Monday, June 2, 2008

Just another reminder of our "peace partners"

No room for Israel in Egyptian hearts or maps
8 hours ago
CAIRO (AFP) — Israel, which recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of its creation, does not exist on maps and atlases in Egypt where the history of the Jewish State is taught only as a painful reality.
Maps sold in Cairo's main bookshops omit Israel, with the area comprising Israel and the occupied territories simply labelled "Palestine" in Arabic.
Sixty years after its creation, and 30 years after the Camp David accords paved the way for a 1979 peace treaty with Egypt, Israel exists only virtually as far as its neighbour to the west is concerned.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

"Look how well the disengagement has turned out


Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gestures during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 1, 2008. Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion.The announcement came two days before Olmert sets off to Washington for a three-day visit where he will meet U.S. President George W. Bush.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM)
"Calm down, what's all the ruckus? All I want to do is give half of Jerusalem, Yehuda, the Shomron and the Golan. Look how well it turned out since we gave back Gaza and let in Arafat 15 years ago."

What you talkin' 'bout Willis?


Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 1, 2008. Israel announced plans on Sunday to build hundreds of new homes in an area of the occupied West Bank the Israeli government considers part of Jerusalem, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion. The announcement came two days before Olmert sets off to Washington for a three-day visit where he will meet U.S. President George W. Bush.REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM)

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

I don't see the resemblance

A young woman holds up a portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah during a gathering in the southern suburbs of Beirut on May 26, 2008 to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon. Nasrallah's claim that his group does not want to control Lebanon may reveal how self-defeating its recent armed offensive in Beirut was, a senior US official said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)

Face painting day



Members of the Palestinian security forces stand together before a demonstration of their techniques in the West Bank town of Jericho May 28, 2008.
REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK)
Look it's Flag Day and their painting their faces the colors of a ficticious country's flag.

Someone call the tailor



Members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force demonstrate their martial arts skills during a graduation ceremony in the West Bank city of Jericho, where they arrived earlier in the day from Jordan, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Six hundred members of Abbas' police force graduated in Jordan and returned to be deployed in Jericho Wednesday.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Popeye's very evil twin




Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a visit to the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem May 20, 2008.
REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK)