Israel
Oh Snap! Bikers Promise to Dress If Israel Lets Them Ride
Earlier this week the Israeli government voted down a bill, which would have funded procycling projects. So last night naked cyclists rode around Tel Aviv as part of a nighttime protest, calling on the government to support cycling. Hey, at least they saved their nudity for after dark!
What If Poets and Novelists Wrote the Day's News?
“Everything’s okay. Everything’s like usual. Yesterday trading ended.
Valentine Reprieve: Israel Lifts Gaza Export Ban For Flowers
All you need is love . . .
Front Page: Israeli Race Too Close to Call on Election Eve
- Israelis will go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new prime minister, but polling is too close to predict either Benjamin Netanyahu or Tzipi Livni as the winner. — Reuters
- President Obama begins a decisive week on the economy, under pressure to pass the stimulus bill. — Los Angeles Times
- The Obama Administration's new bank bailout plan will rely on private investors to purchase toxic assets.
UN Chief Tours "Alarming" Destruction in Gaza
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon became the highest ranking international leader to visit Gaza since violence broke out three weeks ago. Calling the destruction "shocking and alarming," the UN head said Israel had used excessive force in Gaza. But he didn't place all the blame on Israel explaining: "I view the rocket attacks into Israel as completely unacceptable.
Front Page: Israel Keeps Withdrawing Amid Fragile Ceasefire
- Israel continued to withdraw from Gaza today, as a cease-fire pausing the 22-days of fighting holds. — New York Times
- Civil rights leaders and other African American activists who participated in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March On Washington, are back this week to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. — ABC News
- India's foreign minister has put pressure on Pakistan, maintaining today that countries that fail to stop terrorism would pay a "heavy price."
Font Page: Lebanese Rockets Could Open Second Front
- A second round of rockets launched from Lebanon have hit Israel. The rockets caused no damage or deaths, but resulted in a counterattack. — LA Times
- The US Commerce Department announced that retail sales fell a seasonably adjusted 2.7 percent in December, compared to November.
Should the Bush Administration Do More For Peace in Gaza?
A recent Gallup poll asked Americans whether the Bush administration should be doing more, is doing the right amount, or should be doing less to help resolve the conflict in Gaza. Only 33 percent said the current American leadership should be doing more, compared to a combined 52 percent who oppose more US involvement.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been calling for a sustainable ceasefire, different than other countries that called for an immediate end to the violence.
Italian Union Calls For Boycott of Jewish Shops Over Gaza War
Rivaling Italian politicians on the left and the right can agree on one thing: They are outraged by a recent call to boycott Jewish-owned shops in response to Israel's actions in Gaza. A trade union tied to retail and food businesses handed out flyers calling for a boycott of "shops in central Rome linked to the Israelite community" and apparently listed streets populated with Jewish shops as "sales dirtied by blood." Now Italian political leaders have called the boycott "criminal," and the Italian Jewish community plans to sue the union under antiracism laws.
Joe the Plumber Headed to Israel to Find Other "Average Joes"
Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, known during the 2008 Presidential Campaign as "Joe The Plumber," is leaving his home fix-it-man days behind him and says he's going to Israel as a war correspondent for Pajamas TV. He told the media he plans to spend 10 days covering the fighting and that he wants to let Israel's "'Average Joes' share their story."
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