Yusef, an Alawite Syrian who escaped the atrocities
All I did was introduce myself as an Israeli journalist and Yusef (not his real name), who wants the plight of the Alawites to be told to the world, quickly typed out a story...
Category: First-Hand and Investigative
Ethnic cleansing in our neighbour just north of us
Just north of us there is ethnic cleansing going on at this very moment. I have been put in touch with a few Alawite individuals who I am interviewing to bring their stories to...
Does this Israeli demonstrator really believe the IDF are Nazis?
We can debate about whether or not what someone shouts out spontaneously in exasperation is what they really think or merely the worst, most hurtful thing that comes to them in the heat of...
Jit: Another instance of settler violence! Let’s think about this a bit.
As far as I can gather, the incident in the Arab town of Jit on August 15 is a case meriting unequivocal condemnation. It is different from the case of Givat Ronen the previous...
Al-Makhrur: who is the land thief?
If what I am reading in the court protocols from 2014 to the present day provides the true story, we have here an amazing fairy tale put forth by a stubborn and dedicated liar...
Givat Ronen Attack: Did it happen as reported?
On Friday, 9 August, there was a serious incident in Givat Ronen, a hilltop outpost near the ancient city of Shechem, a city that the Arabs call Nablus (the Romans rebuilt it and called...
War Diary: But what do I do with the dogs?
First, I want to thank David Roytenberg of Canadian Zionist Forum for asking me to write up what it is like for me in Haifa these days. You know, as missiles and drones are...
Just a little anti-war demonstration in Haifa
The first thing I saw onThursday evening, 1 August, after getting off the bus at UNESCO Square (in front of Haifa’s Bahai gardens), were the police cars parked on the pavement encircling the roundabout....
