Whenever and wherever Israel appears to be doing something positive, look for a sinister ulterior motive. The Hague, September 13 – Activists on behalf of Palestinian rights continue their efforts to seek justice, with one group organizing around the goal ...
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“It’s a lot of materials – I think we’ll need the volume equivalent to four or five semi-trailers.” Jerusalem, September 9 – The Jewish holidays that bring legislative work in Israel to a standstill in late summer or early fall ...
Read More »Man Pleads To Be Airlifted Out From High Holiday Seat Between Sniffer, Throat-Clearer
Bothersome habits of the attendees around him prevented him from concentrating on anything important. Brookline, September 9 – A worshiper at Temple Shalom in this affluent Boston suburb spent most of the Rosh HaShanah service sending desperate, surreptitious text messages to ...
Read More »Self-Destructive Palestinian Refusal To Accept Jewish State Good Prep For COVID Vaccine Refusal
Refusal to accept the vaccine, or Israel as a fait accompli, puts Palestinians at increased risk of hospitalization and painful death. Ramallah, September 3 – Observers of Palestinian society have noted of late that more than a century of rejecting ...
Read More »US Ready To Ignore Rest Of People Trapped In Afghanistan
The airlift has ended now that CNN, CBS, ABC, the New York Times, AP, NBC, and other outlets no longer feel compelled to inform their audiences in urgent terms of the reason for it. Washington, September 2 – Several weeks after the ignominious ...
Read More »We At Human Rights Watch Are So Concerned About Afghanistan, We Went A Whole Hour Without Tweeting About Israel
By Ken Roth, Director What is happening in Afghanistan is as horrific as it was preventable, which compounds the tragedy. Our organization’s anxiety regarding recent developments there has increased to the point that one day two weeks ago, and again ...
Read More »COVID Test Center Looking For Experienced DMV Workers To Prevent Line From Moving
Visitors who did manage to get to the front before despairing still faced several classic hurdles of Israeli bureaucracy, including the old standby of demanding a document that none of the instructions called for. Jerusalem, August 31 – Management of ...
Read More »Palestinians Confused By Kabul Rockets Not Aimed At Israel
“They prioritize their rocket use for something other than killing Jews…?” Gaza City, September 30 – A series of attacks on Hamid Karzai International Airport by various militant Islamist groups has residents of this coastal enclave and others farther inland ...
Read More »Agatha Harkness To Deliver Every Gov’t COVID Statement
If successful, Ms. Harkness has agreed to expand her aegis to other government ministries and entities, the credibility and reliability of which she reflects so well. Jerusalem, August 29 – Israeli public health officials has launched a pilot program under which ...
Read More »Man Threatens To Cancel Subscription To Shul Newsletter
“I’ll give them till next week’s issue, because I know it’s short notice for this week, but then boom – I’m canceling.” Woodmere, August 26 – A synagogue member who feels that his house of worship’s weekly publication has taken ...
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