The two coin-operated black-leather massage couches, the kind that you sit in and relax while the little motorized balls inside the leather work their way up your leg muscles and into your back and back down again, should have been working overtime. But none of the 1200 Labor Party convention delegates packed into the smoke-filled [...]
Archive for March, 2009
What Peres really told the Iranian people
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Holiday greeting, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Shimon Peres on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Presidents Barack Obama and Shimon Peres both addressed the Iranian people this week in broadcast messages in honor of the Iranian new year, Nowruz. Obama sent a video message that was widely received and spoke in a respectful, conciliatory tone of a “new beginning”. Peres’ message was broadcast to a narrow audience on Israel Radio’s [...]
Homesick yes, but this is scary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Crime in south africa, johannesburg on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t managed to take some time off and go visit my former home in over 2 years. I really miss Johannesburg and usually look for ways to get back home.
Here’s why I don’t feel so bad about it today:
The clip is part of a fascinating story by Real Clear [...]
Did you pack your Jewish identity yourself?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged airport security Israel, ben gurion airport on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport was named ‘Best Performing Airport in the Middle East’ for the second year in a row this week by The Airports Council International.
Airports in in Abu Dhabi and Doha came in second and third respectively.
Ynet News reports that the Israel Airports Authority allocated NIS 3.7 billion ($873,000,000) towards improving safety, [...]
Rafael slums it on Bollywood arms sales video
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bollywood, India, Israel, Israel arms sales India, Rafael, Rafael Bollywood on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems LTD displayed a Bollywood-style dance number featuring Israeli artists in full Bollywood costume singing in English about the potential for the Indo-Israeli defense trade relationship on on large screen televisions at their stall at Aero India 2009 recently. This one’s not going to get any Oscars.
Thanks to [...]