The Real Problem Israel sees with the ICC Investigation
The ICC (International Criminal Court), an independent judicial organization, issued last Friday a ruling that would permit the start of an investigating procedure against Israel (and Hamas), for possible war crimes. The news caused an outcry in Israel, calling the ICC biased, Anti-Semitic (of course) while questioning its authority to perform such an investigation at […]
In the Next Haredi Funeral, they will be Burying the State of Israel
This week has shown Israelis (and the world who watched in disbelief) that there is the State of Israel and the Haredi enclaves. While in Israel, the Corona pandemic restrictions are being violated to a significant extend, in the Haredi community, the restrictions simply do not apply. The Haredi leadership has chosen to ignore the […]
The Tragic Scandal that is Israeli Politics
Israel is still struggling with the Corona virus, and even as more than a million Israelis already have received both doses of the Pfizer vaccine, the number of new patients does not decrease significantly, standing at more than 5,000 daily and the number of deaths hovers around 50 death per day. The hospitals are overburdened […]
Haredim are Above the Law
With Israel in “lock-down” for three weeks already and at least another week to come, many of us are trying to stay within the safety regulations, but at the same time to explore the limits of the lockdown rules and sometimes breaking them if “we think it is OK”. And with the rules often designed […]
Israel is an Apartheid State?
The past couple of days Israel is (again) debating the emotionally and politically burdened word “Apartheid”. After human rights organization B’tselem called Israel in a new position paper published recently, an Apartheid State, condemnations and angry denials were not long in coming. By coincidence (or not), B’tselem Director Hagai El-Ad, was scheduled to speak to […]
The End of the Netanyahu Era? And does it matter?
Last week, finally, the Israeli parliament decided (by default) on new elections, the fourth time in less than two years. No doubt a positive development. The current government surely is the worst, the most wasteful, the most corrupt and the most ineffective in the history of Israel and “good riddance” is all that is left […]
The Truth about the Vaccination Drive
The world has been watching in awe and wonder at the vaccination drive that Israel launched three weeks ago. By now almost a million and a half Israelis have received their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and today the drive to administer the second dose will start. And without any hesitation, and also to […]
Who’s the Boss?
After two weeks of not enforced and no adhered to lockdown, Israel is today heading towards a real closure, with commerce, workplaces and schools almost completely shut down and with severe limitations on gatherings and even the distance you are allowed to be away from your home. While it is clear that the hardship and […]
Anarchists of a Different Breed
For ten days now, violent demonstrations are being held, mostly in Jerusalem, to protest the death of a 17-year old boy, Ahuvya Sandak, who died when the car he was travelling in collided with a police vehicle during a chase. Sandak, together with four other boys in the car were spotted by police throwing rocks […]
The Choice Israel Will Need to Make
This week (finally) saw the end of the most embarrassing government Israel has ever had. With it, one of the major coalition partners, the Blue-White party will go to its well-deserved demise. Already seven months ago, when the coalition agreement was signed, speculations were rife if Netanyahu would keep any or all of his promises […]
