If the effort succeeds, it may allow former MK Azmi Bishara to return from self-imposed exile in Qatar. Jerusalem, December 20 – Members of the Joint List alliance of mostly Arab parties in the Knesset spent Monday in an intense ...
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Feed SubscriptionCalls For Cain’s Resignation After Reports He Slept With His Sister
“No one who conducts himself that way can continue to serve as firstborn.” Eden, December 15 – Scandal erupted today in Adam and Eve’s family after their eldest son was accused of seducing his sister, and calls emerged for Cain ...
Read More »Ephron In Hiding From Palestinians After Selling Land To Abraham
MK Haj Yahiah repeated the call to kill Ephron. Somewhere near Hebron, December 11 – A Hittite man who struck a lucrative real estate deal with a Hebrew patriarch was forced to conceal his whereabouts after receiving death threats from Palestinians ...
Read More »Herzog Hoping Buyers Of HaPoel Tel Aviv Also Want Labor Party
Both organizations have roots on the political left. Tel Aviv, December 7 – Zionist Union faction chief and Opposition leader Isaac Herzog voiced confidence today that if and when a buyer comes along to purchase and rehabilitate the ailing HaPoel Tel ...
Read More »Committee Delays Vote On Law Declaring Delay Of Vote A Dick Move
Whoever votes in favor of such a delay will carry an air of dickishness for the duration of the legislative session. Jerusalem, November 30 – The Knesset Legislative Committee voted unanimously today to postpone a plenum vote on a bill ...
Read More »Meretz Demands Limits On Natural Disasters To Prevent Distraction From Corruption News
The law would require that any such calamity receive approval from an independent oversight committee before it be permitted to strike Israel. Jerusalem, November 28 – Lawmakers from the Meretz Party are preparing legislation to outlaw fires, earthquakes, and other ...
Read More »Critics: Netanyahu Having Both Facebook Page And Twitter Profile A Conflict Of Interest
“It looks more and more as if Bibi is using his Facebook following to bolster the messaging and following he cultivates on Twitter and vice versa.” Jerusalem, November 23 – Political opponents of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have asked the ...
Read More »For Trump Visit, Arab MKs To Throw Tiny Gloves Instead Of Shoes
“Trump is a bigot,” proclaimed the legislator, whose party supports homophobia and misogyny, and denied the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish State. Jerusalem, November 16 – No date has been announced for the trip to Israel President-elect Donald Trump ...
Read More »Tel Aviv Professor Calls Introduction Of Right-Wing Bills ‘Microaggression’
“It is the duty of the State to protect its citizens from harm,” wrote Smolanibakhyan in the journal Cloister. Tel Aviv, November 14 – A professor of political science at Tel Aviv University warned today that the mere introduction of legislation ...
Read More »Right-Wing MKs Getting A Little Carried Away With Trump Election Implications
“It’s quite possible Mr. Trump will shut down the hostile United Nations, nuke Iran to smithereens, and increase military aid to us by several billion dollars annually.” Jerusalem, November 10 – One day after Donald Trump soundly defeated Hillary Clinton ...
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