February 17, 2010
Sgt. Uri And His Howling Commandos
Sgt. Uri and his Howling Commandos Edna Spennato 2009.
Photomontage made on 18 January 2009.
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January 18, 2010
Erdogan and Peres at Davos
Erdogan and Peres at Davos Edna Spennato 2009.
Photomontage made on 29 January 2009.
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Originally published at Auntie Ziona as Erdogan, Peres and the Black Sheep of the Family
Also at these links: Wake Up From Your Slumber, Uprooted Palestinians.
January 16, 2010
The Amazing Ehudini
The Amazing Ehudini Edna Spennato 2009.
Photomontage made on 1 February 2009.
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Originally published at Auntie Ziona as The Amazing Ehudini
Also at these links: Kenny’s Sideshow, Window Into Palestine, BuJ Al Arab, Uprooted Palestinians.
Updated 17 April 2010:
Olmert faces new corruption charge
Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, who left office last year due to corruption charges, has been identified as a key suspect in separate bribery charges.
Police said on Thursday that Olmert, 63, was suspected in a case in which millions of dollars were exchanged for the promotion of real estate projects, including a controversal housing scheme in Jerusalem in which zoning laws had to be changed.
Olmert is suspected of taking almost $1m in bribes during the time of the Holyland residential project in the 1990s, when he was the mayor of Jerusalem…
…The case has been billed as Israel’s “real estate scandal of the century” in the local media. Olmert’s picture had previously been placed next to the story in newspapers, although the gag order prevented the “public figure” allegedly involved from being named.
Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland, in Jerusalem, said: “An investigating judge called it one of the worst corruption cases in the history of Israel.
“Police suspect that he benefitted from backhanders to change planning laws. Olmert is expected to speak later.”
Olmert was already facing three different charges of corruption.
He was forced to step down as prime minister last year after police accused him of double and triple-billing Jewish organisations for trips abroad and taking the extra money.
However, police have said that the new charges are much bigger then those previously filed against him.
Read in full here.
Updated 25 February 2010:
Trial Against Israeli ex-PM begins
JERUSALEM, Feb. 25 (UPI) — Prosecutors expressed confidence Thursday evidence would prove former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was guilty of fraud, tax evasion and breach of trust.
Defense attorneys countered that the prosecution knows its evidence was inadequate to prove its case against Olmert, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Olmert’s trial opened Thursday in the Jerusalem District Court. He was indicted for fraudulent receipt of goods, false registration of corporate documents, fraud, breach of trust, tax and tax evasion on three different issues…
Read in full here.
September 2009:
Trial against former premier Olmert opens in Israel
Jerusalem – The first trial in Israeli history against a former premier opened Friday in Jerusalem’s District Court. Almost exactly a year after he resigned amid corruption allegations, former premier Ehud Olmert made his first court appearance, in what was largely a preliminary procedural hearing…
As Olmer arrived at the court he told reporters: “I arrived here as a man innocent of any crimes, and I believe I will leave here as a man innocent of any crimes.”…
The indictments themselves were filed in August.
They include charges of fraud under aggravated circumstances, breach of trust, forging of corporate documents, and failure to report income. Olmert is not, however, facing charges of bribery, as the police had recommended to prosecutors.
Amongst other charges, he is suspected of having submitted multiple times over the same travel expenses for trips abroad to different government bodies and Jewish organizations.
The ex-premier allegedly pocketed the excesses, which accumulated in a special account managed by his travel agent and used for private trips with his family. That alleged corruption scandal became known in the Israeli media as Rishon Tours, after the travel agency, or as “Olmertours.”
The former premier is also suspected of having accepted envelopes with large amounts of cash from Jewish-American businessman Morris Talansky. Olmert insists they constituted legitimate donations.
His office manager Zaken allegedly in many cases accepted the money on his behalf.
Lastly, Olmert stands accused of cronyism, allegedly giving preferential treatment to a factory represented by a friend of his, Uri Messer, when he served as trade and industry minister…
Although Olmert is the first former or current Israeli premier ever to stand trial on criminal charges, but the proceedings come as Israel’s political elite is tarnished by a host of corruption and other scandals….
January 4, 2010
Firebomb Fritz
Firebomb Fritz Edna Spennato 2009.
Photomontage made on 17 January 2009.
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Originally published at Auntie Ziona as Sderot – An Egg for an Egg
Also at these links: El Nino del Cuco, Kenny’s Sideshow, Wake Up From Your Slumber.
A klog is mir! We just received news that a direct hit was made by a quasam rocket on a chicken coop in Sderot yesterday.
Oy gevalt, at least ten chickens have been diagnosed with panic symptoms, and there are rumours of an acute shortage of chicken soup in southern Israel for the next twelve hours.
Chicken against Zionism called today for an end to the violence. They published their collective cluck on Hens Sans Frontiers, the official voice of Chickens for Peace.
The Deputy of British Chickens is calling on chickens around the world to unite against hamasnik terror, and Boychick Greenstein of the Independant Chicken Voice and Brighton Unemployed Layers Centre has called for a world-wide strike on egg production.
Sderot shall not burn! An egg for an egg!
United against minor injuries
A klog is mir — Woe is me.
December 31, 2009
Blitzkrieg – Orders are Orders
Blitzkrieg – Orders are Orders Edna Spennato 2009.
Photomontage made on 1 January 2009.
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Originally published at Auntie Ziona as Achtung, Goyza!
Also at these links: Uprooted Palestinians, Wake Up From Your Slumber.
Blitzkrieg – The Blood Flows in Gaza
Blitzkrieg – The Blood Flows in Gaza Edna Spennato 2008.
Photomontage made on 31 December 2008.
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Cartoon of the Day on 2 January 2010 at Palestine Think Tank
Originally published at Auntie Ziona as Achtung, Goyza!
Also at these links: Palestine News, Al Buraq, Uprooted Palestinians, Wake Up From Your Slumber.
December 30, 2009
Blitzkrieg on Gaza
Blitzkrieg on Gaza Edna Spennato 2008.
Photomontage made on 31 December 2008.
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Cartoon of the Day on 31 December 2009 at Palestine Think Tank
Originally published at Auntie Ziona as Achtung, Goyza
Also at these links: Tlaxcala, Kenny’s Sideshow, Uprooted Palestinians, Wake Up From Your Slumber.