The lion kings of Qalqilya

"The zoo is considered the foremost tourist attraction in Qalqilya. Before the Israeli military closure on the Palestinian territories was imposed, a closure especially draconian in Qalqilya where an eight-meter high wall now completely encircles this northern West Bank town, an average of 3,000 people would visit the zoo every year."

The spotlight on Iran intensifies

"The hypocrisy of the IAEA is evident: there is silence while the US continues to develop new forms of nuclear weapons. US-friendly states that refused to sign the NPT but have nuclear weapons (India, Israel and now Pakistan) are treated with kid gloves, but Iran, a signatory of the NPT, is being threatened with punishment and possible attack."

Madonna, Mr. Big and Richard Gere

"With all her moves from Sex Goddess to Yoga diva to children's author to British den mother to an endorser of Wesley Clark didn't dim the willingness of the "Israeli street" to question her newfound Kabbalah addiction and for religious Jews to dismiss her use of Judaism as a cheap marketing ploy."

Like dogs in the night…

"Both Johnson and Bush will be remembered for floundering around in the hopeless quagmire of bloody wars. They will be remembered for the needless injury and death of millions of military and civilians, and for thrusting US citizens into environments where they were desensitized into doing shameful and vicious things they would never have dreamed they were capable of doing."

Christianity under attack: Who will be the Media’s next target?

"How much longer shall our Christian voice remain silent or muffled as millions fall by the wayside "lost forever" due to the secular, steely vice squeezing out Christian truth? Still, how much longer will our Christian conscience permit this crush to continue? After all, this is the hour to rise to the news coverage challenge. We must charge forth with penetrating insight in news, honesty in detail, and relevance in content."