Many things have changed. Everyone smoked. Everyone went to the pub. It was cheap. Attending University was not the financial hurdle it is today. Join the students’ union, buy your textbooks and get a seasonal job during the Christmas New Year break with maybe some part-time weekend employment. If you
“Palestine” is dirt-poor. It has one of the lowest GDPs per capita. But then, it’s Arab neighbours aren’t much better, and that’s even with massive natural resources, oil most notably. Yet, it’s neighbour Israel, which is also a desert country with no real natural resources, has
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Gaza Strip: Following weeks of intense fighting, military officials said yesterday that IDF forces now have complete freedom of operation inside Gaza City. * The neighbourhood of Jabalya has now been completely conquered,
Nicholas Fondacaro Nick grew up in East Stroudsburg Pennsylvania. He graduated from Binghamton University in 2013 with a degree in Political Science. While at Binghamton he served as the Speaker of the Student Assembly and wrote for the Binghamton Review, where his love for journalism started. After graduating, he interned
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Hostages: Hamas released its latest video, showing proof of life of three older men: Chaim Peri, Amiram Cooper and Yoram Metzger. * The men appeared gaunt, with their beards cropped deliberately Islamic style
Whenever I hear some prating idiot hand-wringing about “innocent Palestinians”, I reach for my barf bag. Not because there are no innocent Palestinians: I’m sure there are a few tots who haven’t yet learned virulent Jew-hatred at their mother’s (or the UNRWA’s) knee. We know for
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Three hostages killed: IDF Chief of Staff Halevi visited troops inside Gaza and reflected on Friday’s incident where troops shot and killed three Israel hostages who managed to escape their captives.
As I wrote, regarding the craven joint statement by Anthony Albanese, Chris Luxon and Justin Trudeau, it’s notable that not one of them has ever called for a ceasefire in Ukraine — yet Israel is supposed to just lie back and take it from the bloodthirsty savages of Hamas. The
Of late, whenever I bother with Facebook, my feed is spammed with so-called “charities”, purporting to fundraise “for Palestine”. I’d as soon have donated money for poor, suffering Nazis being bombed in WWII. Worse, some of these “charities” I know for a fact have been implicated in channeling money
The fallout from the Albanese government’s craven betrayal of Israel continues. It was bad enough that Albanese joined with Luxon and Trudeau in issuing a mealy-mouthed, gutless joint statement which is effectively a green light to Hamas. (Although even that was too harsh for the snaggle-toothed madwoman screeching and
Indigenous Coalition for Israel indigenouscoalition.com The Indigenous Coalition For Israel condemns Te Paati Maori leader, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer’s use of the provocative chant “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free”. This is known to be a call for the annihilation of the Jewish state, which is
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What happened: Yesterday Israel announced that two people believed taken hostage on October 7 had been killed by Hamas. * Joshua Loitu Mollel, a 21-year-old agriculture student from Tanzania who had worked in
Can you imagine, while the Battle of Britain was raging, the USA urging Britain to dump Winston Churchill and negotiate an immediate ceasefire with Hitler? Negotiations which include conceding territory to the Third Reich? Because, after all, innocent civilians were suffering from the bombing. Neville Chamberlain is rightly condemned by
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Gaza Strip: The IDF announced that eight soldiers were killed yesterday as fighting continues in north and south Gaza. * The soldiers were named as Lieutenant Colonel Tomer Grinberg, the commander of the
John Strawson Honorary Professor of Law and director of LLM programs University of East London “The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home.” So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is held hostage
