lizrael update

Ynet resourcefulness.

Does anyone else find it funny that Ynet used very little resourcefulness to fill in an appropriate stock photo for this article, under which they captioned it, ‘Resourcefulness’?

Tonight’s rally for the release of Gilad Shalit.

Amidst the cries for Olmert to quit, be embarrassed and work harder towards the release of the kidnapped soldiers, there was plenty of emotion to go round.
Of course, the major focal point of sentiment came from Noam Shalit’s short but necessary speech to open the rally outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem.
It’s an absolute [...]

You know you’re an Anglo-Israeli working in hi-tech when…

I just received a tweet from a friend:
“just heard terrible news…reeling from the shock. baruch dayan ha-emet”
And I immediately went to check my favorite news services to find out what happened. First I thought Ariel Sharon, then I thought Gilad Shalit. I scoured the Israeli news sources and then spread out wider to my international [...]

Ynet’s perception of Israeli soldiers on Facebook: Naked.

I gave away the punch line in the title, but there ain’t much more to say than that. Here’s the headline of a Ynet news article from today:
Classified info exposed on Facebook
Basically, some members of the Israeli security establishment were caught with photos of classified soldiers and locations exposed on their Facebook accounts. But what [...]

Priorities, people.

I was passed an article about a Charedi wedding that took place after being protested by the bride’s parents and the “most prominent Orthodox rabbis.” The daughter of multimillionaires was sent to Israel to seminary and fell in love with a Charedi “yeshiva dropout.” They managed to get married yesterday after getting through protests from [...]

Ynet thinks it’s Monday.

I’m working really hard to get through this busy week and come out the other end at Purim, and Ynet is trying to hold me back:

C’mon guys. It’s March 18th, Tuesday. I busted my chops to get here, and I’ll be damned if you try and take me back to yesterday.

Ignorance is momentary bliss.

There’s only so much I can ignore the news here when things take a turn for terrible. At a certain point, it smacks you in the face and then maybe you’re tearing up at your desk with the paper on-screen or you’re cringing at the hourly news on your way home.
I’m not at that point [...]

There’s something worse than Israel?

Here’s something you don’t see everyday:

Ynet made me do a double-take with that one. But they really ought not to lie in journalism…

My reactions to the Winograd report.

No, I haven’t written any thoughts on the Winograd report given the other night. So what do I think, you ask?
I think the question - at this point - is how have I reacted to the Winograd report? I knew what my response would be whether or not I agreed with the outcome. It’s been [...]

To snow, or not to snow…

It’s 6 p.m., and all the Israeli news can report about is the impending ’snow storm’. It’s been hyped about all day, with news reporters actually looking excited as the students who await instruction to stay home from school tomorrow.
The sky has been eerie and gray and has given an extra-apocalyptic feel to the whole [...]