This week at the Tribal Update, the television on internet show produced by the Hebrew-language media satire site Latma that I edit, we expose the story of global media theater. We also report on the newest trend among style conscious Tel Avivians. Enjoy! Latma is funded through contributions to the Center for Security Policy in Washington. If…
Yesterday one of my readers forwarded me a blog post written by the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and asked me to comment on it. In truth, I rarely find much point in reading Goldberg’s self-absorbed writings. Goldberg has carved out a little niche for himself. Many years ago he wrote two stupendous pieces for the New Yorker about Hizbullah and ever since…
David Be’eri is either much admired or much hated, depending on how you feel about Israel and Jewish heritage. Be’eri is the founder and head of the Ir David Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to excavating, preserving and developing biblical Jerusalem, the City of David. When Be’eri began his project in 1986, the City of David, located just opposite…
This week on the Tribal Update, the satirical webcast produced weekly by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run, we bring you a behind the scenes look at how Obama and his advisers arrived at their decision to have the President visit Israel next month. We also bring you an interview with EU representative Johann Phlegmat who discusses…
In the latest episode of the Tribal Update, the weekly satirical news broadcast produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical website I run, we present an inside look at Iran’s sophisticated aerospace industry in an interview with Captain Kirkian, the Captain of Iran’s Starship Gondiprise. We also bring you an interview with the Israeli director of the Oscar-nominee for best documentary…
Former Senator Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama’s nominee for US Defense Secretary will likely get confirmed by the Senate today when his appointment comes up for a vote. Hagel supports US engagement with Hamas. He also allegedly received money from a Hamas-associated organization. In all the verbiage we are exposed to everyday, sometimes it is hard to understand the significance of…
Gee, Obama’s visit here is sure to be fun. Can’t wait to see him here in Al Quds. I know, I know, you probably all are wondering whether he’s a Muslim. For my part, I still can’t get my arms around the idea that a bum who hitch hiked around Indonesia with long hair and an earring is going to…
Earlier this month NGO Monitor released its report on foreign government funding of radical political Israeli NGOs which work to undermine Israel’s international standing and subvert Israeli society. Along with the usual European suspects who give millions of shekels (or Euros or pounds) to Israeli groups like this, it works out that the US government is also funding extremely radical…
This week on The Tribal Update, the weekly satirical newscast brought to you by Latma (latma.co.il) the Hebrew-language satirical website I founded and run, we bring you a post-election roundup including an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu discussing his travails in forming a coalition. We also give you a fly-on-the-wall account of the morning after Yair Lapid’s big…
I think it is pretty amazing that AIPAC is keeping mum on the fact that Obama has nominated a Jew hater and Israel basher to serve as the next Defense Secretary. As I’ve said before, Hagel’s appointment is a far greater threat to the US military than it is to Israel. But still, it is pretty obscene that Obama is…