Potential revenue from fines is almost an afterthought. Jerusalem, January 1 – Shocking new data have emerged showing that contrary to the widespread assumption that city employees must issue a certain minimum number of parking violation tickets per week or ...
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Tel Aviv, Israel’s answer to the seedier parts of Queens. Jerusalem, December 23 – Festivities surrounding the inauguration last night of a non-stop rail line between the country’s capital and its largest city on the coastal plain left a sour ...
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Use of cheap, probably toxic or radioactive, alternatives to genuine food ingredients in Israel dates back to economic constraints of the state’s formative years. Jerusalem, December 12 – Patrons of a local confectionery and pastry establishment watched an employee of ...
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“Back when the Spies thwarted a quick entry into Canaan we thought we had hit a speed bump, but the timing of this fiasco could have even more inconvenient implications.” Plains of Moab, December 3 – Repeated praise of Canaan ...
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Sitting, marching, holding signs, and chanting at others about society’s imminent collapse. Tel Aviv, November 21 – An activist worried that human-driven climate change will doom civilization and disrupt the planet’s fragile ecosystems within twelve years has found a kindred ...
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“You’ve got to be kidding me,” muttered the dazed father. “Really? Really? The fugly curtains? Good grief.” Sderot, November 13 – A Palestinian Islamic Jihad missile that hit a house in this southern Israeli hamlet obliterated all the furniture and ...
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“I know I would think twice if I had to face restrictive consequences when I did something wrong again and again. We should really do something like that.” Jerusalem, November 4 – A local gradeschooler who has lost privileges again ...
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He arrived at his conscious ideological position after years of implementing it in practice. Jerusalem, October 24 – A resident with a propensity for lateness insisted today that his habitual tardiness represents a philosophical position that specifically differs from the ...
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“Oh, she so wants me,” one witness heard Mr. Pitzek remark for approximately the four hundredth time after passing the receptionist. Tel Aviv, September 26 – An employee at a local firm possesses the uncanny ability to understand each movement, ...
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“Sign language rubs in the faces of the visually impaired that they count less because no one has taken the time to make them feel included.” Tel Aviv, September 17 – Advocates for the rights of the visually-impaired criticized today ...
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