What if the Palestinian Refugees were …. ?
What do you think would have happened if the Palestinian Arabs languishing in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and even in the Palestinian Authority (yes, the PA keeps their own people in refugee...
Israel Diaries Blog
Armenian Ceramics in Jerusalem: Take Care Not to Add Fuel to the Anti-Israel Fire
It made me sad to find reason to write a political piece that hones in on small details in a fascinating book telling the life story of David Ohannessian, the man who colourfully tiled...
Israel is Infested with Termites . . .
No, you will not read about this in the news because it is a metaphor. Israel is like the house in which one chair hosts a termite or two. Left unfumigated, the termites multiply...
Illegal Outposts: Creating Facts on the Ground, Who Cares?
I find it ironic that one month after Prime Minister Netanyahu lost the premiership the Likud tabled a bill to extend Israeli law (solely in order to embarrass the new PM Naftali Bennett) over...
Decolonizing Haifa — Translation of Course Description
A course offered in a municipally owned building and paid for with municipal tax monies is teaching anti-Zionist activists another chapter in operating against the state in which they live. Because there is no...
Times of Israel Pushes West Bank Over Judea and Samaria
In today’s edition of the Times of Israel (TOI), an article talks about an incident happening in the ‘West Bank’. Granted, the article appears below-the-fold, an Internet term meaning that it is not what...
Israeli Journalists have a Huge Responsibility to Get it Right, No?
It does not help when Israeli journalists publishing in Israeli websites do not provide reliable information upon which readers can build an understanding of the context relevant to their articles. I am referring here...
What the Hell is Behind What is Going on in Area C?
In spite of having followed the news for many years, in spite of having taken an interest in the Oslo Accords and its repercussions for Israel and for the residents of the Palestinian Authority...
Tessler: Is One Sentence Enough to Reject an Entire 900-Page Book?
What chance does truth have when you find something like this in a book that is likely used as a university text? University of Michigan Professor Mark Tessler has an impressive resume (see here)....
