Humane Anti-Semitism
The latest controversy in Europe labelled by Jewish organizations as “Anti-Semitic” centers around an absurd contradiction in terms: “The HUMANE Slaughter of Animals”. Slaughter means (primarily): The Violent killing of animals, for Food. It appears that if the slaughter of animals can possibly be done in a “humane” manner, why should it be limited to […]
Thank you for Not Creating me a Woman
This week it is Hanukah, the Jewish Festival of Light, with candles being lit daily and jelly donuts being eaten in large quantities. Children are on vacation and in regular years, in most municipalities, theater shows are held for their entertainment. This year, with the Corona limitations, the shows are still being organized but will […]
Corona in Israel: Incompetence, Stupidity and Lack of Trust
With the start of the supply to Israel of the Corona vaccine, there is hope that the crisis may be coming to an end and that our lives can return to normal (as far as “normal” is possible here). But the vaccination process is going to take months at least and there are serious questions […]
The Spy who should be left out in the Cold
Jonathan Pollard. Is he really an Israeli Hero? Or no more than a thief who made the biggest mistake a thief can make and got caught? In Israel, the opinions are divided, and they have been ever since Pollard was caught by the FBI in Washington in 1985 and later convicted of leaking classified materials […]
Budget Games
The end of the year is rapidly approaching but Israel still does not have a State Budget for the next year, 2021, which promises to be exceedingly challenging. Moreover, Israel does not have a State Budget for the current year even though according to the Coalition Agreement, a two-year budget (20-21) should have been passed. […]
Of Bad Taste and Dictatorship
This week, two demonstrations (one pro-Bibi, and one anti-Bibi) made the news, even though demonstrations have become almost a routine and the media (depending on their political inclination) have settled into de facto reporting without too much passion. The pro-Bibi demonstration took place in Caesarea, where die-hard likudniks with Orly Lev in the forefront, gathered […]
The Beginning of the Vaccine Wars
For almost nine months now, the world has been in the ban of the Covid-19 crisis, with more than 55 million people infected and almost 1.4 million deaths. Immediately with the appearance of the virus in China, pharmaceutical companies have started efforts to develop either a cure for the disease or preferably a vaccine. While […]
The end of a (pipe) dream
“With Biden in the White House we will have a war with Iran”. “Biden will return us to the ’67 borders”. “Biden will agree to a Palestinian State”. “Biden is going back to the Iran Nuclear Accord”. These are just some of the panic reactions heard in Israel from mostly right-wing politicians, who believe that […]
Peace at a Price
In the past couple of months, almost miraculously, the American President, Donald Trump (not known as the greatest diplomat), managed to do what has eluded others for many years. He convinced Arab States to enter into peace and normalization agreements with Israel. The fact that the States that at this point have made that step, […]
The disasters that led to The Rabin Murder
This week it is twenty-five years ago that Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel was assassinated. The murder was the culmination of months of incitement against Rabin by his political opponents and by the religious establishment. And no matter what is being said and written about the assassination, Israel never recovered from it, and sometimes […]
