Yusef Hassan Sinwar, 31, of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip was sentenced to death by hanging for “collaborating with Israel.” Sinwar, who was arrested in October 2001 received his trial...
Who Doesn’t Sharon Have to Fight These Days?
He [Sharon] said he totally rejects any idea of a referendum. He was unwilling to talk, unwilling to listen, he is determined to lead the nation to a rift that will result in a civil war. Sharon and...
Towards a Healthier Prozac Nation
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that Prozac may help fight cancer. Something about chemotherapy and cells and lab mice…I didn’t really pay attention. Read the article...
The Wandering Jew
It’s an epithet oft given to me, due to my frequently nomadic lifestyle, which always managed to conjure up some vaguely romantic Kerouac-like drifter notion or the last scene of Fiddler on the...
Breeding Ground
I used to visit Little Green Footballs, an early “weblog” that was quite popular, a while back and back then was able to find some valuable info and interesting conversations with some...
Mom, I swear, they’re just sugar cubes!
As if Jewish mothers didn’t have enough to worry about, Israeli business partners Yaacov Shoham and Baruch Glattstein have created the world’s first on-the-spot drug identification kit...
Canadian Minister of Justice Cotler to fight Internet Hate
Uh… good luck The Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Irwin Cotler, has decided to throw the weight of the Federal government behind the fight against hate on the Web. The well...
The Stamp’s the Thing
The US Postal Service recently released a new stamp just in time for Channukah. Aside from the fact that they spelled the word ugly-style (its all about the ‘Ch’), the steering committee...
Condi Says
From CNN (emphasis Muffti’s): Frankly, it’s time for the establishment of a Palestinian state and it’s time for Israel to live in the security that is going to come with a peaceful...
Prominent Arab American Weighs In
So I went to see James Zogby speak. Zogby is founder and president of the Arab American Institute and founder of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee as well as a number of other...