Posts Tagged: israel
A ‘P’alestinian Inconvenient Truth
In the ongoing "battle of the narratives" between Israel and the Palestinians, one minor, but telling, detail rarely gets mentioned: the Arabic alphabet, the abjad,...
Drastic Decline of Illegal Infiltrations Into Israel
JNS.org - Only 34 illegal infiltrations into Israel were reported in the first half of 2013, a dramatic decrease compared to the 9,570 during the same...
Pro-Israel Group Launches Campaign to Counter Anti-Israel Ads in San Francisco
JNS.org - The pro-Israel education group StandWithUs has launched an advertising campaign for the month of July on San Francisco's Muni bus system to address...
Italy Looks to Israel to Build ‘Start-Up Nation’
JNS.org - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, making his first trip outside Europe since taking office in April, expressed admiration for Israel's culture of...
Hassan Rouhani and the Myth of ‘Moderation’
Human beings have a massive capacity to ignore bad news, as if dispensing with information that is either inconvenient or detrimental to one's life will...
Hezbollah MP Warns: With Departure of Army Chief Lebanon ‘Will Fall Into a Security Vacuum’
Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad. Photo: PressTV. Lebanon is likely to enter a dangerous security vacuum as the term of Army Commander Gen. Jean Kahwagi's comes...
British Entrepreneur Moves Company to Israel for 3 Months, Recounts ‘Only in Israel’ Moments
British entrepreneur Daniel Abrahams decided to move his Internet start-up, MyCurrencyTransfer.com, from London to Tel Aviv for three months in April, telling the blog Displaced...
For Just 50 Shekels, Palestinians Are Smuggled Over Israel’s Security Fence
Smugglers are using basic tools such as ladder and rope to sneak Palestinians through Israel's security fence, according to Israel's Channel Two News. The fence, which...
“It goes without saying”: the Further Rhetoric of Terrorist Apologia
When the Guardian's Glenn Greenwald, then with Salon, interviewed Rene Brulin in 2010, the purpose of the conversation was to discuss Brulin's research into the...
Comedian Russell Brand to Visit Israel, Synagogues and Mosques On Comedy Tour
British comedian Russell Brand is embarking on a new comedy tour, and he plans on making a few countries in the Middle East the target...
Coming Up Roses
Remember when Tal gave me that amazing present last month? I got another great present today. My friend and sometime co-author Julie gave me a pendant made out of...
Israel’s Education Minister Gets Giggles During Knesset Address (VIDEO)
A video of Israel's Education Minister getting the giggles has made headlines. Shai Piron, who is also a rabbi, burst into laughter after making a reference...
Israeli Pianist Boris Giltburg Wins Prestigious Queen Elizabeth Competition (VIDEO)
Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg won the prestigious Queen Elizabeth competition in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday. The 28 year-old won the 76-year-old competition through a mix...
Notes Toward a Terror Apologist’s Rhetoric (Abridged but Unexpurgated)
You have probably noticed that an enormous amount of public debate is repetition. It gets to the point - you hear the same arguments often...
