Threat to world peace? Oompa Loompa?

Haaretz front page photo asks you to decide for yourself:

Hell hath no fury like an Islamist scorned

Fatah delegation fails to show up at scheduled meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, exacerbating tensions between warring Palestinian factions. 'We thought that they sought reconciliation and dialogue but it turned out they had other goals,' says scorned Hamas

Abu Mazin's such a heartbreaker. Mrs Abbas reports her husband was too occupied to meet with Haniyeh (pictured, dismayed). Too busy washing his hair.

Oh yes, oh yes

And it's just the headline:

Gadaffi: We fear Israel may kill Barack Obama just as it did JFK

Reality Zionism

I don't know where to begin. Aliyah as a reality show...

* why not a more halutzic version? It would be like Survivor, but draining the swamps instead of being castaways...
* if the show goes into a second season, will it be more socialist in orientation?
* suggestion: find one or two participants from Middle Eastern countries brought against their will, and make sure some of the Jewishness of the FSU people is questionable
* perhaps it will be like the contest reality shows, where the character/contestants compete over who learns the most Hebrew
* make sure the apartment where the the eight olim live is next to an Arab family and create some tension between the two groups - maybe get some raids going on (gotta have me'ora'ot!)
* in order to depict reality, the show is going to have to fall short on its rewards

Any to add?

Not the safest driving:















Are these the Fergie original, or the Alanis cover?

golden oldies

Ehud Barak meet with his cousin HosniMu in Sharm al-Sheikh for talks about Hamas and hashish.

Fadicha!

Oops, the super awesome military embarassed itself a tad when showing off its super awesomeness:

Eight people were injured - two seriously, one moderately and five lightly - when a paratrooper mistakenly parachuted into the stands where spectators were seated during an Independence Day air show along Tel Aviv's Jerusalem beach on Thursday.

Also great was when the air show announcer said the airplane sounds were not noise but "the music of independence". I heard independence means you have fancy weapons! Yeah!