Hate and the War Against Terror
While I have grown used to being called a racist and a fascist — as if having some views that are similar to Rightists makes me these things — I just got called a...
Israel Diaries Blog
“Palestinian” Refugee Status Was Easy to Obtain
Do you know how easy it was to get Palestinian refugee status from UNRWA in 1948? All it took was living in the British Mandate for Palestine for two years. Here is a quote...
Right-Wing Demonstration in Haifa – 10 October 2015
The time between marvelling at the white and red tufts of clouds shining at me as the sun set behind rooftops on the University of Tel Aviv campus and making my way along Ben...
Descendants of Esau and Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43)
In psychotherapy, it is generally proposed that the beginning of coping consists of naming the problem or issue with which one is having difficulties. But giving a name is insufficient. Stories must be told...
Shira Rubin: Dishonest Reporting on Israel
Shira Rubin, a journalist based in Jerusalem, wrote an article that was published yesterday (October 7) in USA Today, called: Israeli forces, Palestinians clash amid escalating violence in West Bank. It was the only...
Bassam Eid and Naftali Bennett Seem to Agree
Palestinian Arabs and The Jewish Home party may seem like strange bedfellows but sometimes life offers truths that fiction would never dare propose. The Arabs might actually not think too badly of the solution...
Beit Shearim – Don’t Miss It!
A friend was visiting me from the USA and we wanted to see something interesting but had only the morning hours for our trip. I decided to take her to Beit Shearim as I...
Two Terrorists Taken Down, One Unimpeachably and the Other Shamefully
Two videos made it online after the weekend terror attacks in the Old City of Jerusalem. Both make my blood curdle and my heart break. One makes me ashamed. In the first, we see,...
