It was seven months ago that Mohammed Bouazizi, a vegetable peddler in Tunisia set himself and the Arab world on fire. The 26-year-old staged his suicidal protest on the steps of the local city hall after a municipal inspector took away his unlicensed vegetable cart thus denying him the ability to feed his family of eight. Most depictions of…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television on internet satire show brought to you by Latma, the satirical, Hebrew language media criticism website I run we bring you the woes of the mighty Beduin, the princes of the desert, that Israel humiliates with its expectation that they will pay their water bills. We also bring you Peace Now’s finest…
Five years ago this week, Iran’s Lebanese proxy opened war with Israel. The war lasted 34 days, during which Hezbollah launched more than 4,000 missiles against Israel. Now five years later, under US President Barack Obama, America is pushing a policy that drastically escalates the chance that a new war between Israel and Iran’s Lebanese army will break out again…
Last Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gave Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati the political equivalent of a public thrashing. Last Thursday, Mikati gave a speech in which he tried to project an image of a leader of a government that has not abandoned the Western world completely. Mikati gave the impression that his Hezbollah-controlled government is not averse to…
This week’s episode of the Tribal Update, the television on internet show produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire website I run, we bring you The Audacity of Dopes Band singing Guns, Guns, Guns. We also discuss Israel’s continued insensitivity to the feelings of the poor Arabs in Jerusalem and beyond. Here’s the entire show. Please post this and…
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On Monday, saboteurs bombed the Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel for the third time since former president Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February. The move was just another reminder that Israel today faces the most daunting and complex threat spectrum it has ever seen. From Egypt to Turkey to Iran to the international Left to the Obama administration, Israel…
For many years, the Left in Israel and throughout the world has upheld the so-called “international community” as the arbiter of all things. From Israel’s right to exist to climate change, from American world leadership to genetically modified crops, the Left has maintained that the “international community” is the only body qualified to judge the truth, lawfulness, goodness and justice…
This week on the Tribal Update, the television on Internet news satire program brought to you by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire site I run, we present you with one of my favorite guests, Freddie Spin who will discuss the latest Gilad Shalit celebrity escapade. We also bring you a portrait of the Israeli media’s concern for Palestinian “folk trades”…
I must admit that I forgot to post the Tom Friedman love song from last week’s Tribal Update until this morning when I heard the clip posted below by the great Mark Levin from his show yesterday. First of all, here’s the Tom Friedman love song. Pass around to one and all. And now, here is…