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Yair Lapid, Beyonce and beyond
This piece was published in the Jerusalem Post on the 10th of January, 2011 At first, yesterday’s 7 p.m. edition of “Good Evening with Guy Pines” seemed quite mundane. While the show’s title evokes images of Amsterdam’s red-light district it is in fact Israel’s most popular entertainment magazine, offering its audience an insider look at […]
Posted in: Analysis, In the News
Israel goes Gaga over ladies’ exclusion from society
December 30, 2011
These days, Israel is going Gaga for an 8 year old girl called Naama Margolis. While the youngster is not a pop icon she has undoubtedly become a different kind of symbol, a social one. Last week, Israel’s Channel 2 News, exposed the harassment Naama had to routinely endure on her way to School […]
Posted in: Analysis, In the News
Does Israel understand only force?
December 11, 2011
Last week, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper published an interview with the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad. While the interview focused on the negotiations between Hamas and Fatah, the two rival Palestinian movements, Fayyad was also asked to comment on the Israeli government’s decision to withhold the transfer of 100 million Dollars to the […]
Posted in: Analysis, In the News
The new Arab League constitutes an Axis of Reason
November 29, 2011
Superman: Friends, I would like to call this session of the Justice League of America to order Batman: I object! You have no power to call us to order! Superman: I have the power to do anything Wonder woman: Except understand the needs of a modern woman Superman: oy vey… While the transcript above was […]
Posted in: Analysis
Does America need a Superman, or has it simply grown tired?
November 27, 2011
Two years ago, I watched a segment on CBS’s 60 Minutes that dealt with a small town in the Midwestern United States. At the time, the city had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. It was once host to a private airport that served as a hub for a large American delivery […]
Posted in: Commentary
Israel’s channel 10 presents: Yada yada journalism
November 25, 2011
On Thursday, Channel 10‘s afternoon magazine, 5 with Rafi Resherf, opened with a story about two Egyptian soldiers that had died the previous night at the hands of drug dealers attempting to infiltrate Israel at the border between the two countries. Channel 10’s reporter at the scene was asked to elaborate on the incident. The […]
Posted in: Commentary, Meet the Press
January 11, 2012
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