From Little Green Footballs, the American blog that broke the news about Reuters:

“That’s a very interesting way to crop the photo. Most people would consider that knife an important part of the context. There was a huge controversy over whether the activists were armed. Cropping out a knife, in a picture showing a soldier who’s apparently been stabbed, seems like a very odd editorial decision. Unless someone was trying to hide it.”

When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, “Israel must be wiped off the map,” I don’t think anyone was expecting Target to go join that fight. Should we now add Target Corp to the Axis of Evil?

The trendy discount store, which has made some outrageous moves in the past, such as not allowing Salvation Army Ringers outside of the store during the Christmas  Holiday season, has begun selling “modified” globes in the children’s department. Perhaps in a show of support for anti-semitics everywhere, Target has casually removed the word “Israel” from the country’s space on the map, replacing it with–you guessed it!–”Palestine.”

The globes have been yanked out of stores, and the idiots at Target responded to complaints with some hogwash about Israel being omitted due to space reasons.

Because there’s nothing more pious than being the self-proclaimed “Material Girl” and crucifying oneself during the provocatively named “Sticky and Sweet” Tour, Madonna took her adulterous self and religiously-named lover Jesus around Jerusalem to look at the Jewish holy sites. Madonna is not Jewish, but follows the mystical practices of Kabbalah. She is raising her daughter Lourdes, whom she had with ex-husband Guy Ritchie pre-marriage, as a Catholic.

While some stars use their celebrity for good purposes, Madonna rejected a request from a large contingent of Israelis asking her to mention and remember kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit during a concert. She told the group that she does not participate in politics.

 This actually isn’t terribly accurate, given that the “Vogue” singer will be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu as well as Opposition leader Livni during her Israel trip. She also came out after 9/11 and said the American government’s involvement in the terrorist attacks was “ambiguous,” and compared Vietnam vet and POW survivor John McCain to Adolf Hitler.

I’m way too scared of Madonna’s arms to start any beef with her, but it should be noted that while she has no problems calling into question the honor of American patriots, she can’t be bothered to bring attention to a fallen and tortured Israeli soldier because she wants to stay out of the political scene. I’m sure she and Netanyahu are just old friends from college.