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A US woman scared a would-be burglar away from her home by "acting like a large dog", according to police.

One for environmentalists

Wild bear kills 2 high ranking Muslim terrorists in Kashmir

Go Greens!

Yaakov (Jack) Teitel and other defective import products

Israeli police and security forces have announced the arrest of an American-born West Bank settler for an alleged string of attacks and murder plots against Arabs, homosexuals, leftists, messianic Jews and police forces.

A non-discriminating hater, this one.

It took Shin Bet 12 years to get to him, which is some kind of a record, unfortunately.

Shin Bet described Teitel as a lone wolf who did not confess his acts to anyone and carefully calculated his moves in order not to get caught.

The only consolation for us could be:

He did not learn the Hebrew language in all his years in Israel, they said.

JP's Yaakov Katz is asking a pertinent question: How many Jewish terrorists are still out there?

At least police have done better with another monster:

A 39-year-old man has been held in custody for several days on suspicion of carrying out Israel's worst multiple-homicide, in which six members of the Oshrenko family, including two young children, were brutally stabbed to death in their Rishon Lezion home last month, police announced Monday.
...
On October 27, Kirilik reenacted the murder for officers.

That one comes from the Eastern hemisphere this time. And, it appears, this massacre could have been prevented:

In 2006, Russian authorities accused Kirilik of carrying out a violent armed robbery before his move to Israel, and requested his extradition. It was not immediately clear why Israel failed to extradite him.

The growing literacy of Somalian pirates

As it appears from the article like this one: Pirates Demand $7M, Cast Themselves as Environmental Protectors, pirates of today are totally unlike the dirty, shabby, drunk and generally uncouth barbarians of the past we are so used to see on the screen. No, sir/madam:

Ahmed Gadaf, who says he's a spokesman for the pirates, said the group holding the couple hostage off Somalia's coast was made up of "voluntary guards" — not pirates.

"The Western forces continue to loot our natural resources. They continue to harass local fishermen and destroy their fishing nets, so we want them to taste the consequence," Gadaf said by satellite phone from the coastal town of Haradhere.

Obviously these folks are up to the latest trends in the most progressive Western media. They not only use satellite phones, they also read Johann Hari's inane articles and know which way the wind of Western sympathy blows.

So by now kidnapping a British pair and holding them for ransom is an act of environment protection.

Whatever...

Divorce cakes - for women by women

My weakness for cake will overcome any initial reluctance at the sight of this one:

And I hope that this red stuff is what I think it is. I love it.

More where this one came from.

Haveil Havalim #241 - The Blogoversary Edition

The reason why this edition is called The Blogoversary is down there in Personal, anyway it is not that important. What's really important is to remind everyone what HH is about:

Founded by Soccer Dad, Haveil Havalim is a carnival of Jewish blogs -- a weekly collection of Jewish & Israeli blog highlights, tidbits and points of interest collected from blogs all around the world. It's hosted by different bloggers each week and coordinated by Jack. The term 'Haveil Havalim,' which means "Vanity of Vanities," is from Qoheleth, (Ecclesiastes) which was written by King Solomon. King Solomon built the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and later on got all bogged down in materialism and other 'excesses' and realized that it was nothing but 'hevel,' or in English, 'vanity.'

A special remark to this edition: I never censor submissions to HH. It being so, any complaint or even a slightest grumble about other blogger's "unacceptable" political, religious, sexual or any other preferences will be met with a swift, rude and most forceful response possible. So take care.

Now that we are all on the same page we can start: with another picture by Dzeni:

First of all, it's kind of a tradition here with me (see Personal) and, besides, the sheep was irresistible.

Nu, Israel

Yes! The first blogger to notice the rain! A few clues that winter is headed our way.

Rabin - 14 years later. Agree with him or not - but what do we have in the recent crop of politicos? Gurnisht, I am afraid. And these days, peace seems more elusive than ever…

And, of course, this is what being Jewish means: an opposite view of Rabin.

When convenient, close, and cheap are an oxymoron. And, speaking about prices and neighbors: how expensive could Arab olives become?

Chronicles of a Water Crisis: Litzman Sheds Crocodile Tears and MK Tirosh Advocates Civil Disobedience. So good.

No one else mentioned this yet, so Goldstone and investigating the Gaza war.

One of the most beautiful sights in the world... true, and the more the merrier. And another important item: A Quick and Easy Guide to Living in Celsius. Now how about the other way around?

Finally: Bad Things About Israel. We had it coming... but of course, you can't expect a Canuck to write the word "neighbours" in a correct way.

Bridging the chasm between us - it's a tough and a critical issue indeed.

Lebanon: Israeli Agents Launching Rockets At Themselves To Make Us Look Bad. As expected.

Jon Stewart interviews Anna Beltzer and Mustafa Barghouti. J.S. gets to be a pain in the neck lately.

Iranian Negotiations: Ploy of the Week or Deal of the Century? And excellent question. I am afraid that many of us suspect the same answer.

Jerusalem - not on an empty stomach.

She doesn't take no prisoners at all, as they say in Hebrew.

6′-11″ 260-pound of craving for Jack in the Box? The things people crave for...

Dead Sea skin. Cool.

Can There Be Any Doubt About The YeSh"A Council? You tell me... I have doubts about everything.

You think breast cancer has no boundaries? Think again.

Nostalgia Sunday – Gil Gibli Investigates Past Crimes.

Most people who write about the unending hummus wars forget one simple thing: these wars are superior to the other kind...

The Temple Mount: Herod; Waqf; PA; Etc. I would say Herod's approach to things was the most straightforward. Oh well.

So what is another day in Israel about? Take one: The Day In Israel: Fri Oct 30th, 2009.

Amnesty's Palestinian water shortage hoax - when you don't know what to lie about next, always turn to Israel, it works. More: The Latest Libel Against Israel.

Yes, IDF is the peoples' army. Hope it remains so forever.

Time after time about Israel. Yes, times change.

Yep, and this happens here to: the new locked door policy.

Queers for Palestine: They’re on the wrong side.

Judaism and Jewish Culture

So what is the Secret Code? A question I am disqualified from answering for two reasons.

To anyone who wonders about the Perils of the Jewish Blogosphere, I would like to say: no worries, jump in and start exercising the jaws. And make them feel your bite, there is no other way.

Critique of Pure-Unreason - food for thought, indeed.

A question asked: Ashkenazi or Sephardi? Please respond.

Intent of the seller. Complicated.

Should they fall? You tell me.

If Never Fail Challah isn't Judaism, what is?

Nu shoin, it's Yiddish now. Mottel makes it tough on us. But then: Rebuilding Babel: A Redux in Blank Verse.

Religion and state in Israel - in two parts. And close to this subject: The Chumra Stops Here - on the famous segregated buses.

Real Jewish activism. "One might assume that Jewish activism must be both Jewish and be activist to warrant this description". Difficult to disagree. And a good example of such.

When a person misses teaching Religious School sometimes. And some thoughts on hair covering, which also don't apply to me, and also for two reasons. Ehehe.

Taking all of the trouble out of writing a dvar torah.

Shiloh - What's In A Name? You have it all figured out for you.

The Illuminated Fortress and Abraham.

Rescinding a Get. No, thanks, I shall waive the whole get issue. Stay put is my motto.

The Jews of China - welcome to the club.

Os Judeus Sefarditas de Inglaterra. Hint - use the "English translation" button.

Ethical Wills and the Second Death.

Now some counterpoints: Evolution - The 'Best' Counter Arguments. On the other hand: Roman Polanski's Story Could Have Been An Old Testament Saga.

MO Rabbis say texting on shabbos is better than talking in shul. Oy vey...

A wonderful way to spend Shabbat.

General

And unlikely pair of self-hating Jews gets exposed... nu, shoin.

The Shape Of Things To Come? I hope not.

What with expecting a "clean" bomb from the East, now we have to worry about a "dirty" bomb from former Soviet States too?

The stuff of nightmares. Part two.

Beware neighbours who turn into monsters.

The masks are starting to fall. Good.

Is This The Boston Globe or Al-Aqsa TV? Good question.

How can we do without a single mention of that health care reform? Cannot Afford to Be Wrong.

To URJ: Israel is not the USA. Yeah, well, you would think it's obvious. But not, as it appears.

Relationship between Support for Israel and Freedom. Remarkable or remarkable?

Invitation to CiF. My "favorite" too.

Re Wicked Bitches of yesteryear.

Supposedly unrelated: Time of The Rangers. But interesting nevertheless.

Invoked the ire of the Paulistinians… he he he...

This Halloween DON'T GIVE ANY MONEY TO UNICEF !!

Things that frighten him this year.

URJ President Yoffie booed at J Street, I smirk. If it is humanly possible to have a collective smirk, I join this one. Ach, it was a good smirk... And here is another opinion of J Street - roundup of J Street conference posts. And more: For Now, J Street Is Just Not-AIPAC, And It Shows. And how about J Street and designer political opinions? And J Street Round-up, 1.

When too much of Ken Roth is enough: Bernstein answers Ma’ariv’s questions.

I Have Lived A Thousand Years. "Not an easy read, of course, none of them are. I had to put it down several times and go off and do something else to forestall being consumed by anger and tears." About a book by Livia Bitton-Jackson, by the author of Leaving the Alamo.

You better refresh The Day of the Triffids. Cause it's, like, coming.

Unknown Occupations. A must.

Birth of a myth: Rachel's Tomb and the making of an Arab lie.

UN Watch indeed deserves our thanks. More power to them. On same subject: There Must Be As Many UN Special Rapporteurs As Obama Has Czars. So true.

Orwell, antisemitism and Egypt.

Could a person be generous to a fault? Yes, as it appears.

Sex trafficking: the thing no government likes to see.

Sharia Punishment - Behind the Wheel. Car as an instrument of Allah?

Do you still remember the Howard Rotberg affair? Well, I am happy to add that this attempt of oppression of the free speech (there is some of that in Canada, unfortunately) did not do him in. The opposite it true: Howard Rotberg has published two new books: Exploring Vancouverism: The Political Culture of Canada's Lotus Land and Tolerism: The Ideology Revealed.

Ruminations about a birthday gift. Oh boy, the mere thought fills me with dread. And how a pacifist goes on a jihad, with a bit of a genocide on the side.

Ban the books? My opinion on this couldn't be expressed in this post. Self-censorship, you see.

Islamic Jihad celebrating defeats - are you sad?

Haaretz becomes right-wing and more from the Mullah-sphere. Bwahaha.


Fun

The mysterious sect that promotes the plague of unintelligible road signs in Israel doesn't limit its terrorist activity to road signs. Double wow!

Grilled Nation to be accepted as a new UN member state? Fine with me, they already have all kinds...

Fail. Don't drink while reading that one.

The sure thing to make a Russian "Oleh" happy is listening to an American Oleh's Hebrew. Heblish, to be precise. But, apparently, the electric appliances are another good indication.

How to grow up to be tall, sinewy, slim and trim, energetic, extremely clever and modest.

No Mushkie, you can't slam people's poetry. Oy vey, is it an illusion or is it an illusion? And the wild sandy yonder - where, in the land of milk and whatnot?

I would bet that this quiz has more than four answers. But I'm not a betting person.

Great Moments in Great Leaderhood: Songun Underwear. Try to keep your underwear dry when reading this.

Flatfoot Freeschtick - wozzat? You have to read to know.

Circumcise Me! Again! Again!

Help fathers find a masculine halloween costume for your effeminate son.

Now, if you have reached this point in the post (did you really?), you are entitled to watch this and have some more free fun:



Blogging

She got a Normblog profile. Congratulations!

He complains that his best posts are often heartwrenching. But so what: most good things in life are either forbidden or unhealthy or fattening...

Cats (but of course)

Aria.

Kitty palate cleanser.

The Return of Pinocchio.

Personal

Batya, she of many blogs and incomparable energy, retired from her day job. I guess it means that we'll see more blogging and more blogs now. Be sha'ah tova.

It so happened that this HH fell close to Simply Jews fourth blogoversary, which has just (October 29) passed. In that first post So what else is new? I have complained about pigeon shit clogging the rain gutters and about a related issue, namely Mahmoud the Mad. So what else is new indeed?

Some math related to the blogoversary: this Haveil Havalim is the fourth on Simply Jews, so it makes, let me see, an average of one HH per year here. Not bad.

Meta HH

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And please, let me know if you find a broken link, it happens from time to time.

Save the planet: eat a professor?

This headline is a slight paraphrase of the Save the planet: eat a dog? article. Cannot say I was shocked by the main conclusion of this piece:

Victoria University professors Brenda and Robert Vale, architects who specialise in sustainable living, say pet owners should swap cats and dogs for creatures they can eat, such as chickens or rabbits, in their provocative new book Time to Eat the Dog: The real guide to sustainable living.

What with proliferation of quasi-scientific "research", we are being swamped lately by a lot of inane discoveries, such as negative impact of cow patties, general ruminants-produced flatulence, including the famous attack on the Norwegian moose whose belching and farting habits are going to put us all down (I guess it was about the males of the species, but it wouldn't be politically correct to say so in mass media). So the turn to our house pets was inevitable, I guess. Only in this case, the scientists in question could have been much more sensitive. After all, the custom of growing your pets and then eating them is not totally unheard of. It is just that the title of the book could have been crafted in a much more attractive way, such as:

Having Your Best Friend For Dinner

or

The 10th Life Of Your Beloved Tabby

or

The Inner Cat Or Claw Out Of That One

See what I mean? But to be practical, the above mentioned proliferation of scientific spam and research "achievements" requires another, really revolutionary, approach. Somebody must calculate the carbon footprint caused by the general upkeep (the housing, the feeding, the lecture halls, the offices, the research grants, the innumerable students, research assistants, the conferences and related flights and accommodation, the farting and belching of course, etc.) of an average university professor. Multiplied by the number of the phony and unnecessary scientific and teaching positions all over the world, I bet that the results will be striking. And, as I've already mentioned, revolutionary.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if it appears that to have a professor for dinner will become our preferred remedy for the CO2 surplus, global warming, scientific spam and many other problems.

After all, it could be just a question of recovering some old forgotten recipes that gather dust in some unpopular corners of various museums.

But isn't it what we have them professors for?

P.S. They claim that a cat is (CO2-wise, of course) equal to Volkswagen Golf. This is why I keep two cats and not a single Golf at home.

Via Tinkerty Tonk.

Carla Bruni attacked as new Marie Antoinette. So?

Some yellow gossip rag (that is politely called "society magazine") attacks the incomparable Carla:

Point de Vue presents the 41-year-old wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy as a daffy multi-millionaire socialite who does very little real work and is completely out of touch with ordinary people.

Point de Vue... like they can't find a better name for their stupid rag.

Whatever. Follows a test assignment for men:

1. Take a good look at this here document.
2. Now confess: do you care about or understand that quote above now?

I rest my case.

Damien Michaels, Porn Actor, Found Stabbed to Death in California Hotel

They say he was stabbed, but "Michaels did about 50 adult movies...", I say this was just exhaustion. Now watch this:


Chill...

Keening for McDonald's in Iceland

Icelanders, one would assume, are so busy trying to recover from their financial woes, that it will scarcely leave them time to pay attention to trifles. One would be wrong, some of the Icelanders are so observant that they have time to dance on other people's funerals. Well, if not exactly dance, at least quietly jumping with a gleeful expression. Like the Guardian's CiF correspondent Alda Sigmundsdóttir in her article McDonald's, gone from Iceland. The coda of this article summarizes exceedingly well its tone:

In a strange and poignant way, the departure of Ronald McDonald and company is like a release from the yoke of runaway capitalism and unrestrained greed, of over-processed fare and empty calories. Farewell, golden arches: you won't be missed.

To tell you the truth, I am not a connoisseur of McDonald's fare. Given a choice, my feet will always carry me away from their hallowed premises and, since my kids outgrew their craving for fast food, my feet do so unfailingly. So this post is not about defending McDonald's, rather about the general tone of the article, so familiar in the slightly poisoned CiF atmosphere.

In general, failing attempts of various food and drink giants to penetrate new markets are not indigenous to Iceland. From local experience: the Anheuser-Busch failure with Bud, which proved to be unable to beat the European competition and Starbucks folding their tents after a few years of an uphill battle against Italian chains. A matter of taste, after all. In both cases, I don't remember local press going into throes of ecstasy after the event.

Not so in this case of delighted Huzzah!! Especially when the decision to close the franchise is thus motivated:

So why drop the McDonald's brand? Well, apart from the hefty annual fees associated with owning the franchise, with the devaluation of the Icelandic currency, importing all those over-processed fish burgers and frozen beef patties and extra-long French fries has become too expensive. Apparently McDonald's has very stringent standards when it comes to production of its foodstuffs.

So, "stringent standards" are not what the owner of the franchise was looking for... he will continue to produce burgers, but according to his/her own standards this time. No comments.

Now to this one:

The vast majority of Icelanders couldn't be happier.

I find it exceedingly difficult to believe that an event like closing of a burger joint is having such a earth-shattering effect on the whole 300K+ Icelanders. And then this scorcher:

After all, economic crisis notwithstanding, this country's food production is, by most standards, exceptional. In purely gastronomic terms, the abandonment of the McDonald's franchise should be a vast improvement.

I wish I could be as confident as Ms Sigmundsdóttir. Especially, after reading the Wiki entry on Icelandic cuisine. Of course, wind-dried fish beats a burger hands down, not to mention fermented fish (the word "lutefisk" is carefully avoided in this Wiki's entry).

And of course, I overreact when I read a sentence like this:

Above all else, McDonald's in Iceland was a symbol of an era when Icelanders lost touch with their roots and the real things in life.

I can almost feel the "Rootless cosmopolitan" charge leveled at some sinister but unseen power. But of course, the target in this case is different:

Oh well. Another observation: in another article Ms Sigmundsdóttir says:

Now the government has crumbled we need all five parties to unite to restore our credibility with the rest of the world.

I wonder if this is the way she considers best to restore that credibility. But of course, I am taking a simple culinary issue too seriously. One thing for sure: if and when I happen to visit Iceland, I shall steer away from that burger joint, seeing as how "stringent standards" are not their thing.

I should do better with lutefisk fermented fish, I guess.

Walmart: with you in the afterlife

Rest assured: you are not alone anymore.

Chirac to face corruption trial

The charges relate to Chirac's final months as mayor of Paris, when he is alleged to have employed staff on the city payroll who were instead working on his presidential campaign.

Oh, come on, really. I was so fond of the old rascal. Now I am confused... what the heck do they want from him?

Michael Connelly on Ani Ashekian, Chungking Mansions, Nine Dragons

I bet Michael follows Google Trends. Anyhow, his last book, the Nine Dragons, unfortunately sucks. To my taste, that is. But what do I know?

Back to Dashiel Hammet's short stories. And no mistake.

Too Many Jews Or The Rage Of A little fart

It came to our attention... oh, what the heck: our Signals department sent us a memo with a link to a new opus by a little known British anti-Zionist AssaJew that goes under a moniker Mark Elf (not a musician), keeps a fiery anti-Zionist blog Jews Sans Frontiers and is... well, small in all respects.

Some of his ex-friends call him "tribal Jewish activist", we don't call him anything for more than an year, since we simply got bored by the subject. We have indeed paid some attention to this character at the time, and may have caused him some unpleasant feelings by calling him (in no specific order): leprechaun/worthless leprechaun, varmint, little dreck, paskudnyak, entry level ZioBot, little fart, anti-Zionist troll, hyena, a very disturbed Joo from London, puny brain, der kleiner mensch mit der kleiner pipick (a small man with a small johnson), a sorry and miserable excuse for a human being and a waste of oxygen, putz, kneebiter (a toenail nibbler, actually)... enough for now. While it was established that only the term "little fart" (LF further in this post) is an adequate designation, all others being intended for someone way above his level, it may have smarted...

A bigger man would have spent some time licking his wounds and then simply forgot about this. But, being small, Mark Elf, aka Levixxxx or LF, has a lot of storage space for grudges and besides, it appears, he is a whale for punishment. So, as our Signals correctly reported, more than an year after being mentioned for the last time here, LF decided to give in and play out his frustrations again, in the post titled "Oh no! Jewish Jew bashing fails to silence criticism of racist war criminals". Yes, we know, being of puny brain, LF tends to long, pompous and incomprehensible headlines.

Anyway, in this opus of frustration (no link, search for it yourself - it is easily done by using that pathetic headline as a search string), Simply Jews are being mentioned in a following rant:

And of course they were happy to cross post from that rarity, a hasbara site that's even sillier than Engage, Simply Jews as it managed to bring together crass references to the the genitalia of Palestinian men, jokes at the expense of the late Rachel Corrie, and further reflections on the alleged‘physical inadequacies’ (also of a sexual character) of anti-Zionist Jews. But surely its most egregious moment comes when a new variant of the “self-hating Jew” canard used to deny the legitimacy of anti-Zionist Jewish identity is provided. The author coins the term ‘self-serving’ and goes on to relish in the fortuitous discovery that this provides a means to label anti-Zionist Jews ‘SS Jews’. How curious that these people are usually on record supporting the idea of outlawing the perfectly apt comparison of Israel to nazi Germany because they say it is hurtful to Jews to compare a specifically Jewish state to a state that brought so much harm to so many Jews. Let's leave aside the fact that is precisely the supremacy thing together with the rampant militarism that leads to the comparison between nazis and zionists and focus on the sheer lack of principle of these people who see themselves as Simply Jews or simply Jews.

It is of note that the link provided by LF is not to the site itself, but to a seminal document Anti Zionists: who are you?, written more than three years ago by GideonSwort, our distinguished Wing Commander. Worth your time, I fully guarantee. I also guarantee that if the document continues to inflame the LF's ire after so much time, it must have hit the spot.

I bet that after reading the above quote, you will easily finger the point that drives LF mad: "further reflections on the alleged‘physical inadequacies’ (also of a sexual character) of anti-Zionist Jews". And of course, there is a good reason for him to be mad, but it couldn't be helped. The truth hurts...

As for the insidious refrain "comparison between nazis and zionists": LF does it all the time, and little does he know about the language he is abusing. So, to be helpful:

Noun: nazi - Derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.

Noun: Nazi - A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party

You see: much as LF likes to compare the Zionists to everything vile and evil under the Sun, he cannot perform even this simple task without stepping on his (small) dick. Even in this he must be assisted...

Now look at the incomprehensible way he decided to round up his semi-coherent rant:

Just to round up, according to these hasbaraniks, Jews must not, as Jews, criticise Israel but Jews, as Jews, must support Israel and attack and smear Israel's critics. Israel must not be likened to the nazis because it's hurtful to Jews, but Jews who, as Jews, criticise Israel, can be called SS Jews. You get the idea?

I don't know whether you get the idea, because we sure don't: there are too many Jooz in it for the whole to be understood by anyone but a raving "anti-Zionist" who will be definitely brought into a righteous frenzy by the repeated use of that word. Oh well, the pathetic little putz gets only more pathetic. Now to the medical details.

A reflection by Wing Commander GideonSwort

A while back, while browsing the Guardian's cesspool (aka Cif), reading a post by the acclaimed Prof. David Hirsh, I came upon a conversation between the aforementioned LF and a poster using the screen name of JackHamertash. Actually it turned out to be more like a psychiatrist intake session, culminating with a diagnosis. LF was being taken apart, bit by bit in a revealing exchange, by JackHamertash, who picked upon a variety of clues from LF's incessant obsessive ramblings. The diagnosis was there for all to see, with LF acknowledging that he has a debilitating psychiatric condition – Asperger's.

A while later, in what turned out to be a complete coincidence, while in a discussion about Joo AZ's common pathologies, I came across an individual that apparently knew LF in his previous guise – as a Zionist Volunteer in a Kibbutz. A rather bizarre story unfolded of rejection and unrequited love. Zion is a small puddle when it comes to things like that. You step in the pond, and you leave a mark. While we won't bore you with the pathetic details, as hearsay comes this one seems pretty probable, as the specific individual bestowing the knowledge upon us seemed to know the details of the chick involved and her apparent whereabouts.

You may at this point ask, why is this relevant? Well, it isn't. We know that LF is not the most cogent individual, but we seem to have stumbled upon a trigger point... We can now understand why LF recognized himself within the framework of the Anti Zionists: who are you? document. One of Asperger's manifested characteristics is a crippling inability to comprehend humor and nuance, which basically explains LF's neurotic detailed rant about a document that's about as lucid as LF's other incessant dreary obsessive mumblings.

For your attention

Little as I grok the British politics, here is another angle on the BNP recent TV fiasco (according to some) - or was it a success story? By Andrew Ian Dodge.

Norway raises the anti-Israeli hysteria another notch. By Philosemite.

Brian Whitaker or the worthless life of a wrong Brian... by Hawkeye.