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The Jaded News – Sunday, 30 July 2006

World News

*As of Saturday afternoon, the violence between
Israel and Hezbollah had subsided. Early Saturday, the Lebanese government announced that Hezbollah had agreed to some sort of peace accord, and shortly thereafter, Israeli troops pulled back from the Lebanese town of
Tyre; however, this was not before Israeli bombs took the lives of a few more civilians. The peace plan (for which the US takes credit, but The Jaded News suspects that it was British Prime Minister Tony Blaire who did the foot work), would involved the deployment of UN peacekeepers to help to stabilize the region. The plan also proposes disarming Hezbollah, and returning the group to its previous mission of doing right by the Lebanese people. Not in the proposal were provisions that would actually stop terrorism, such as feeding, educating, and providing health care for poor people who are more likely to become terrorists because of malnourishment. An update Sunday morning reveals that Israel has changed its mind and is continuing to kill people, while remaining adamant that they do not target civilians; which means Israel just has really poor aim.  Read More »

The Jaded News – Sunday, 22 July 2006

World News

*There is no end yet in sight to the war going on between
Israel and Hezbollah. On Wednesday, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) dropped 23 tons of explosives on a building purported to house much of Hezbollah’s leadership.  Following the raid, Hezbollah released a statement that no Hezbollah leaders were killed.  They also informed the trigger-happy IDF that the building that they bombed was, in fact, a mosque under construction.  On the bright side, the IDF has yet to mistake any aspirin factories for weapons plants. Since then, the IDF has begun to amass its tanks, bulldozers and a standing army on the border of
Lebanon. The Lebanese government has begun investing in adult diapers, hoping to last the conflict without making too much of a mess.  Read More »

Okay, there's something seriously wrong here. With the amount of news on Israel, with the ten-thousand times you see it on the tv every day, WHY CAN YOU NOT SPELL THE NAME CORRECTLY?

I'm sure it's "it sounds like iz-re-al", no. It doesn't. It is "iz-ra-el". If you're going to discuss a subject at least be able to spell that subject correctly. But that's just my pet peeve as a Jew. I don't mind if you misspell some of the other words we use, really. But Amerika is an unacceptable spelling, isn't it. If I were to continue to spell it "Amerika" every time I said something about Amerika, you'd start to get a little miffed at me, huh? You'd start to wonder what exactly my credibility is on the subject. Wouldn't you? Yes. Your ability to spell the subject upon which you are writing.

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The Jaded News – Sunday, 9 July 2006

World News

*Violence has escalated in the Middle East this week when Israel launched an attach on Lebanon-based Hezbollah after the militant group killed 8 IDF (Israeli Defense Force) members, and captured two more, whom Israel suspects will be taken to Iran, (Iran is a big financial backer of Hezbollah); and this will make it infinitely more convenient for the United States to attack Iran. In the meantime, not only is the nation of
Israel suffering, but Palestinian and Lebanese civilians are suffering a great amount of fear and grief. While many countries support
Israel’s right to defend herself, starting World War 3 does not count as self defense.  Read More »

I wept when I heard about Israel attacking Lebanon. I'm afraid Israel won't survive this nonsense.

Just like I said it wouldn't when Ariel Sharon went into his coma. This is bad and I don't think a lot of people realize just how bad it is.

Every country has a house. The United States has this big 6 story mansion with bay windows , a big green lawn, and a white picket fence. Next door is Mexico and Canada. Across the street are France, England, Germany, Spain, and down the road a little ways is this split level that everyone thinks is really great, but in that split level live two different countries: Israel and Palestine.  Read More »

World News

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Israel is being a bully this week. This Saturday, Hamas-lead Palestine called for a ceasefire in the two-week stand off between the perpetually warring states, but
Israel refused on the basis that the cease-fire did not involve the release of one Israeli soldier. The bombing campaigns sparked by the kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit has killed 40 Palestinians and an Israeli soldier. Apparently, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is not very good at chess. Hamas has also offered to open negotiations with
Israel over the fate of 19-year-old Shalit, but Israeli officials have responded by saying “we can’t hear you over the explosions”. Dear
Israel, this is getting old. Grow up already.  Read More »

World News

*Osama bin Laden, in an effort to make sure everyone knows he’s still alive, released a new audio tape this week. Coincidently, the tape came out “exactly when expected” and contains all of the things the Bush Administration has been telling the world about Al-Qaeda, including a lament of the loss of Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It’s almost as though he was reading talking points written by RNC chairman Ken Melman. Bin Laden’s speech even utilized some Bushisms, including a warning not to “misunderestimate” Al-Qaeda, and a call to insurgents in
Iraq to “stay the course”.  Read More »

World News

*North Korea looms ever closer to the nuclear age (which is surprising given much of the populous' diet comes from tree bark and clay), appearing ready to test a nuclear missile capable of reaching the
United States.  North Korea agreed to a moratorium on nuclear weapons testing in 1999, and White House spokesman Tony Snow made it clear that the US can only hope that they don't back out.  Snow said, "If they go ahead with a test, then we will have to respond properly and appropriately at the time."  Asked to elaborate, he pulled out a handbook entitled What To Do If the Commies Drop the Bomb and replied, “hide under our desks and cover our heads.”  Read More »