CAN YOU SMELL THE IRONY?

Get Your Own Damn Buses
Here's a lovely little irony: Jewish towns in the disputed territories have been forced to purchase bulletproof buses to protect passengers against Arab gunplay. Now, the Jerusalem Post reports, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has asked local authorities to let Palestinians use the buses to ride to Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo. No dice, says the Council of Jewish Communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip: "We are not ready to honor an abominable murder [sic] who spilled the blood of many Jews."