Gaza sends rockets to Israel. Israel as a rule, doesn't mess around when it comes to fighting and is not afraid to go overboard. Hamas fights from within civilian areas so that adds to the damage. Obama wants to send them almost $1 billion to help them rebuild, allowing Hamas to use their money on more weapons, more rockets to keep the cycle going.via picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

During the height of the phenomenon, from the beginning of the 1990s to the early years of 2000, an estimated 3,000 women a year were brought to Israel on the false promise of jobs and a better way of life. picked by hungarian33 2 years ago

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has warned that the militant group is ready for "open war" with Israel, after the killing of one of its leaders in Syria. picked by germz 2 years ago

In his first public message since last may, Osama bin Laden urged Muslims to launch a jihad against Israel, seeking to harness anger over the Gaza offensive. The White House dismissed the call to jihad, saying it reflects bin Laden's isolation and shows he is trying to remain relevant at a time when his ideology and mission are being challenged. picked by equinox 11 months ago

he most arbitrary and distorted borders in the world are in Africa and the Middle East. Drawn by self-interested Europeans. The unjust borders in the Middle East — to borrow from Churchill — generate more trouble than can be consumed locally.

What if new borders were drawn in the Middle East, ones that cut along cultural/religious boundaries? picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Don't want to be political and take sides either way but this is what happens when you supress the population and push them too far! picked by topofall 2 years ago

They are beating women for wearing red, or just for walking with a guy. They are burning down electronic shops because they sell products which can access the internet which means they might be used for porn, and more. Muslims? No. Jews. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Among his campaign promises is a move to purchase Hawaii and lease it to the Israelis as a new home for the Jewish people. Furthermore he would ban computer games and raise wages of male parents so that mothers do not have to work. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Or so Arafat's doctor would have us believe. He contends that although there was HIV in Arafat's blood, it was injected* into him, probably by Israelites.
*okay, no one go with the obvious joke here. :-) picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier's family can have his sperm impregnated into the body of a woman he never met - agreeing to register any children born as a result of the insemination as children (heirs) of the deceased. picked by Browntrout 3 years ago

For several days after Syria complained that Israeli aircraft had penetrated its airspace, neither country wanted to talk about what had happened. ... and that is not very typical. A good sign, or brinkmanship? What do you think? picked by rambler 2 years ago

My mother would love this. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

So these guys are at it again...after killing Bush with the "sword of Islam", the puppet vowed that the White House would be turned into a mosque. picked by Moe 2 years ago

New data by Israel-based emergency response organization Hatzalah shows terror-related deaths have fallen while rocket-inflicted injuries have spiked. picked by muppet 2 years ago

In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on a historic undertaking: digitally photographing every one of the thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the entire file — among the most sought-after and examined documents on earth — available to all on the Internet. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

The search engine, Koogle, omits religiously objectionable material, such as most photographs of women which Orthodox rabbis view as immodest. Its links to Israeli news and shopping sites also filter out items most ultra-Orthodox Israelis are forbidden by rabbis to have in their homes, such a television sets. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Clinical trials have been a success for Polyheal's hybrid of a medical device and drug. It consists of charged synthetic microspheres in a sterile suspension that has been able to successfully treat wounds that did not respond to other methods. Product page. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Robo-snipers enforce auto-kill zones!
"each machine gun-mounted station serves as a type of robotic sniper, capable of enforcing a nearly 1,500-meter-deep no-go zone."
What a world we live in. picked by aradapilot 2 years ago

From the Washington Post.

"The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel."
--Ann Lewis, representing Hillary Clinton at this debate. Quoted from the article.

note: I am in no way an official or unofficial supporter of Barack Obama. picked by fugazi 2 years ago

While many Israeli teenagers spend the summer hanging out on beaches or in shopping malls, Evyatar Slonam, 17, is sitting on an exposed hillside in the southern West Bank at the Jewish outpost of Mitzpe Avichai. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago