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Crime pays


Tony Kushner wins $100,000 for being an anti-Israel activist.  See here.   Oh, and B’Tselem shares anti-Israel award with terrorists.   But at least the Washington Post thinks Israel is terrible for trying to cut off foreign governmental funding to anti-Israel Israeli-registered NGOs.  

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The Arab times they are a-changin’


This week on the Tribal Update, Latma’s weekly television-on-Internet news satire show we bring you a special English language song in honor of the burgeoning Arab Spring. It is performed by  members of the Arab Spring Choir including Halil Majnoun, the Egyptian Minister of Conspiracy Theories, Adel Hraimeh, Libyan rebel leader and Tawil Fadiha, the Palestinian Minister of Uncontrollable Rage.…

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Radio interview on the Milt Rosenberg Show


Sunday night I had the pleasure of being Milt Rosenberg’s guest on his nightly show “Extension 720” on WGN radio in Chicago. Milt is something of a radio legend. He’s been doing his show for 38 years. Here’s a link to the show. The program runs for two hours. The podcast however includes only the show itself and it goes…

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This week on the Tribal Update, the media satire television-on-Internet newcast produced weekly by Latma, we interview the CEO of Israel’s Channel 10 television to find out what stands behind his station’s annual request for an NIS1 billion bailout. We also look into the future and consider the financial plight of Peace Now in the event the Knesset passes the…

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The experts weigh in on bombing Iran


This week’s Tribal Update brings you straight into Israel’s nerve center for thinking through what a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would look like. We bring you three leading experts in the business – our film critic, our fashion advisor and our military commentator. We also feature an interview with two of Israel’s most respected Supreme Court Justices who explain…

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Jewish American Community in Danger


This year at  Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly, they invited the newly minted anti-Israel activist Peter Beinhart to speak. They also showcased the Boston Globe’s resident anti-Israel columnist James Carroll. These moves as well as much of the program of the 3-day conference which presented several panels discussing whether anti-Zionists should be embraced by the community are…

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Anti-Jewish indoctrination in Spanish public schools


The following video is deeply disturbing. Reported in Spain’s ECD Seguridad newspaper, the video portrays two of Spain’s apparently famous clowns visiting a public pre-school in the Basque city of Navarre and then joining with the toddlers in a local folklore festival. What is disturbing is that the children are all dressed as Arabs, replete with gowns, khafiiyehs and in…

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The Ballad of Oslo’s Children


This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run we bring you a special treat. In time for the Israeli lefts annual demonization of the Israeli Right week which coincides with the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assasination, we present the Ballad of Oslo’s Children. The song, “The Children…

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