The Prime Minister’s office (PMO) has been urging IKEA to open up their second store in the town of Lod, one of the poorest towns in all of Israel. To all of you who believe American trends hit Israel years later, here is another one for you. Lod is notorious for its drug deals and [...]
Contestants from Israel’s version of “The Biggest Loser” visited the Knesset last week in a feeble attempt to educate our government in the ways of healthy eating. Not surprising in the least, the “parliamentarians” showed absolutely no interest in meeting with the newly svelte Israelis. Except for our chain smoking Health Minister. He kindly granted [...]
Went to Mike’s Place in J-town last night for a little party for two friends who are headed out to a 4 month jaunt to “the east.” Mike’s Place is now in it’s fourth location and is now located where Jerusalem’s worst dive, The Arizona, was once located. It doesn’t really matter where Mike’s Place [...]
Israel’s Channel 2 just reported that Radio Monte Carlo broadcast that Yasser Arafat has died. Burn in hell motherf*cker. UPDATE: Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker says PA Chairman Arafat died 15 minutes ago UPDATE: A spokesman from the hospital has denied that Arafat is dead! He says that Arafat’s condition is “complex.” UPDATE: Dave of [...]
We are at a historical turning point in Israel’s history. We are witnessing the beginning of the inevitable fragmentation of the Likud party. I sometimes forget how different Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are. In Jerusalem all you see is posters stating “The People with Gush Katif” and “Sharon is dividing the country” whereas in Tel [...]
I can’t remember the last time I wrote about politics. But alas, the time has come. Don’t expect any groundbreaking political commentary. It just ain’t my bag. There are so many people who can tell it like it is so much better than I ever could. In fact, who the hell comes to this blog [...]
Cheney’s comment in tonight’s debate that the demise of Saddam is a factor in the lower number of terrorist attacks in Israel is utter bullshit (because he claims, families of suicide bombers are no longer receiving cash incentives). Palestinian terrorists don’t attack Israelis for financial gain. They attack Israelis because they want to destroy our [...]
There are some good posts about the spy story leak around the blogosphere today. Dave, looking really special in his new home, does a run down of the Arab press coverage of this incident. The Jerusalem Post has a source which believes that this leak was sinister and nefarious at it’s origins. That it’s an [...]
Tomorrow I’ll be heading to HaYarkon Park in Tel Aviv for the seventh annual “International Marijuana Day.” I haven’t gone before and to be honest it looks more like an excuse for a giant trance party than an opportunity to promote drug reform here. I can’t stand trance so my stay might be quite short. [...]
Any one else catch on Channel 2 the audio tapes of Ariel Sharon speaking with David Appel last night? The only part of the conversation that remotely interested me was their discussion of food. Appel told Sharon about the great cold cuts he had the previous week in Ranaana. Sharon seemed really interested. They even [...]
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