He will face difficulty finding safety seats for her and his other wives when traveling in his captured Humvee. Kabul, September 23 – A member of the militant Islamist group that now governs Afghanistan voiced his disappointment today that his ...
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“With the help of the Cuomo administration we’ve been able to exploit concerns over COVID to demonize the Jews , and now the public will more easily tolerate edicts that target them.” New York, September 23 – A spate of ...
Read More »I Can’t Wait For Another Gaza Relief Flotilla That Carries No Relief
By Subhi Jamaal, Gaza resident Gaza City, September 16 – More than eleven years have elapsed since the Mavi Marmara incident, in which Israeli commandos boarded a vessel bound for the Gaza coast that carried mainly activists and some weapons, but ...
Read More »Divorcing Couple In Bitter Custody Battle Over ‘Good’ Spoons
Neither Crate & Barrel nor Fortunoff sell the patterns in question anymore. Jerusalem, September 14 – A husband and wife negotiating the terms under which they will end their marriage have managed so far to avoid acrimony regarding where the ...
Read More »NGO Hopes To Bring Israel To ICC On Charges Of Mass Non-Rape
Whenever and wherever Israel appears to be doing something positive, look for a sinister ulterior motive. The Hague, September 13 – Activists on behalf of Palestinian rights continue their efforts to seek justice, with one group organizing around the goal ...
Read More »Knesset To Truck In Bikes For Showcase On Air Quality
“It’s a lot of materials – I think we’ll need the volume equivalent to four or five semi-trailers.” Jerusalem, September 9 – The Jewish holidays that bring legislative work in Israel to a standstill in late summer or early fall ...
Read More »Man Pleads To Be Airlifted Out From High Holiday Seat Between Sniffer, Throat-Clearer
Bothersome habits of the attendees around him prevented him from concentrating on anything important. Brookline, September 9 – A worshiper at Temple Shalom in this affluent Boston suburb spent most of the Rosh HaShanah service sending desperate, surreptitious text messages to ...
Read More »Self-Destructive Palestinian Refusal To Accept Jewish State Good Prep For COVID Vaccine Refusal
Refusal to accept the vaccine, or Israel as a fait accompli, puts Palestinians at increased risk of hospitalization and painful death. Ramallah, September 3 – Observers of Palestinian society have noted of late that more than a century of rejecting ...
Read More »US Ready To Ignore Rest Of People Trapped In Afghanistan
The airlift has ended now that CNN, CBS, ABC, the New York Times, AP, NBC, and other outlets no longer feel compelled to inform their audiences in urgent terms of the reason for it. Washington, September 2 – Several weeks after the ignominious ...
Read More »We At Human Rights Watch Are So Concerned About Afghanistan, We Went A Whole Hour Without Tweeting About Israel
By Ken Roth, Director What is happening in Afghanistan is as horrific as it was preventable, which compounds the tragedy. Our organization’s anxiety regarding recent developments there has increased to the point that one day two weeks ago, and again ...
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