Arabic news sites, from InLightPress to Al-Hayat , are reporting that Palestinian Finance Minister Hassan Abu Libdeh will go to court after being indicted on charges of corruption. Abu Libdeh, who has a Ph.D. from Cornell University, was referred to court by the Palestinian Anti-Corruption Commission. Read More »

A few days ago, The Times of India reported : A photo of the “Mossad agent” An Israeli couple who came to the city on March 3, 2010, will be deported for “suspicious activities”. Shneor Zalman and Yaffa Shenoi came on a multiple-entry visa and rented a house on Rose Street, Fort Kochi, for Rs 50,000 per month, far higher than the market rate. Read More »

In further proof that the IDF has an institutionalised sense of humour comes this handy guide: How to Clear Minefields: A Guide | Israel Defense Forces . 1) Enter the minefield with a small team of sappers, and with the use of mine-detecting devices, clear a path across the field by discovering the first mine is every row. Read More »

The man who would be ka-ching. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has sent a letter declaring his intent to run for Congress in New Jersey’s newly formed 9th District. Boteach sent the letter of intent to the offices of the Bergen County Republican Organization by the Jan. Read More »

Palestine Today reports that a 58 year old taxi driver from Gaza City has been sentenced to death by hanging. The man was found guilty of “collaboration with hostile parties” (i.e. Israel) and complicity to murder, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights . Read More »

Zionist Death Jeans . TM Muhammad Al-Mane’i, Sinai Bedouin : There was a time when they would bring us jeans. These pants used to have belts. If you looked at these belts from the front, you’d find a secret compartment, and when you opened it, you would find a magnet inside. Read More »

On January 30, I reported that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had ordered the hacking and shutting down on InLightPress , a website that has run a number of articles critical of Abbas’ rule. Read More »

Anyone feeling hungry, fancy some brekkie? In our ongoing series highlighting the vapid rantings of British Boycott, Disinvest and Sanction (BDS) economic terrorists who hail from the Mosques and Islamic community centres of Britain we reach the Israeli food company, Osem. Read More »

CHALLAH @ Egypt Independent (Formerly known as Al-Masry Al-Youm) A verbal clash erupted between People’s Assembly speaker Saad al-Katatny and Salafi MP Mamdouh Ismail after the latter stood up and made the call for Asr Prayer during Tuesday’s parliamentary session. Read More »

On Monday, news broke that Mahmoud Abbas and Khaled Meshal had signed what is being called the Doha Agreement or Doha Declaration. The unofficial text has been released by the Gulf Times. In short, it is difficult to see how this declaration is different than the other unity declarations. Read More »

Doucheblogger TM Richard Silverstein has gone after the NY Times’ Robert Mackey. The latter’s crime? Not giving Silverstein credit for a YouTube video Silverstein had posted before him. Read More »

Iran’s Vice-President for Science and Technology is playing up her country’s scientific achievements. TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran was the first country in the region in terms of scientific achievements and scientific articles authoring last year, Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Nasrin Soltankhah announced. Read More »

CHALLAH @ Bikya Masr Egypt’s Committee of Foreign Relations of the People’s Assembly decided on Monday that it would boycott any parliamentary events and activities if any Israelis official is one of the participants , describing their neighbor as a “Zionist entity. Read More »

From CNBC : Saudi Arabia Will Not Let Oil Go Above $100: Prince Bin Talal, the billionaire member of the Saudi Arabian royal family who runs the Kingdom Holding Co., said the fear comes from “what may happen with Iran and the possibility of closing the Hormuz Strait . Read More »

*To be read in the voice of Don LaFontaine * In a world… Where multiple airlines defer to the prejudiced demands of the Saudi regime… One airline… Kicks it up a notch. Read More »

Before I came to write here at Israellycool I hosted a certain, semi-infamous, Podcast called Shire Network News. It was quite a trip. But it’s come to an end. Here then is the final show. Podcast Goes Out in a Blaze of Glory – 189 . This show was a labour of love by its participants. Read More »

Technically, Art Vandelay was never an architect himself on Seinfeld. He was, at times, a fictitious importer/exporter, a counterfeit author, the fabricated head of a latex conglomerate, and in the series finale, a real judge. Read More »

From my good friend, David Ha’ivri comes an offer: he will plant a tree for you in Israel . I know David and have visited the Shomron with him a number of times: he does sterling work explaining the Jewish connections to the beautiful hills of the Shomron where he lives and which are only 40 minutes from central Tel Aviv. Read More »

It’s coming up again and again: Ron Paul. Look I get it, you’re a libertarian and I agree it seems there is nowhere else to turn. The Democrats have marched off to the far left and are knocking on the doors of an authoritarian, totalitarian future of lock down and abandoned rights. Read More »

Does this top Cardboard Khomeini ? A mass wedding ceremony for students was held at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University on Friday, 300 couples tied the knots. This was the 15th time such a program was being held. Photos by Hemmat Khahi, ISNA Want more mass weddings in Iran? Here is one from 2008 that was held in Qom. Read More »