No news on kidnapped boys. Palestinians celebrate
Unfortunately there is no new information about the fate of the three kidnapped boys. Their names and places of residence have now been released: A gag order on naming the trio has now been lifted....
View ArticleThe criminally inept Israeli police didn’t react to the kidnap in real time
The Israeli Police need a new chief, a new minister and a swift kick up the backside, in no particular order. Rumours have been circulating since the 3 boys were kidnapped that one of the boys called...
View Article#BringBackOurBoys – and spare me your farshtinkener condemnations
It’s been 6 days since the three teenage students, Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gil-Ad Shayer, were kidnapped on their way home from school last Thursday night and still there has been not a word...
View ArticleOperation Brother’s Keeper and other terrorism updates
As Operation Brother’s Keeper, the IDF’s operation to find the kidnapped teens, enters its 7th day, PM Binyamin Netanyahu reported that we now know a lot more about the kidnapping of the three...
View ArticleChutzpah of the week
This post might be the start of an occasional (or even regular) series, but certainly there is no shortage of candidates for the Chutzpah of the Week award. This week we go for a two-fer. Or even a...
View ArticleIsrael announces the names of the Hamas kidnappers of the 3 teens
In very fresh news, earlier this evening the Shin Bet announced the names of the kidnappers of the three teenagers who were abducted exactly 2 weeks ago in Gush Etzion: The two alleged abductors, Amer...
View ArticleAnti-semitism and Anti-Israelism: First the bad news, then the (almost) good
The news in recent days has been full of items about antisemitic acts, attitudes and outbursts committed around the world. It is getting to be exceedingly depressing to read a newspaper or simply...
View ArticleBaruch Dayan Emet. May Hashem avenge their blood #EyalGiladNaftali
The worst possible news has just been announced after a couple of hours of rumours flying around Israel: the bodies of the three kidnapped boys, Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel were...
View ArticleThe making of a new blood libel
Yesterday, Israel’s incompetent and criminally inept police, aided and abetted by the media – both international and Israeli – and Israeli politicians all colluded in creating a blood libel against the...
View ArticleIDF soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin, feared kidnapped by Hamas
The news out of Gaza and the border area is so bad that I’ve abandoned my Good News Friday post. Maybe next week we’ll be in a better mood to hear cheerful news. The 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire held...
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