A Pulitzer-prize winning author and former Obama campaign operative could serve as the ambassador to the United Nations if confirmed by the Senate.
Roseanne Barr, the former sitcom star and stand-up comic who ran as a third-party candidate for president in 2012, has stirred up a bizarre controversy, promoting a May 17 Los Angeles concert by jazz saxophone player Gilad Atzmon. An Israeli-born musician of Palestinian Arab ancestry, Atzmon is a vociferous opponent of Israel who has expressed revisionist views on the Holocaust. When Atzmon’s critics protested to Barr on Twitter, both Atzmon […]
Israel’s air strikes against targets in Syria this weekend may signal the beginning of wider Israeli involvement in the two-year-old civil war that Syrian rebels have waged against the Assad regime. A Syrian official warned Sunday that Israel “will suffer” in retaliation for attacks that apparently targeted weapons shipments and a military research facility near Damascus. “When they attack, this is a declaration of war,” Syria’s deputy foreign minister told […]
Israeli Air Force jets launched strikes at two sites in Gaza overnight in response to Saturday rocket attacks that hit southern Israel. The strikes “targeted two terror sites in the Gaza Strip,” the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said in an official statement, saying that “direct hits … were confirmed” on the targets identified as “a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training compound in southern Gaza.” The IDF statement […]
At a press conference in Istanbul, Secretary of State John Kerry compared the Boston bombing victims to the pro-Palestinian Turkish activists killed by Israeli Defense Forces during the 2010 Gaza flotilla incident. Blogger Carl in Jerusalem, a Boston native, writing for Israel Matzav might have said it best comparing 8 year old Martin Richard to the those aboard the Pro-Palestinian flotilla.
19- year-old Lina Makhoul -an Arab Christian from Acre, Israel - became the second winner of Israel’s popular singing competition show, “The Voice.” JTA reported on the news: Lina Makhoul, 19, of Acre, will receive a record contract and a scholarship to music school. After winning the three-month contest, Makhoul, who is Christian, said during the live finale that she had been victimized by racism throughout the filming of the […]
Yesterday we reported at ViralRead that Isreali soliders have been fired upon by Syrian forces, injuring two Israeli soldiers. In response, Israel has fired guided missiles into Syria, destroying a military post. “We take the firing at IDF [Israeli Defence Forces] forces in Israeli territory very seriously,” Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon announced. It remains unclear whether the weekend’s shots were targeting Israel or spillover from the Syrian civil war. […]
Reuters is reporting that Israel has fired upon and destroyed a machine gun position in the Golan Heights. It is unclear at this moment whether this is merely spillover from the Syrian civil war or whether this is a new front opening for Israel in the middle east. Israeli Spokesman Ofir Gendelman stated on his Twitter page, Israeli forces “destroyed a Syrian machine gun nest that fired twice in the last […]
First, President Obama’s limo, known as “The Beast,” broke down when it was filled with gasoline instead of diesel. Silly Israelis. But what do you expect from the only Middle Easterns who just don’t “get” oil? Now, they don’t even want his tree: The tree brought as a gift to Israel by Obama, and planted earlier on Wednesday, is now said to have been dug up. The Times of Israel […]
President Obama landed in Israel this morning for his first official trip to Israel. Shortly before he arrived, it was reported that his limo broke down after the driver filled it with gasoline instead of diesel. The Times of Israel detailed what happened: 11:39 Presidential limo breaks down Israeli and Jordanian officials have been coordinating the transfer of a replacement presidential limousine from a US storage facility in Jordan to […]
