Among the least analyzed aspects of the Egyptian revolution has been the significance of the widespread violence against the foreign media covering the demonstrations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The Western media have been unanimous in their sympathetic coverage of the demonstrators in Egypt. Why would the demonstrators want to brutalize them? And why have Western media outlets been so…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-internet satire show produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I founded and edit, we feature outgoing IDF Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi’s “modest” farewell from the army. Inspired by the demonstrators in Tunisia who shouted Khaibar, Khabair ya Yahoud etc in a demonstration “celebrating freedom outside Tunisia’s Great Synagogue,…
One of the first casualties of the Egyptian revolution may very well be Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel. The Egyptian public’s overwhelming animus towards Jews renders it politically impossible for any Egyptian leader to come out in support of the treaty. Over the weekend, the junta now ruling Egypt refused to explicitly commit themselves to maintaining the treaty. Instead,…
In the midst of the political turmoil engulfing Egypt and much of the Arab world, last month’s revelation that Pakistan has doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal over the past four years has been largely ignored. Nuclear proliferation analysts from the Federation of American Scientists and the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) assess that since 2006,…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-internet satire show produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I founded and edit, we bring you scenes from Egypt, the Supreme Court and IDF Chief of General Staff-designate’s garbage can. We also feature Jamil and Awad. our favorite suicide bombers discussing the coming Palestinian revolution. Latma is funded…
As the threats against Israel mount from all directions, the job of the IDF Chief of General Staff is becoming more challenging by the day. First on the list of threats is Iran. While it is apparently true that the Stuxnet computer virus continues to wreak havoc on Iran’s nuclear program, it is also true that Iran remains dedicated…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television-on-internet satire show produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I founded and edit, we focus on the revolution in Egypt. First we feature President Obama’s Advisor for Reality Perception Affairs John Zelokoreli (It’s not happening to me) singing a psychedelic ode in English to what US foreign policy would look…
Over the past week, Israel has been criticized for being insufficiently supportive of democratic change in Egypt. While Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been careful to praise the cause of democracy while warning against the dangers of an Islamic takeover of the most populous Arab state, many Israelis have not been so diplomatic. To understand why, it is necessary…
As promised, here is my interview with Mark Levin last night.
Today I was interviewed on Fred Grandy’s morning show on WMAL 630 in Washington, DC about the situation in Egypt. The team there posted the interview on YouTube so here it is. I’ll be on the Mark Levin show in a few hours – 1830 EST if you want to tune it. I’ll try to get you a…