15:47 Leftists say Bat Ayin settlers uprooted 200 olive trees recently planted (Haaretz)
An obvious retaliation for the recent attempted weekend bombing + shooting attack. Lovely.
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“An eye in place of an eye” means monetary compensation; if you want to argue that it means an actual eye, look at what Rav Ashi says:
Later in the Torah, we [...]
83% of nearly 54,000 people polled by CNN believe that the real events of 9/11 were covered up by the US government. Source.
All I’m sayin’ is, watch it and tell me if your suspicions aren’t raised considerably.
Gothamist
Celebritology @ The Washington Post
CMJ
Idol Chatter @ Beliefnet
The Forward
via ynet:
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (Kadima) arrived at the Malha Mall in Jerusalem and was greeted by ultra-right wing leaders of the Jewish National Front Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben-Gvir.
The two yelled towards her, “You should be embarrassed. You have ruined the state of Israel.” (Neta Sela)
The Jewish National Front? You’ve got to be [...]
“Fire”
by Kimya Dawson
It seemed like everyone I knew was dying
I looked in the mirror and I was on fire
Somebody yelled out “hey, stop, drop, and roll!”
I said “that might save my skin, but it won’t save my soul
That might save my skin, but it won’t save my soul”
You swallow hard, and you bottle it up
Try [...]
Gidon Levy in Haaretz:
Contrary to appearances, the elections this week are important, because they will expose the true face of Israeli society and its hidden ambitions. More than 100 elected candidates will be sent to the Knesset on the basis of one ticket - the racism ticket. If we used to think that every two [...]
17 wounded in Bilin protest.
In a stunning abuse of rabbinic authority, Reb Ovadia says if you vote Shas, you’ll go to heaven. He has also allegedly placed a curse on those who do not support his party, proclaiming that it is halakha (Jewish law) to vote for Shas.
Settlers attacked two Palestinian men south of Hebron [...]
Last week, one of Israel’s leading rabbis, David Batzri, came under investigation for inciting racial hatred against Arabs, making statements which should shake any conscious Jew to the core of their being:
You cannot mix pure with impure. Of course we have to keep apart from all the other nations. You must stand in the breach [...]
I’ll be spinning at Noc, Motzei Shabbat, April 1st. And I am going to fuck with your head.
if anyone has a copy of this week’s yated ne’eeman, or can pick me up a copy, i’d much appreciate it. my friend needs the story about the ban on the reissue of making of a gadol.
thx.
It’s really hard to be against the oppression of people who are trying to kill you.
I’ve been watching the cops patrolling Ben Yehuda for the last couple of weeks. They drive up and down the midrachov casting their dirty cop looks on everyone, and you know they’re looking for Arabs, to throw them [...]
