Daily Archives: 09/03/2008

A modest Saudi proposal

Elder of Ziyon tells the story of Shaymaa Samir Qudeih: Shaymaa Samir Qudeih is a brilliant student attending school in Saudi Arabia. She has received top honors from her high school in Jeddah, and she ranked eighth in all of … Continue reading

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Heil, knuckleheads, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk

UHF television used to feature re-runs of shows like Hogan’s Heroes and the 3 Stooges. Hogan’s Heroes was a vehicle for mocking the Nazis. I found it surprising that a number of the actors in Hogan’s Heroes were Holocaust survivors. … Continue reading

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The karate kid meets iwo jima

There seem to be a higher concentration of news service photographers relative to the population in Palestinian areas than any place in the world. So there’s a lot of news. Among the most popular images are people waiting for their … Continue reading

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No Way Out

Poor, poor Lauren Booth, Tony Blair’s sister-in-law. She can’t get out of Gaza. She’s one of the tools that led the “protest” against the IDF shutdown of Gaza by sending two boats in the other day. And now, neither Egypt … Continue reading

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