Here I respond to Israeli current events – to what is happening within the country and what is happening internationally regarding Israel. My views are still evolving and my writing will reflect my continuing growth and exploration of the issues. I examine academic writings in the fields of history, sociology and political science, as well as opinion pieces and analyses that appear in the media.
I do not promise to be consistent because my political views are still changing as I learn more. I do promise to be provocative and perhaps a bit irritating to some. Feel free to express your thoughts and your agreements and disagreements with me: I value debate, respectful debate, and anticipate engaging with my readers.
With antisemitic incidents surging in London, the British capital city has introduced a new bus route to help Jewish residents “feel safe” when they travel. Thus began an article in yesterday’s Algemeiner written by...
Results of the latest Pew survey concerning Israel, conducted in March-April 2024, were published in a number of separate reports (‘How Israeli society has unified, and divided, in wartime,’ ‘Amid war in Gaza, 58%...
Dr Yaacov Ben-Shemesh, law professor at Ono Academic College, is one example of an Israeli whose views began to change before Oct 7th, and perhaps one can say that after the Simchat Torah atrocities,...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published December 15, 2023 · Last modified November 25, 2024
Ah! “Settler violence!” That dangerous phenomenon that must be quashed. Biden is holding back licences for selling 20,000 American-made rifles to Israel “on the charge that they would be distributed to ‘violent extremist’ settlers.”...
Almost an hour ago, the session in the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Reasonableness Clause, an amendment to Basic Law:Judiciary began. The proceedings are televised and each network station will add...
In an email to subscribers, Friends of Givat Haviva wrote that the recent long-lasting anti-judicial reform protests have brought out “unprecedented levels” of police violence against demonstrators. Haaretz has multiple articles referring to police...
Israel’s elected representatives wasted over 40 hours in a filibuster of proportions previously unknown in this country. The document that concretizes and enshrines this travesty, this cynical manipulation of accepted Knesset protocol, is permanently...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published April 12, 2023 · Last modified May 2, 2023
When discussing judicial reform and opposition to it, people on both sides of the issue raise the problem with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and, depending on what one thinks of the man, they deplore...
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