National Geographic’s Whitewashing of Hamas and the Gaza Tunnels
One usually turns to National Geographic to look at the world and marvel at the planet. It covers issues critical to human and animal survival. I love National Geographic and so do my…
A Carefully Calibrated Attack
Cross posted from the New York Times Room for Debate where the question asked was How Can Targeted Killings Be Justified? Also participating in the debate were Law professor and author Alan Dershowitz,…
Richard Silverstein’s “Scoop” Described by NPR as “Fantasy” and “Nonsense”
Sigh. Richard Silverstein is still sticking to his guns. He continues to claim that the document provided to him by his secret source, a former high ranking minister in a past Israeli government,…
Punkin’ The Popo in Israel
Kids, please don’t try this at home! What happens when a couple of punk Israeli kids fill a back pack full of graffiti paint and then leave it at a bus stop for…
This is Jewlicious, and We Support 1 Minute of Silence for the Munich 11
At 4:30 am on September 5th, 1972, a group of Palestinian Terrorists made their way to the Olympic Village in Munich, to the building housing some members of the Israeli Olympic team. There…
A picture
By sheer accident I came across this photo. It seems like Shimon Peres is speaking to an attractive young female soldier. The photo stopped me because she isn’t smiling as he speaks to…
Yasser Arafat Ordered and Funded Acts of Terror During the Second Intifada. Duh.
Haaretz recently got their hands on court documents related to civil suits brought by victims of terror against the Palestine Authority and Marwan Barghouti, the secretary general of Fatah’s Tanzim militia (currently jailed…
Toulouse Gunman Mohammed Merah, dead after Resisting Arrest
The killer of three French soldiers, a Rabbi and three Jewish schoolchildren was himself killed today after resisting arrest at the end of a 32 hour siege. Details are still emerging but Mohammed…
50 Injured, one dead in Jerusalem Bus Bombing
A package placed by the 74 bus stop in front of Binyanei Hauma exploded this afternoon in Jerusalem injuring 39 people, 4 of them seriously. I was listening to Infected Mushroom when suddenly…
ICT Conference: Monday’s 2nd Afternoon Plenary Session
The speakers for Monday afternoon’s second plenary session were: Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, Head of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Dr. Sergey Kurginyan, President, International…
ICT: summary of Monday Morning’s 2nd Plenary Session
For yesterday’s second morning plenary session, the speakers were: Col. Richard Kemp, Former Commander of the British Forces in Afghanistan, United Kingdom; Dr. Daniel Pipes, Director , The Middle East Forum, U.S.A.; Mr….
ICT Day 2: 1st Morning Plenary Session
Hi everyone, so, due to technically difficulties, these summaries are being uploaded a bit late. However, tomorrow, I promise to upload them in a timelier manner. This Morning’s First Plenary Session featured speakers:…
ICT Talking Heads Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff
Session 2: Former Ministers of Defense and IDF Chiefs of Staff. The speakers are: Prof. Moshe Arens, Former Minister of Defense (1983 – 1984) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988 – 1990); Lt….
ICT Talking Heads Session 1: Former Heads of the Mossad and Shabbak
First up, was Session 1: Former Heads of the Mossad and Shabbak. Our speakers were: Mr. Shabtai Shavit, Former Head of Mossad (1989 – 1995) and present Chairperson of the Board of the…
Yom HaZikaron
Two sirens. At 20:00 (8:00pm) last night, the first went on. It marked the beginning of Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism, in which we remember those who lost…
Murder an Israeli and Make Some Money
Imagine a website that offers a $500 reward to be paid via paypal for doing a specific deed and e-mailing a picture as proof? Want to know the instructions? According to an article…
IDF Intercepts 500 Tons of Iranian Weapons Bound for Hezballah
Wow. From whatever shithole bunker, buried deep in the ground, he’s hiding in, Hassan Nasrallah is not going to be happy today. Israel captured the Francop, an Antigua registered cargo ship on it’s…
Israeli Soldier May have been Kidnapped Today
Traffic all across Israel has ground to a snarl as police are checking cars looking for an IDF soldier that may have been kidnapped today at noon. Stay tuned as we’ll try to…
Dear Mom. I didn’t get squashed or run over last night in Jerusalem…
I’m getting tired of writing these emails to my sister to send to my Mom. Three times in 3 months, twice with bulldozers and last night with a new Beemer, residents of East…
Carter Scores Breakthrough with Hamas…
Uh… not so much After 7-hours of negotiations with Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal, at his office in Damascus, Syria, 83 year old former President Jimmy Carter announced that Hamas would accept a…
