A minority of analysts raised the possibility that wider Arab normalization with Israel has affected Palestinian attitudes. Ramallah, April 27 – A survey of public opinion in the Gaza Strip and West Bank shows a marked rise in the popularity of viewing ...
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Feed SubscriptionIn Gaffe, God Forgets To Refer To Land Promised To Israelites As ‘West Bank’
“We wish to clarify that the eternal truth of the land’s rightful possessors remains Islamic-Palestinian, regardless of every other piece of the mountainous evidence demonstrating to any honest observer that He made it the eternal Jewish homeland.” Land of the ...
Read More »Practitioners Of Slavery Right Now Happy To Foment Anger At Jews For Alleged Slave Trade Prominence Centuries Ago
Part of a phenomenon in which Al Jazeera tries to paint the most tolerant, free, and secure society in history, as the most oppressive, racist, corrupt, culture the world has ever seen even as Qatar pursues policies that would make an eighteenth-century ...
Read More »Sorry, I’m Still Working On My Op-Ed Arguing Selling Chametz To Non-Jews Is Exploitative
By Peter Beinart To: Dean Baquet, Executive Editor, NY times I must offer my apologies, Dean. I know that a week or two ago we agreed that I would supply an opinion article for the Times exploring the myriad ways ...
Read More »New ‘Globalize Intifada!’ Call Makes Man Who Attacked NY Jews For Years Feel His Efforts Ignored
“My biggest fear,” admitted Jamal, “is that my efforts will free Palestine, but the so-called leaders of the Free Palestine movement won’t even know, and they’ll take all the credit for my hard work.” Brooklyn, April 21 – A Crown ...
Read More »Teen Wonders What Big Deal About ‘New Middle East’ If He Still Has Curfew
“Abraham Accords, my foot,” he spat, using a dismissive Hebrew idiom that literally translates as “it interests my grandmother.” Ofakim, April 20 – A high schooler disparaged the unprecedented recent détente between Israel and several longtime Arab enemies by noting ...
Read More »Instead Of U.S. Defense Umbrella, Blinken Offers Mideast Allies Actual Umbrella
The Middle East rainy season ended last month. Sde Boker, Negev Desert, April 19 – The American secretary of state gathered in this community two weeks ago with leaders from around the region who came together in the face of the ...
Read More »Gantz, Meretz Suddenly Realize European Govt’s Don’t Get To Vote In Israel Elections
“I was under the impression that we career officers-cum-politicians naturally know better than hoi polloi, who probably don’t even know the difference between Mercedes and BMW.” Tel Aviv, April 14 – Leaders of the country’s most progressive parties came to ...
Read More »Man Who Knows Better Than God Irritated At No Vegan Option For Paschal Offering
“God should know better, is what I’m saying.” Jerusalem, April 14 – This weekend will see the Holy Temple crowded with pilgrims bringing the special annual Passover sacrifice and its associated rituals, but one worshiper finds fault with the Creator ...
Read More »Revolution In Mideast Culture As Some Consider Suggesting Jews Only Root Of Some Evil
Ramadan TV series, often fertile ground for antisemitic programs, have cut back on Jews as satanic monsters, depicting them more often now as satanic humans. Riyadh, April 13 – Shifting geopolitical circumstances have prompted unmistakable changes in the Levant and ...
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