My Neighbors in Qfar Qara (still)
The below article was first published in the Jerusalem Post in December 2017. I decided to republish it because it shows that things can and should be different between neighbors in Israel, also if they are Arabs on one side and Jews on the other. But it also reminds us that politicians like Lieberman did […]
Civil War in Israel?
In the last few days, Israel has been witnessing what some have called the start of a civil war. Concurrent with the threats of an all-out war with Hamas in the Gaza strip, mixed cities in Israel (with both Jewish and Arab populations) as well as Wadi Ara, have erupted with violence. Analyst are arguing […]
Tel Aviv under Fire: Will it Solve the Israel-Palestinian Conflict?
Israel is (again) trying to deal with a flare-up in the hostilities with Hamas in the Gaza strip and it is already clear that the political echelon, and may be also the Army, have not learned anything from the previous times that Hamas or the Jihadists decided to come out and try to hit Israel. […]
Of Goyim and Strangers
“It is forbidden for the Jewish people to set up a government that includes Goyim and Strangers”. This astonishing statement was made by Ms. Daniella Weiss, during an interview with Esty Perez on the News channel (Reshet B), yesterday. Daniella Weiss is a prominent Religious Orthodox settlement leader, who has lived for years in the […]
The Meron Disaster and the Haredim
Israel is still in shock from the disaster that struck at Mt. Meron and in mourning for the 45 people that were killed there. Hospitals in the North were overwhelmed with injured that were brought in in large numbers by the rescue services. While it is still not fully clear what happened during that fateful […]
When Elections Become Irrelevant
Just when it appeared that Israeli politics couldn’t sink any lower, the people that are supposed to be our representatives set new records of public disgrace, stupidity and small-mindedness. Two weeks into the attempts to set up a right-wing coalition, which needs the support of an Arab(!) party to be able to survive, Netanyahu seems […]
Israel, A Jewish State?
Independence Day is behind us, and life is (for now) returning to its normal routine, at least until Shavuot in another month. Among the traditions of Israel’s Independence Day, in addition to the Air Force Fly-over, the ceremony at Mount Herzl, the barbeques and the fireworks, is the publication by the Israeli census bureau, of […]
The Israel Prize as a Tool to Destroy Israel Democracy
Until a couple of weeks ago, Professor Oded Goldreich was unknown to the general public in Israel even though he is an acclaimed mathematician and a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. That anonymity was suddenly broken when it became known that he was nominated to receive the Israel Prize, the most […]
The Holocaust and Israel’s Real Savior
Yesterday was “Yom HaShoah” in Israel. Holocaust Memorial Day. A day overloaded with emotions and feelings. A day with numerous ceremonies, a day with a 10 am nation-wide siren, with everybody and everything stopping in its tracks for two minutes, a day with special attention to the ever dwindling number of Holocaust survivors, (even though […]
Trials and (Political) Tribulations
Yesterday, Israel was the scene of an infuriating and saddening coincidence. While in a Jerusalem courtroom accused criminal, Prime Minister Netanyahu, stood in front of his accusers and heard the crimes he is standing trial for, at the other side of town, the Israeli president, Reuven Rivlin, received the fraction leaders of the parties just […]
