What Have Strawberries Got to Do with the Israeli Blockade of Gaza?
We keep on hearing about the Gaza blockade, about how Israel has put the population of Gaza in an open-air prison and we do not let people out or products in. Well, someone in...
Israel Diaries Blog
I Really Feel Sorry for the Universities in the Palestinian Authority
A new announcement on the website of An-Najah National University in Nablus made me aware of something: The university must find itself between a rock and a hard place! I suppose all universities in...
Israel, the Unlivable!
There is a difference between having acute awareness of Israel’s many problems and saying that this place is unlivable, as I have heard a number of people moan. Those who make such a claim...
York University Admin Takes a Page From the United Nations Cookbook
If it is good enough for the UN, it must be good enough for York University. Since the negotiation process seeking to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict (involving Arabs now living under the Palestinian Authority/Hamas)...
Israeli Jews Against Jewish Israel
While so many of us celebrated France’s National Assembly resolution equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, there are Jews who behave in the age-old way of self-loathing Jews, something that has a long history. A bunch...
It is Real Easy to Become an Anti-Zionist
I think I am starting to understand how so many people are convinced of the anti-Zionist position and how they also become antisemitic. I have struggled with this for a long time, as have...
When an Elevator is Not Just an Elevator
The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is visited by nearly a million people annually, Jews, Muslims, Christians who come to worship at the burial site of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their wives...
Sometimes Shows of Our Resilience Just Make Me Mad
This article makes me angry. It is supposed to warm our hearts and expand our chests in pride at Israeli resilience in the face of danger. But it made me angry. Of course...
Israeli MKs Sucking Up to JStreet 2019
There are a number of Israelis who spoke at the 2019 JStreet National Conference and I will list them at the end of this article, but I want to focus here on the speeches...
