Monthly Archives: April 2009

Casting Pearls Before Swine 'Flu

Posted on 28 April, 2009 by

Pandemics are serious stuff and each life lost, be it 10 or 1000, is a tragedy. Swine Flu does however recall the SLOPS (Severe Loss of Perspective) send-up of SARS (bird ‘flu) which I’ve reproduced below, as the menagerie of … Continue reading →

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Hiding behind civilians: The continued use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by the Israeli Occupation Forces

Posted on 28 April, 2009 by

The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights has released an important update to its July 2008 report on the IOF practise of hiding behind Palestinian human shields. The use of civilian human shields is customary Israeli practice in gross violation … Continue reading →

Posted in Human Rights, International Law, Israel, Palestine | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Lieberman: Wishing for World War III?

Posted on 24 April, 2009 by

Thanks to Brenda Heard, founder of London-based Friends of Lebanon, for the following geopolitical news editorial. We have already become accustomed to the brazen statements of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. And it is certainly no surprise that Israel considers … Continue reading →

Posted in Geopolitics, Israel, Lebanon, Russia | 3 Comments

Hollywood not pro-Jewish enough: European Jewish Congress President attacks Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on 23 April, 2009 by

There are evidently not enough “pro-Jewish” movies being produced by Hollywood of late for Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress. Cantor has launched an extraordinary verbal attack on Hollywood, and specifically the makers of Slumdog Millionaire: “I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Jewry, USA, Video | 3 Comments