A name that evokes epic rapprochement between once-estranged brothers Isaac and Ishmael won’t do. Washington, May 30 – Diplomatic sources in the White House and Department of State have confirmed that in addition to the current administration refraining from reference ...
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Following HRW expansion of the term’s application, things that are Apartheid now include lawn maintenance and jelly-filled donuts. New York, May 27 – A report by Human Rights Watch that redefined a loaded political term in order to shoehorn Israeli ...
Read More »Anti-Jewish Riots Over, Umm-El-Fahm Arabs Return To Killing One Another
Observers remarked on the speed with which the thugs made the pivot to, and then away from, targeting Jews en masse. Umm El-Fahm, May 26 – Thugs unable to take their aggression out on Jews in Israel following belated police ...
Read More »Has Enough Time Passed Since The Meron Disaster For Me To Use It Politically?
by Amos Schocken, Publisher, Haaretz Tel Aviv, May 25 – Nearly four weeks have passed since dozens of people lost their lives in the worst civilian accident in the country’s history. Responsible voices have restricted themselves in the ensuing days ...
Read More »Gaza Mourns 6′ Tall, Bearded Kindergartener Killed By Israel
“Shocking that anyone tolerates this happening again and again.” Gaza City, May 24 – The population of this coastal territory continued to tally its dead from a flurry of violence between militant factions and Israel last week and the week ...
Read More »Synagogue In Bomb Shelter Appreciates Boosted Wartime Attendance
“We usually struggle to get a minyan by eight-thirty; this week we had one at the outset.” Ashkelon, May 20 – Congregation Kol Sasson has struggled for years to maintain regular services, owing to demographic changes in this Mediterranean coastal ...
Read More »New Procedure To Save Time Has Israelis Place Electoral Ballots Directly In Toilet
The new procedures eliminate significant manpower-hours and material expenses. Jerusalem, May 20 – The country’s Elections Commission has decided to implement a number of changes to the conduct of elections as Israel faces the prospect of the fifth election cycle ...
Read More »Bombed-Out Gaza ‘Metro’ Tunnel Network Still Safer Than NY Subway
The MTA might not have put so many of its assets directly in the path of an aerial bombing onslaught, but it can still proudly claim it runs the most dangerous system of tunnels in the world. New York, May 19 – ...
Read More »AP Journos Thought Hamas Rockets In Their Building Were Just Vases Or Something
“It’s hard for me to accept that the rockets we saw coming in and out of there were weapons of war.” Gaza City, May 18 – Reporters and staff from news organizations whose headquarters in this embattled coastal territory collapsed ...
Read More »Police Assure Lod Jews Pogrom Anti-Zionist, Not Antisemitic
“All the unrest you have experienced this week is merely anti-Zionist, and you may therefore unburden yourselves of the anxiety over antisemitism.” Lod, May 13 – Law enforcement authorities in Israel sought to assuage the fears of Jewish residents in ...
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