IPS not relenting on inhumane conditions of Ben Uliel’s imprisonment
I wonder if reading this will cause your heart to break as it broke mine to write it. I wonder if you will feel the rage build up inside you as I did. Tonight...
Category: Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
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.
Lapid should have known better. Two major errors in his speech.
Aside from two things, I totally enjoyed Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s UN speech. Those two things, however, made me grimmace with the sheer stupidity of them. In spite of the parts of his speech...
A Letter from Naftali Bennett to Us All
Below is my translation of a Facebook Post former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett put up on September 14 and it is offered here with permission. The original post is beneath the English. Let me...
Bennett Blinked First
At the end of his first year as Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett was faced with the second critical decision point of his political life – the first, of course, being whether or not...
Once upon a time in Israel . . .
When I first moved to Israel and began to understand Hebrew (back in the mid 1970s), I was amazed to witness the high degree of public involvement in the political goings on. Canadians did...
Promises, promises, promises. But you promised!
Promises made, promises kept, promises set aside — and the betrayal experienced by voters who believed the promises. The anger directed against Naftali Bennett was because of the betrayal so many of his voters...
Huldai thinks he is running his own little country.
Today in Haaretz, on both the English and the Hebrew sites, an article was published showing that Tel Aviv Mayor, Ron Huldai thinks he can define Israel according to his own personal ideology and...
Bassem Eid: Three small words that you should not have written
I enjoy reading your articles and seeing your activities around the world, Bassem Eid. However, in your latest article in JNS, you got something very wrong. You seem to be trying to disconnect the...
