“That will help the families and friends cope better with their loss,” said Kerry. Washington, December 3 – In a bid to reassure Secretary of State John Kerry in the wake of the fatal shooting spree in California yesterday, the ...
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Feed SubscriptionArchaeologists Unearth Evidence US Presidents Once Had Balls
To the modern ear, the notion of a US president with balls strikes a dissonant chord. Washington, December 2 – Researchers excavating in the US capital have discovered what they say are indications that there was a period in the ...
Read More »Wait, I Was Supposed To Bring Journalistic Integrity To The Job?
By Jodi Rudoren, NY Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief It’s been a challenging, exhilarating, fulfilling stint here at the Jerusalem bureau, and I’m grateful for all of you who helped make my time here so wonderful. It is a bittersweet departure ...
Read More »ISIS Waiting For Westerners To Decide Whether It’s Real Islam
Western elites serve as the ultimate arbiters of what is and is not Islam. Raqqa, December 1 – Leaders of the Islamic State expressed anxiousness as liberal elites in the West failed to reach a consensus over whether the group’s Islamic ...
Read More »Nation Shocked That Politician A Narcissist
“I’m having a hard time digesting this one,” confessed fellow MK Oren Hazan of Likud. Jerusalem, November 30 – MK Yinon Magal resigned from the parliament today amid a sexual harassment scandal that forced the Israeli public to confront the ...
Read More »Syrian Civilian Deaths Surprise Russia: Thought None Were Left
A spokesman cited recently released American statistics purporting to show that US strikes had killed 20,000 ISIS fighters and not a single civilian. Moscow, November 30 – A spokesman for the Russian Air Force (VVS) expressed surprise today when informed that ...
Read More »Dustbin Of History Closed Amid Environmental Concerns
The first indication of trouble was that Richard Nixon kept escaping. Jerusalem, November 29 – The Dustbin of History will no longer accept any discredited or defeated ideas, its management announced today, after a report found that the facility has ...
Read More »Palestinian Electrical Engineering Students Confused By ‘Resistance’
Current, voltage, and conductance reflect nothing of the kind of resistance with which the Palestinian media, leadership, schools, and society have bombarded them since birth. Ramallah, November 29 – Palestinian students encountering the notion of resistance in electrical circuits expressed ...
Read More »Obama Calls For CDC To Stop Fighting, Start Negotiating With Cancer
“The first move should involve a moratorium on radiation therapy and chemotherapy, as a confidence-building measure.” Atlanta, November 25 – In a bid to reduce tensions and lower the level of open conflict in a war going back decades, US ...
Read More »Training Kids To Stab Opponents Is Key To Building A Stable Society
By Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Official The attacks on Israelis over the last two months have served two purposes: one, to resist the ongoing Occupation by any means possible; and two, to educate the next generation in a primary tool of political ...
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