Monthly Archives : June 2011

Palestinian eskimos and Naksa/ Nakba/ Amba celebrations


This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-Internet satire program produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I lead we turn our attention to the sad fate of Palestinian eskimos in the context of Naksa/Nakba/Amba/Bla Bla raids on Israel’s borders. We also feature a public service announcement about Israel’s vanishing species and plenty of other great stuff. Here’s…

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Yale, Jews, and Double Standards


  Last week Yale University announced its decision to close down its institute for the study of anti-Semitism. The move has been widely criticized as politically motivated. For its part, the university claims that the move was the result of purely academic considerations. While not clear-cut, an analysis of the story lends to the conclusion that politics were in all…

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Is the US deliberately harming Israeli covert ops in Iran?


  One of the dirty secrets about Western trade with enemy states like Iran is that the Western companies trading wtih them may also wittingly or unwittingly serve as espionage assets for their home country or for other Western countries. Consider the Stuxnet computer virus which reportedly caused great harm to at least one and perhaps multiple nuclear installations in…

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The real Egyptian revolution


  The coverage of recent events in Egypt is further proof that Western elites cannot see the forest for the trees. Over the past week, leading newspapers have devoted relatively in-depth coverage to the Egyptian military authorities’ repressive actions in subduing protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, particularly during their large protest last Friday. That is, they have provided in-depth…

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Palestinian prehistory and the generals’ expert opinions


This week on The Tribal Update, the television on internet show brought to you by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run, we present Palestinian prehistory and the generals’ expert opinions. We also tell you how Israel deals with terror collaborators…. Enjoy!    Latma  is funded through contributions to the Center for Security Policy in Washington. If you would…

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