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 ...
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Feed SubscriptionPalestinian 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 ...
Read More »For Valentine’s Day, Russia Dropping Heart-Shaped Bombs On Aleppo
Cupid’s arrow will now take the form of 20-mm cannon shells. Beirut, February 13 – To celebrate what has become a lovers’ festival, the Russian Air Force plans to mark St. Valentine’s Day on Sunday with special heart-shaped munitions deployed ...
Read More »BDS Supporters Strain Muscle Patting Selves On Back
“Jews are collectively responsible for Palestinian suffering, and for using collective punishment.” Davis, California, February 10 – A group of activists campaigning for the boycott of, divestiture from, and sanctions against Israel reported to the Health Services Unit at the ...
Read More »Israel Snags Royalty Rights To ‘Protocols’
They will thus gain immensely from the burgeoning sales of the book among those who wish the nation ill. Jerusalem, February 11 – Treasury officials gathered in the Israeli capital today to celebrate the country’s most recent achievement, a secret ...
Read More »Study: Israel Just Getting Worse At Doing Apartheid Right
“No self-respecting Apartheid regime would allow the excluded class to sit on the Supreme Court.” Jerusalem, February 11 – An internal parliamentary report examining the country’s adherence to policies that exclude Arabs from positions of power, negate their rights, and ...
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