“We will shield ourselves from the mentality that walling ourselves off from trouble somehow solves the problem.” Tel Aviv, October 22 – Perturbed that many people who accept separation barriers as a valid approach to address problems enter Tel Aviv ...
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“They had a five-run lead in the bottom of the ninth last night. The objective did not warrant such a display of pitching.” Chicago, October 22 – Major League Baseball will open an inquiry into whether the New York Mets ...
Read More »Palestinians To Stop Fighting Once Jews Stop Settling Earth
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that he and his people genuinely seek peace, and are only resisting the Jewish presence in places they do not belong, such as Earth. Ramallah, October 21 – Palestinian leaders continued to support the popular ...
Read More »Martyrs Begin Abandoning Heaven Amid Halal Meat Shortage
The halal shortage began late last month, say Heavenly sources, when Chicago Cubs fans began using goats to try to reverse the 108-year-old curse on their favorite baseball club. Paradise, October 21 – Thousands of Muslims who gave their lives ...
Read More »This Time Peacekeepers Won’t Rape Anyone, We Promise
By François Hollande, President of France Soon the United Nations Security Council will consider a French proposal to place international peacekeepers at the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif to maintain order and reduce tensions. While opposition to such a move is formidable ...
Read More »Meretz Bill Would OK Shouting ‘Fire’ In Crowded Theater Of Jews
None of the other countries in the region have laws prohibiting calling for harm to Jews. Jerusalem, October 19 – The current spate of violence has prompted the government to impose certain limits on basic freedoms and rights, including freedom of ...
Read More »Abbas Shocked His Peaceful Efforts Not Rewarded With Nobel
Abbas has reportedly spent the weeks since the award announcement alternately brooding and lashing out at staff. Ramallah, October 19 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is still sore that the Nobel Peace Prize Committee spurned him as a recipient of ...
Read More »To Go With Palestinian Child Livers, Bistro Offers Fava Beans, Chianti
Hannibal introduced delicacies such as Tongue à la Nurse, acting with such casualness that her pulse likely never got above 85 in the process. Tel Aviv, October 18 – At Lecter, an upscale restaurant in downtown Tel Aviv, the wine list ...
Read More »Kerry Calls On Nazis, Jews To Stop Cycle Of Violence
Critics of the administration and of the secretary dismissed his announcement, saying the time is not ripe for such an attempt. Washington, October 18 – US Secretary of State John Kerry reprimanded Nazi Germany and European Jewry today, calling on ...
Read More »Hamas To Stab Gaza Children, Blame Israel, In Solidarity With W. Bank
The new policy will test whether Agence France-Presse, AP, CNN, the BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times, and other media outlets continue to uncritically parrot Palestinian claims of Israeli brutality and culpability even when the killings are committed by ...
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