In its (fairly complementary) review of the upcoming film Borat, Manohla Dargis writes:
That Mr. Baron Cohen plays the character’s anti-Semitism for laughs is his most radical gambit. The Anti-Defamation League, for one, has chided him, warning that some people may not be in on the joke. And a sampling of comments on blogs where you [...]

On September 23rd, an article was published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv. The original, entitled And the World was Silent (hebrew) is here. It was translated into English by a blogger named Imshin (intro, page 1, page 2, page 3). Here is a quote from the first page of the article, giving a [...]

Today, the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has showed the world his true colors — that the unity of Israel is unimportant to him. Olmert said:
“Israel’s victory in Lebanon will give a new momentum to complete the disengagement from the Palestinians by evacuating most settlements in Judea and Samaria.” (Ynetnews)
At a time when Israel [...]

As Israel is entering the third week of its offensive against Hizballah in Lebanon, many are speculating about possible exit strategies. Some things everyone agrees on:

Someone will need to watch over Southern Lebanon to make sure that Hizballah (or their successors) are not able to rebuild their infrastructure.
That someone cannot be Israel

Israel spent 18 years [...]

Much of the conversation relating to Israel today features some very polarized view points. Many commenters (myself included) are strong supporters of Israel, her policies and actions. Many other commenters have the exact opposite view: they are against Israel’s policies and think that Israel’s actions are wrong (or racist, genocidal, criminal, etc). Some people in [...]

Israel is in turmoil (what’s new?). On the one hand, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has just completed a tour of Europe in which he sought (and failed to receive) support for his long-announced plans for “convergence” – a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank. After European and American leaders [...]

The latest talk from the leaders of the Israeli government is that they will be willing to withdraw from at least 90% of the West Bank in order to make room for a new Palestinian State (my objections to this are here). If this were to come to pass, somewhere between one hundred and two [...]

The headlines have been awash in recent weeks regarding the referendum in the Palestinian-controlled areas of Israel. In short, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared that there will be a referendum in the upcoming future (the date keeps moving forward, but it looks like it will happen sometime soon). Hamas has been opposed to this [...]

One of the most popular topics in the media today relating to Israel is how the Palestinian Authority has no money and has not paid any of their workers in the past three months. And as the PA supports 35% of the families in Gaza, no paychecks is a pretty big deal. Who [...]

Really. He is. Died 12 years ago. Unfortunately, a large (part of a large) movement within Judaism believes that a dead man is the messiah, will have a second coming and will redeem the world. Does this remind you of anything else (i.e.: think of another offshoot of Judaism that believes to this day that [...]