December 2009
Rattling the Cage: A taboo question for Israelis |... →
There’s a question we Israelis won’t ask ourselves about the Palestinians, especially not about Gaza. The question is taboo. Not only won’t anyone ask it out loud, but very, very few people will dare ask it in the privacy of their own minds.
However, I think it’s time we start asking it, privately and in public. If we don’t, I think there’s going to be...
Errant Chinese smoker stops world's fastest train →
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - The world’s fastest train hit its first speed bump in the form of a disobedient smoker less than a week after it began running in southern China.
A cigarette triggered an alarm that forced a two-and-a-half hour stoppage, nearly as long as the train takes to cover the 1,100 kilometer (684 mile) distance between Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, and the...
Computer system designed to “predict” Hezbollah,... →
Al-Jazeera television reported on Tuesday that the University of Maryland designed a computer system “able to predict the behaviors of organizations such as Hezbollah and the Hamas Palestinian Movement,” adding that the project was funded by the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.
According to the university, “the design of the system comes in eight pages, was...
Record 11th divorce granted to Jewish Israeli man →
A 50-year-old man from Jerusalem has been granted a divorce for the 11th time, a new Israeli record for Jews according to a Rabbinical court.
He told the court he usually divorced his wives every two years and looked for a new bride immediately after.
The man said he regretted his first divorce as it had begun a never-ending search for the next “experience”.
His newest ex-wife...
