Suddenly Netanyahu Makes Sense to Me
I have been disgusted and puzzled by Benjamin Netanyahu for quite some time. Then a Facebook friend shared with a Hebrew language forum something that brought it all together for me. All the disparate...
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UAE-Israel Deal: Just a Distraction?
I just heard that some are saying that the UAE-Israel normalization deal is just a ruse by which Bibi can distract us from his failure in controlling the Corona pandemic in Israel. Well, that...
After Celebrating the Heroes….What Then?
Good Samaritans, heroes in fact, are in the news for about a week. After the celebrations of their heroism die down, they and their families are forgotten. Journalist Liat Ron of Radio Tsafon kept...
Only in Israel: Human Rights Activists Against Human Rights
I wonder if it is only in Israel or concerning Israel that we find human rights activists fighting human rights. And our government does not seem to know how to deal with it. In...
Israeli Deterrence: Now You See it / Now You Don’t / See it?
Israel has long prided herself on deterrence to keep the Arab states at bay and reduce their enthusiasm for challenging her on the battlefield. However, it seems that this deterrence factor has been slowly...
Was it Right to Display the Lebanese flag on Tel Aviv City Hall?
There are two serious questions that arise regarding Israel’s response to the August 4th explosion tragedy in Beirut, Lebanon. The first concerns the offer of humanitarian aid to the country, one that is officially...
Israel Pays Terrorist Salaries from Citizens’ Taxes
We criticize the Palestinian Authority (PA) for giving life-time salaries to terrorists, the amount determined by how many Jews they killed. And if the terrorist was killed in action, then his or her family...
Nation State Law: Arab IDF Commander-in-Chief? Arab Prime Minister?
In his article in Yisrael Hayom, law professor Dr Shaul Sharf asks an interesting question against the background of the Knesset vote last Wednesday (July 29) rejecting a bill to amend the two-year-old Law....
What does the Nation State Law Actually Say? And What Changes did Lapid Actually Want?
All hell broke loose on 19 July 2018 when the Knesset passed the bill at its third reading and we saw the birth of the Nation State Law. There were demonstrations across the country...
