“Some people just won’t depart from tradition no matter how mediocre – or just plain awful, in the case of my mother-in-law – the traditional dishes might taste.” Tel Aviv, October 2 – A comprehensive research project covering one of ...
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Feed SubscriptionKing David Hotel Making Sure Only To Send Male Staff To Bill Clinton’s Suite
“It wouldn’t do to have this historic, reputable institution get its name soiled in association with any scandal.” Jerusalem, September 29 – The management of the hotel where former US President Bill Clinton is staying in order to attend Shimon ...
Read More »Migrating Birds Reject BDS, Fly Over Israel
One of the challenges to avian BDS would be identifying and selecting an alternative migration route that suits the ecological needs of the birds. Hula Valley, September 25 – Advocates for the economic, cultural, and political isolation of Israel expressed ...
Read More »Language Academy Sees No Use For “Customer Always Right” In Hebrew
As a technical matter the sentence can be translated in a literal fashion, but the result in Hebrew, though grammatically correct, would be nonsense. Jerusalem, September 20 – The Academy for the Hebrew Language voted this week to eliminate from ...
Read More »Empty Storefront Actually Museum Of Indigenous Palestinian Arab Culture
The facility gets few visitors, as it has a limited budget to advertise its activities, and that traffic is mostly walk-ins looking for a bathroom. Jerusalem, September 15 – Passersby and workers in the downtown area of Israel’s capital have ...
Read More »Tel Aviv Olympic Bid Prospects Put Foes In Bind
Competing against Israel or Israeli athletes is taboo, lest doing so grant legitimacy to the Jewish State. Algiers, September 14 – Sports officials in Arab and Muslim countries hostile to Israel voiced consternation today at the possibility that the International ...
Read More »BBC Looking For More Negative Angle On Israel’s Treatment Of Wounded Syrians
“It has to be just credible enough – we do have some journalistic standards,” explained Ann T. Semitt of the Jerusalem bureau. Safed, September 7 – The British Broadcasting Corporation is holding off on production of a segment on injured ...
Read More »Student’s Intransigence Class Conflicts With Dehumanization Of Jews
Principal Aiwil Qillem was unavailable for comment. Khan Yunis, September 5 – A week into the academic year, a sophomore at the local UNRWA secondary school has discovered that two of his courses in raising the next generation of terrorists ...
Read More »Media Demand Triple Wages For Serving As Judge, Jury, Executioner
“We are performing three valuable roles, and should therefore receive three times the payment.” Tel Aviv, September 1 – Israeli and foreign journalists issued coordinated statements today asserting that their constant performance of the duties of judge, jury, and executioner ...
Read More »Ax Murderer Can’t Get Into Ax Murderer Club Without Protektzia
The need for “vitamin P,” as it is sometimes called, pervades almost every aspect of life in Israel, including leisure activities. Holon, August 25 – A serial killer who specializes in murdering his victims using wood-chopping implements complained today that the ...
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