Rights Councils today amid observations that those bodies disproportionately target Israel for ...
Read More »Are There Any Other Allies I Can Alienate? Asking For A Friend
By Barack Obama In the space of less than a year, my administration has successfully shaken longstanding commitments to the security and integrity of three US allies in the Middle East: Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. Does anyone know if ...
Read More »Inigo Montoya Advises Palestinians To Attack Using Capoferro
” I know what it’s like to be part of a decades-long blood feud.” Cliffs of Insanity, Guilder Frontier, February 14 – A famed Spanish sword fighter weighed in today on the recent phenomenon of Palestinians perpetrating stabbing attacks on Israelis, ...
Read More »Narcissus Opens Instagram Account
Narcissus uniformly waxes poetic about the frustration and futility of his desire for the man in the image. Thespiae, Boeotia, February 14 – Legendary figure of Greek mythology Narcissus started his own account on one of the world’s leading photo-sharing ...
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