Israeli mendacity long ago became a form of high art. Israeli propaganda long ago merited its own specialized synonym in the dictionary: hasbara, the hyper-sophisticated art of Zionist “explanation.” The messaging associated with sending aid to the Haitians, already the object of ridicule on Israeli television, now has passed parody to being purely pathetic. A couple […]
From Half and Half:
I’ve always thought satire shows are a great way to understand how the locals see things. So, just to get you up to speed, this particular skit is with Roni Daniel, the military correspondent for Channel 2. Daniel is known for his right wing views and that he can never say anything bad about the […]
A 7.1 Richter scale earthquake just pulverized Haiti. Casualty reports are utterly unreliable but 50,000 are feared to be dead, while government halls and United Nations buildings are rubble. Hill-side shanties, within which tens of thousands of slum-dwellers live, will be hit incredible hard. They have no foundations, and are easily destroyed (when floods hit Caracas […]