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Posted in israel, Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2009
The Associated Press reports: UN official slams Israeli block of paper shipments UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in the Gaza Strip has criticized Israel for blocking shipments of paper to the Palestinian territory to print textbooks for a new human rights curriculum that will be taught to children there. Israel also has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009
BBC reports: Eleven people – including seven police officers – have been arrested over the ransacking of a synagogue in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. Armed men broke into the building last week and daubed slogans including “Jews get out” on the walls before destroying religious objects. Critics of President Hugo Chavez have accused him of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2009
The Washington Post reports: UNITED NATIONS — In the coming weeks, judges from the International Criminal Court will decide whether to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of genocide and other war crimes in a military campaign that has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands [...]
Posted in Canada, israel, Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2009
A BBC poll that asked people which countries had the most positive and negative influences on the world found Germany on top, and Israel at the bottom. I’m no psychologist, but does that not just scream out that the world really does have some sort of demented Holocaust-guilt syndrome and that they want to rationalize [...]
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2009
This week, Iraq held peaceful fully democratic elections. But since that would imply that maybe the US is winning the war in Iraq, it did not receive much media attention. Here is an excerpt from an interview in Iran’s state media, PressTV. Even they can’t spin this election negatively! The following is a Press TV [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2009
Shabbat is approaching fast now, and my homework and dead car battery have kept me busy all day… I will continue posting on Sunday!
Posted in israel, Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2009
I suppose the money was supposed to be stimulus for the Gaza infrastructure? Hamas Thugs Caught Smuggling Suitcases of Cash: CAIRO – Hamas negotiators left Egypt without a long-term cease-fire with Israel on Thursday — but not before some members of the militant group’s delegation were stopped at the Gaza border carrying millions in cash. [...]
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009
Since this too horrific for words, I’m going to hope that this woman’s confession is false and was a result of torture: (AFP) A WOMAN suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organising their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the [...]
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009
No comment necessary from me: Officials nab traveler with pigeons in his pants. SYDNEY – An Australian traveler was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his pants following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials said Tuesday. The 23-year-old man was searched after authorities discovered two eggs in a vitamin container in his [...]
Posted in Canada, Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2009
You may have heard about the recent vandalism at a Venezuelan synagogue. In one of those moments that I can truly be proud to be a Canadian (moments which are happening more and more under Harper), Canada has come out and is one of the first countries worldwide to strongly condemn it: OTTAWA (AFP) — [...]