In this week’s Tribal Update produced by Latma, we feature an interview with Saed Bluff, Abu Mazen’s new spokesman. We also showcase Israeli World Cup soccer coverage and suggest a new job for Noam Chomsky. Enjoy!
Two important statements this week shed a light on the nature of the Palestinian conflict with Israel. Both were barely noted by the media. On Saturday the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper reported that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave US mediator George Mitchell a letter detailing a number of concessions that he would make towards Israel in a final peace…
In Britain today, hating Israel has become a valid criminal defense. This week five criminal defendants charged with destroying property valued at some $285,000 at the EDO MBM arms factory in Brighton during a January 2009 break-in were found innocent of all charges. They were found innocent despite the fact that all five admitted to having committed the crime. …
In Latma’s Tribal Update this week we feature an interview with Israeli pop star Aviv Zefet (Aviv Gefen) who like many other celebs has decided to write a song for Gilad Shalit. Along the lines of my column from Tuesday, this clip demonstrates the derangement of the Israel’s media and celebrities regarding the prolonged captivity of Gilad Shalit at…
Just ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s trip next week to Washington, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas went on a charm offensive towards the Israeli media. On Tuesday Abbas invited representatives of the Hebrew-language press to his office in Ramallah and assured them of his good intentions towards Israel. We have been here before. In Netanyahu’s last go-around as…
To the roaring cheers of the local media, on Sunday the Schalit family embarked on a cross-country march to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s residence. They set out two days after the fourth anniversary of IDF Sgt. Gilad Schalit’s captivity. Outside their home in the North on Sunday, Gilad’s father Noam Schalit pledged not to return home without his son.…
Our agents at Latma have penetrated deep within the Axis of Evil to bring you the following report from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s war room.
General Stanley McChrystal has paid a huge price for his decision to give Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings free access to himself and his staff. But he performed a great service for the rest of us. US President Barack Obama fired McChrystal — his hand-picked choice to command NATO forces in Afghanistan — for the things that he and his…
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his colleagues are doing their best to put a pretty face on an ugly situation. After nearly three weeks of deliberations, Netanyahu and his government caved in to massive US pressure to ease, if not end, Israel’s blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. On Sunday the government announced that all economic sanctions on Gaza will be…
Below is the full episode of Latma’s Tribal Update from which The Three Terrors was excerpted. Enjoy! Caroline