Tag Archives: Jerusalem
Temple
UNESCO Action Item It should be a joke but it isn’t. The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held at the Istanbul Congress Center, Turkey from 11-20 July 2016. In the next ten days UNESCO will vote … Continue reading
Paranoia
It isn’t paranoia when someone is really trying to kill you Paranoia deepens wedge between Israelis and Palestinians There are many dubious points, as always, in anything Connolly reports.
France 5 from 24
Comment font-ils? France 24 (pronounced France vingt-quatre [fʁɑ̃s vɛ̃ katʁ] on all French, English and Arabic editions) is an international news and current affairs television channel based in Paris. Its stated mission is to cover international current events from a French … Continue reading
Question of the week – new feature
Week 50 Five Minutes for Israel has introduced a new feature. Each week we will poll our readers on a current issue. Please vote and especially important comment on your reasons for your vote. Discussion is unmoderated but as far as … Continue reading
The BBC drops a brick
How old is Rasha Khoury? There is still time to check out The Brick on BBC Radio 4, if you have the stomach. It’s full of smaller errors but even without them the story fails to be faithful to its … Continue reading
Profilaxis
Full face on Golan Heights profile The mistakes, omissions, over simplifications, editorialising and blatant agenda in the BBC’s profile of the Golan Heights are not as egregious as they are in the profile of the Palestinian Territories, exhaustively profiled in Comes … Continue reading
Graphic Change
04 September 2012 New banner You may notice I have changed the Five Minutes for Israel banner at the top of each page. Why? Because I felt like it. Many, many thanks to Eliyahu Ben Ze’ev (AKA Andy Alpern) from the Israel … Continue reading
Send Steve back to the Scumbags
05 August 2012 Internet memes – the new fauxtography Have you seen Scumbag Steve? The kid with a sideways fitted cap and fur-lined coat? The overlaid text generally centers around his supposed behavior regarding drugs, partying, and otherwise having a good, … Continue reading
One idiotic state(ment)
31 July 2012 Dangling conversation One must wonder if the Conversation has any criteria at all for accepting articles. If A one-state solution is the only way forward for Israel and Palestine by Anthony Loewenstein 30 July 2012 is any example the claim of this … Continue reading
Celebs and the rest of us
<<< Forbidden to advertise the Kotel, Action Item See the poster When Jerusalem was under Jordanian occupation 1948–1967 visiting the Kotel† was prohibited by the bayonets of Jordanian soldiers. The Advertising Standards Association (UK) seem to think they can forbid … Continue reading
