From the amazing Daniel Greenfield at Sultan Knish a few excerpts from his gorgeous essay Israel’s military victories were never the results of an inspired military or political leadership. While the anniversary of the Six-Day War has led to an outpouring of adoration for the usual suspects; the khaki-garbed generals striding victoriously through a carefully cropped photo, even if…
This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language, satirical media criticism website that I run, we bring you several exceptional items. You may or may not have heard about the scandal at Israel’s Forensic Medicine Institute. Prof. Yehuda Hiss, has again come under fire when it was discovered that he had held body…
This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run we bring you Obama’s Advisor for Reality Perception John Zelokoreli (It’snothappeningtome) who explains Obama’s policy towards Syria. We also present the tale of the Israeli pioneer, give a sneak peek at this summer’s economic protesters and give you…
Today on the Tribal Update, the satirical weekly newscast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run, we bring you the anthem Jews United Against Israel. We also present the woes of your average Israeli Joe trying to make ends meet, and Awad, our resident jihadist describes the travails of Palestinian terrorists at a time that Israel…
Andrew Breitbart strikes from the grave! If you haven’t seen Drudge, the story in short is that Breitbart.com reported that in 1991, Obama’s literary agent published a booklet with the bio above stating point blank that he was born in Kenya. Now she says it was just a silly mistake. Let’s grant that Obama really was…
This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical news broadcast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run, we bring you the updated French national anthem. We also feature a trip to the top of Mt. Everest and Israel’s premiere investigative reporter Ilana Dayan’s exposes on a plot to usurp Israel’s rightful owners. Enjoy the…
I’ve received many emails asking for the clip of Prof. Mahali’s erudite explanation for long winter nights from The Tribal Update as a separate item. So here it is. Also, for those of you who still haven’t seen it – or distributed it, here’s the English-subtitled version of our Israeli apology to the Danish ISMer who got…
This week on the Tribal Update the satirical newscast produced weekly by Latma, the Hebrew-language, satirical media criticism website I run, we bring you Shaul Mofaz – stand up comedian on the Bibi Show. We also bring you Peace Now head Yariv Googleheimer – who served in the IDF for three whole years, (mandatory conscription period for men), waxing poetic…
In all of our many conversations that took place over the better part of the past decade, I never asked Prof. Benzion Netanyahu what led him to become an historian. Certainly it was a function of his concern for his nation and his recognition that our very existence hung in the balance. Certainly, too, it was a function of his…
One of the achievements of his government that Prime Minister Netanyahu took pride in during a recent speech was the tall fence we’re building along the 220KM border with Egypt. Only problem is that from the video below, it is pretty clear that we might want to have a clear path to the Sinai so that we can preempt the…