Monthly Archives : March 2012

The State Department’s Jerusalem syndrome


I went to the US Consulate this week to take care of certain family business. It was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I think it is ironic that two days after my extremely unpleasant experience at the consulate, State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to say what the capital of Israel is. It was ironic because anyone who visits the consulate…

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The IDF’s absolutely non-political general


This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every wee by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run we present IDF OC Central Command Major General Nitzan Alon speaking about his non-political position on settlements, the Palestinians and everything in between. We also bring you a new sketch with our favorite suicide bombers Jamil and Awad…

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John Bolton is also advising Romney


After having criticized Mitt Romney for having former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden advising him, I feel it is only fair to point out that former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton is also advising the likely Republican presidential nominee. And unlike Hayden, Bolton  is a brilliant strategic thinker, organizational leader and innovator, and friend of Israel.  …

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Romney’s advisor thinks Obama’s Iran policy is terrific


General Michael Hayden wrote an oped for CNN on Iran’s nuclear program and the disparity between the US and Israeli assessments of the threat it poses.   Hayden served as the head of the NSA and the CIA under Bush 43. He now advises Mitt Romney.   In his oped, Hayden backs Obama’s policy of waiting for incontrovertible evidence that…

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A new honorific for Baroness Ashton and the cultured Oxford Professor returns


This week’s episode of the Tribal Update, the news satire show produced weekly by Latma, the Hebrew language media satire website I run we bring you Count Von Snobbenberg presenting the EU PUTZ award to Catherine Ashton for her extraordinary statement comparing the massacre of Jewish children in Toulouse to the imaginary plight of Gazan children. We also demonstrate how…

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Mohamed Merah – Man of the West


The massacre of Jewish children at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish day school in Toulouse presents us with an appalling encapsulation of the depraved nature of our times – although at first glance, the opposite seems to be the case.   On the surface, the situation was cut and dry. A murderer drove up to a Jewish school and executed three…

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Latma presents a new natural phenomenon: Missiles


Apparently part of being on maternity leave involves having no time to update my website. So this week I will post the Tribal Update from last week as well as this week.  As you know, the Tribal Update is the weekly news satire program produced by Latma, the Hebrew language media satire website that I run. In last week’s show…

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