Genocide, Politics, and the Moral Vote
On 21 November 2018, there was a chance for the Knesset, our elected representatives, to show a bit of dignity, a bit of respect for themselves and others, and a bit of ability to...
Category: Keeping Up With Our MKs
We elect a party whose platform seems to most closely fit with our vision of what needs to be done to ensure that Israel develops as a healthy and ethical state. The Members of Knesset (MKs) are those who propel this boat and the Cabinet is supposed to be the rudder. Are they fulfilling their promise? In order to judge, we need to know what they are doing. I will, periodically, check in with them and see what they are doing within the Knesset plenum and in committees and report back here what I find.
Israeli MK Ayman Odeh Asks For Unity In Israel
Does Israeli Member of Knesset Ayman Odeh talk out one side of his mouth in Arabic and the other side of his mouth in Hebrew? He put up a special post on Facebook, apparently...
Ayoob Kara: A Study In Media Distortions
We have all heard stories about how the media twists stories around and produces fake news. How often do we have the opportunity to see it in action ourselves? Here is one example I...
Getting Harder For Arab MKs To Complain About Structural Discrimination
When things like this happen (I’ll tell you soon what “this” is), it must make it really hard to be an Arab Member of Knesset (MK). It seems like Israeli Arab MKs get the...
Transparency Law: How To Really Defy Unscrupulous Discrimination
There is something you can do about the Transparency Law if you really think it unscrupulously discriminates against left-wing organizations. In criticizing the passage of the Transparency Bill into Law, the Left is attempting...
Right About Now Might Be A Good Time To Hear From You, Hanin Zoabi or Ayman Odeh!
Hanin Zoabi – Are you going to cry out your rage and horror at the killing of a 13-year-old girl barely past puberty? Ayman Odeh – Are you going to rail against the terrorist...
Yalla – Zehava Galon For Prime Minister!
It is easy to look back and say that decisions taken right after the 6-Day War were ill-guided and started us down a slippery slope to disaster regardless of whether you are a hawk...
Stav Shaffir: Asking for a Revolution
At the J Street Gala on 18 April 2016, MK Stav Shaffir asked for something revolutionary to happen in Israel. She declared: In the exact same way we have revolutionized Israel’s economic and transparency...
