This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I founded and run we bring you a song for Jerusalem “Fly your flag” in celebration of Jerusalem Day commemorating the unification of our eternal capital city 46 years ago. We also bring you an update from the field in Judea…
There are two main reasons that many leftists who are viscerally supportive of Israel have difficulty understanding and defending the Jewish state today. First, the storyline about Israel is deeply distorted. For instance, this week, Freedom House released its annual report on press freedom around the world. Israel’s ranking was reduced from “free” to “partly free.” Freedom House gave three…
This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast brought to you by Latma the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run, we bring you and exclusive interview with US President Barack Obama, fresh from his brilliant performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner. We also bring you an interview with a senior executive at Channel 10 in which he discusses…
The time has come for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to confront US President Barack Obama. A short summary of events from the past three days: On Tuesday morning, the head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Analysis Division Brig. Gen. Itay Brun revealed that the Syrian government has already used “lethal chemical weapons,” against Syrian civilians and opposition forces. Brun described…
This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast produced each week by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical news criticism website I run, we bring you behind the scenes at FBI headquarters in Boston and show you how dedicated FBI officers labor to discover the motive behind the bombing at the Boston Marathon, We also interview Maj. Gen. “Leitzan Balloon,” the…
This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical newscast on the Internet brought to you every week by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I founded and run, we bring you Obama’s Adviser for Reality Perception John Zelokoreli (John Itsnothappeningtome) to discuss Obama’s foreign policy successes. We also give you a behind the scenes look at the suicide bombers’…
As Independence Day celebrations were winding down Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a guest appearance on Channel 2’s left-wing satire show Eretz Nehederet. One of the final questions that the show’s host Eyal Kitzis asked the premier was how he would like to be remembered after he leaves office. Netanyahu thought a moment and said, “I’d like to…
In this week’s Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast brought to you by Latma, we bring you a special song for Yom Haatzmaut, an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and Tawil Fadiha in the studio explaining the difference between Israel, the Nazis and Costa Rica! Enjoy! Latma is funded by donations from private individuals who believe that…
Two events happened on Wednesday which should send a shiver down the spine of everyone concerned about the future of the American Jewish community. But to understand their importance it is important to consider the context in which they occurred. On January 13, The New York Times reported on a series of virulently anti-Jewish comments Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi made…
Why is US President Barack Obama coming to Israel today? In 2008, then president George W. Bush came to celebrate Israel’s 60th Independence Day, and to reject Israeli requests for assistance in destroying Iran’s nuclear installations. In 1996, then-president Bill Clinton came to Israel to help then-prime minister Shimon Peres’s electoral campaign against Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu. It is possible…