Calendar Picks and Clicks for July 11–17, 2009
Calendar Picks and Clicks for July 11–17, 2009
Calendar Picks and Clicks for July 11–17, 2009
You know how every deli has its table of regulars, the same aging Jewish men who tell the same jokes, kvetch over the same aches and pains, order the same turkey sandwiches (dry) and complain about how the world is going to pot?
The Group of Eight leading industrialized nations called on Thursday for the immediately release of Gilad Shalit, after Egyptian-brokered talks to secure the kidnapped Israeli soldier\’s release had come to a standstill.
At about 3:15 P.M. yesterday, the government\’s 100th day in office, political correspondents\’ beepers went off. In an unprecedented move, the Prime Minister\’s Bureau was inviting the correspondents to a press conference at the Knesset that was slated to begin in 15 minutes. This was the start of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s panicked, disproportionate response to the criticism senior Kadima politicians had leveled at him three hours earlier.