Last Friday, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, did something revolutionary. He told the truth about the Palestinians. In an interview with The Jewish Channel, Gingrich said that the Palestinians are an “invented” people, “who are in fact Arabs.” His statement about the Palestinians was entirely accurate. At the end of…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television on internet media satire show produced weekly by Latma, we give musical consideration to the plight of residents of south Tel Aviv. There, the neighborhoods are being taken over by illegal migrants from Africa. Here’s the clip of the song. We also bring you a behind the scenes…
Last Thursday, in an address before the Association for Public Law’s annual conference at the Dead Sea, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch launched an unhinged attack on the Knesset and the government. Beinisch accused Israel’s elected officials of “inciting against the judges” through their proposed legislation that would place minimal constraints on judicial power. In her words, “For…
With vote tallies in for Egypt’s first round of parliamentary elections in it is abundantly clear that Egypt is on the fast track to becoming a totalitarian Islamic state. The first round of voting took place in Egypt’s most liberal, cosmopolitan cities. And still the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists received more than 60 percent of the vote. Run-off elections…
and agrees that Obama is following far behind Europe on sanctioning Iran. This from a Democrat.
Berkeley’s Jewish Student Union denied membership to J Street U. Great going guys. And gut shabbos! From JWeekly.com: U.C. Berkeley’s Jewish Student Union includes groups such as Challah for Hunger, Bears for Israel and the Jewish Business Association. J Street U will not be joining them. At a Nov. 16 general meeting, the union voted…
This week on the Tribal Update, the media satire newscast produced each week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run, we bring you Obama’s Reality Perception Advisor John Zelokoreli opining on the gifts of Arab democracy. We also present the Israeli media’s embrace of pluralism and our favorite suicide bombers Jamil and Awad discuss reconciliation with Israel. …
Something is happening in Iran. Forces are in motion. But what is happening? And who are the forces that are on the move? Since this week’s bombing in Isfahan, the world media is rife with speculation that the war with Iran over its nuclear weapons program has begun. But if the war has begun, who is fighting it? What…