The law would require that any such calamity receive approval from an independent oversight committee before it be permitted to strike Israel. Jerusalem, November 28 – Lawmakers from the Meretz Party are preparing legislation to outlaw fires, earthquakes, and other ...
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“It looks more and more as if Bibi is using his Facebook following to bolster the messaging and following he cultivates on Twitter and vice versa.” Jerusalem, November 23 – Political opponents of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu have asked the ...
Read More »For Trump Visit, Arab MKs To Throw Tiny Gloves Instead Of Shoes
“Trump is a bigot,” proclaimed the legislator, whose party supports homophobia and misogyny, and denied the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish State. Jerusalem, November 16 – No date has been announced for the trip to Israel President-elect Donald Trump ...
Read More »Tel Aviv Professor Calls Introduction Of Right-Wing Bills ‘Microaggression’
“It is the duty of the State to protect its citizens from harm,” wrote Smolanibakhyan in the journal Cloister. Tel Aviv, November 14 – A professor of political science at Tel Aviv University warned today that the mere introduction of legislation ...
Read More »Right-Wing MKs Getting A Little Carried Away With Trump Election Implications
“It’s quite possible Mr. Trump will shut down the hostile United Nations, nuke Iran to smithereens, and increase military aid to us by several billion dollars annually.” Jerusalem, November 10 – One day after Donald Trump soundly defeated Hillary Clinton ...
Read More »Rabin Memorial Attracts Crowd From Across Segment Of Political Spectrum
Diverse voices could be heard at the rally, including journalists who took the opportunity to trumpet the fact that Netanyahu and his allies are silencing them. Tel Aviv, November 6 – Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered Saturday night to ...
Read More »Labor Accuses God Of Monopolizing Bible With Pro-God Voices
There is not a single work in all of Tanakh written by someone who doesn’t see monotheism as a value, or who believes bribery to be just the thing. Tel Aviv, November 1 – Leaders of Israel’s main opposition party ...
Read More »Leftist Elite To Create Israeli House Of Lords
“It would not be very progressive of us to simply accept the democratic will of the people – that is not what progressives do.” Tel Aviv, October 27 – A dangerous streak of democratic elections that failed to return the ...
Read More »If Abbas Addresses Knesset, Joint List To Boycott Over ‘Normalization’
“To pursue a path of conciliation would be a shameful betrayal of our paths to date.” Umm el-Fahm, October 21 – Members of the Joint List political alliance of mostly Arab parties voiced concern today over rumors that Palestinian Authority ...
Read More »Knesset Security Gearing Up For 120 Clown Sightings
The ten-dozen-plus clowns are supposed to be there, possibly as a way of keeping them off the streets and frightening even more people – at least that’s what the electorate seems to want. Jerusalem, October 13 – Israel’s parliamentary security ...
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