Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


Human rights alert!

For some light relief in these troubled times, we note that Carlos the Jackal is suing a leading French agent over claims that he was illegally adbucted from Sudan in 1994. For those who do not recall the career of this illustrious personality, the BBC reminds us:

Carlos, 56, gained international notoriety as a mastermind of deadly bombings, assassinations and hostage-takings.

So the international terrorist and hostage-taker was “illegally restrained”? Somehow we doubt that the French authorities will see the error of their ways on this one.

BREAKING NEWS: Bin Laden sues US military for restraint of trade. “My core business has been severely disrupted,” claims mountain dweller Osama in an exclusive interview with CNN…