Category Archives: Blogs
Cruisin’: Women’s Boat to Gaza
What you should know about the Women’s Boat to Gaza A ‘single boat’ flotilla, passengered and probably skippered by women is currently on route in an attempt to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Yes, I know that a single boat … Continue reading
Lebanon-Israel-Olympics
Reply to Ruby Hamad’s Don’t ask athletes to set aside politics ‘in the spirit of the Olympics’ Is there even one Palestinian in the Lebanese Olympic team? There are few things more hypocritical than Lebanese claiming to snub Israel because … Continue reading
Duma-one year (and THREE arson attacks) Later
INTO THE FRAY Guest post by Dr. Martin Sherman Originally published: 31 July 2016 “I saw Sa’ad and Reham burning on the ground. Next to them were TWO masked men, one beside each of them. They were dressed in jeans … Continue reading
ophobia, ophilia, Oh-Trump
How Trump SHOULD have answered the Khans If one judges by the continuing media reaction the one and only thing worth remembering from the Democratic National Convention was the mother and father of a deceased Muslim soldier coupled with Donald Trump’s … Continue reading
Coup in Turkey
I saw a certain amount of joy on the Internet about the perceived humiliation of Turkish President Erdogan. My feelings about the attempted/failed/continuing coup in Turkey are very mixed.
Temple
UNESCO Action Item It should be a joke but it isn’t. The 40th session of the World Heritage Committee will be held at the Istanbul Congress Center, Turkey from 11-20 July 2016. In the next ten days UNESCO will vote … Continue reading
Laboured analogy
Was Jeremy Corbyn just being Jeremy Corbyn? We are not sure why anyone was surprised by the U.K. Labour leader’s comparison of Israel/Netanyahu with ISIS. We are more surprised that no one challenged his laboured apology and explanation.
Breaking Breaking the Silence
Action Item Received an ad on social media from the New Israel Fund (N.I.F.)? The gist is that Ben Gurion University awarded the NGO known as Breaking the Silence (BtS) ( שוברים שתיקה in Hebrew) the Berelson Prize for Jewish-Arab Understanding(!) and then … Continue reading
FRANCE 24 – Sabra & Shatilla Revisited
France 24 missed Lebanon Lebanon has had no shortage of massacres in its brief modern history. Sabra and Shatilla was only one of them but the Jews were involved, however indirectly, so it is no surprise that France 24 focusses on it. They … Continue reading
Je suis Tel Aviv
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