Chief among the IDF’s list of MTA achievements they wish to study is the Second Avenue subway line. Kibbutz Nir Am, August 11 – Israeli defense officials continue to seek innovative ways to neutralize or combat threats from Hamas and ...
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By Basher Assad, President of Syria I’ve been doing this repression thing for years and years. At first it was the not-so-subtle intimidation backed by the precedent of ruthless retaliation, but that eventually gave way to open warfare against my ...
Read More »Amnesty Launches App Detailing How Each Killing In Rio Israel’s Fault
“Our Rio Platform should put paid to the notion that we have some sort of obsessive focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” Rio de Janeiro, Augist 10 – One of the world’s leading human rights organizations has launched an interactive database app ...
Read More »Left Calls Ban On Armed Uprisings Undemocratic
The People must have their will expressed in real terms, but voters keep getting in the way. Tel Aviv, August 10 – Leading figures in Israel’s progressive political community have denounced laws prohibiting coups d’état – especially by means of weapons – ...
Read More »Iran Deal Provision Promises US Inaction If Terrorism Victims Jews
If, however, the target proved to be other than Jews or people obviously acting in support of Jews, the US might consider a reprimand. Tehran, August 9 – President Hassan Rouhani of Iran told a gathering of lawmakers today that ...
Read More »Rabbis Unsure Whether Avocado A Fruit Or A Turd
The session ended with the assembled scholars remaining deadlocked. Jerusalem, August 8 – Consensus continues to elude authorities on Jewish law as to the proper classification of the avocado, and whether the produce should be considered a fruit, requiring certain ...
Read More »JNF Shifts To Planting Only Gharqad Trees
“We intend to have over five million in place by 2030.” Jerusalem Forest, August 8 – In what organization executives are calling a strategic move aimed at enhancing both the ecology and defense of the country, the Jewish National Fund ...
Read More »Tubal-Cain Wins Contract To Develop ‘Bronze Dome’ Defense System
Tubal-Cain’s half-brothers Jabal and Jubal also made important advances in their respective fields of animal husbandry and acoustics. Ur, August 7 – A local metallurgy pioneer has secured an agreement with the government to develop and produce a weapons system ...
Read More »My Distant Ancestors In Arabia Were The First Palestinians
By Saeb Erekat I have had quite enough of the Zionist trope that “Jews are from Judea; Arabs are from Arabia.” It’s nice and pat, and pretty straightforward, but it pointedly neglects the fact that my distant ancestors in Arabia ...
Read More »Unprecedented Trouble For 2016 Games Definitely Mossad’s Doing
“I think we all know who stands to gain from disaster on an international scale.” Rio de Janeiro, August 3 – This year’s Olympic Summer Games, scheduled to open on August 5, have seen a level of controversy and mismanagement unmatched ...
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