by Saeb Erekat One of the talking points one hears many times in the realm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that the Palestinians have rejected peace offer after peace offer. Putting aside the accuracy of the claim, it ignores one ...
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Feed SubscriptionIsmail Haniyeh’s Gay Ex-Lover To Release Tell-All Book
On My Knees: In The Bedroom With Ismail Haniyeh will be published in April. London, February 21 – The leader of the militant Islamist movement that runs Gaza faces embarrassment as a former same-sex romantic partner is preparing to publish a ...
Read More »Yesh Atid Trades Peri, German To Zionist Union For 8 Minor-League Prospects
“Yael and Yaakov can help us shore up our sense of frustration and dissatisfaction. That’s our currency,” said Herzog. Jerusalem, February 20 – Two prominent Opposition factions have reached a deal to exchange established MKs for politicians in the farm ...
Read More »Man’s Prayers Answered: ‘Shut Up Already’
Fed up, as it were, by the man’s attitude, the Lord appeared in a vision to Bonner and instructed him to cease all petition. Rockville Centre, NY, February 20 – The Lord God Almighty finally responded to repeated entreaties by ...
Read More »News Media Object To Portrayal In News Media
“Edward R. Murrow is turning is his grave,” added CBS reporter Scott Pelley. New York, February 19 – In a sign of growing frustration with their troublesome image, news media outlets staged a demonstration yesterday to protest the way the ...
Read More »Reporters Trying To Come Up With Occupation-Ammonia Hazards Link
Potential hazards of ammonia lack the visceral resonance with the reader that stories containing allegations of direct abuse are capable of generating. Haifa Bay, February 19 – Journalists and news agencies covering the Israeli domestic scene have struggled in recent ...
Read More »Palestinian Claims Victory In Twitter Exchange, Bringing Statehood Ever Closer
“A self-declared victory in debate on Twitter, we can all agree, was never dreamed of by our ancestors.” San Francisco, February 15 – Twitter executives reported today that in a series of messages between a Palestinian tweeter and two advocates ...
Read More »We Zombies Have Nothing On The Two-State Solution
By Urgh People make a big fuss over zombies rising from the grave and menacing the living, but at least you can kill a zombie again with the right equipment. Our staying power has nothing on the patently untenable Two-State ...
Read More »Authority Banning Land Sales To Jews Accuses Israel Of Ethnic Cleansing
“This land is Palestinian. They cannot stay. Did I mention that Israel is conducting ethnic cleansing?” Ramallah, February 16 – A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority government that imposes the death penalty or life imprisonment for selling land to Jews, ...
Read More »Meretz Proposes Making Doublespeak An Official Language
The Meretz Euphemism-Required-Doublespeak Enactment (1984)(2017) (MERDE) Jerusalem, February 16 – Legislators from the far-left Meretz Party seek to establish Doublespeak as an official language of Israel alongside Hebrew and Arabic, a statement by the party announced today. Officials from Meretz ...
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