Counting Jews
A couple of days ago, I read an interesting article in the March issue of “The New Yorker”, titled “But Who’s Counting”. The article, written by Ms. Jill Lepore, discusses the history of the phenomenon called “Census”. It is interesting to read how the need of countries, kings and dictators through all time, to count […]
A Czar to fight the Corona virus in Israel
After more than five months in which the Corona virus has wreaked havoc with our daily lives, and endless discussions about the need to have somebody in charge, somebody with both the knowledge and the experience as well as the authority to make decisions, Israel finally appointed Prof. Ronni Chamzu to be the Corona Czar. […]
ElAl — National Pride in Israeli Skies?
The Israeli airline ElAl has been in serious trouble as a result of the Corona crisis. Employees have been fired or sent on leave without pay. Customers are being kept in the dark as to restitutions for unused tickets. Planes are being sold or refurbished for Cargo duty. The company has been pressuring the government […]
Jewish Money is not meant for Refugees
Yesterday, there was a small item in some of the Israel press, regarding funding for NGO’s. Not something surprising or unexpected, and most likely most people who even bothered to read the item, forgot about it as soon as they finished it. Finance minister Israel Katz, has delayed the approval of emergency funds to NGO’s […]
Foreign Influence and Money in Israeli daily Life
With increasing insistence (and maybe irritation) the American government has been raising the issue of Chinese involvement in Israeli companies and infrastructure and veiled threats have been made that such involvement may damage relations between Israel and the U.S. in areas such as politics and commerce. The Americans are (supposedly) worried about security issues, whereby […]
Does the Corona Virus Affect the Brain?
A couple of days ago, my brother, who lives in Holland, send me a message with an article that (apparently) was quite widespread in World news media. It showed a group of Israelis, visiting one of the many nature parks in Israel, and HUGGING TREES. In an effort to get Israelis to go out and […]
Poverty and Hunger in Israel — Nothing New!
It is already a week ago that one of our ministers, Tzachi Hanegbi, declared as “nonsense”( a cleaned-up expression), the statement that in Israel as a result of the Corona crisis, people are going hungry. Of course this incredible uttering was quickly overtaken by other scandalous events of which we have no lack, but the […]
Annexation, applying sovereignty, or just simple land theft?
It all started fifty three years ago, after the Six Day War in June 1967, when Israel occupied the West Bank of the Jordan river, and with it, (in today’s numbers) approx. 2.7 million Palestinians. After the euphoria had died down somewhat, the planning of how to hold on to these newly occupied lands began, […]
Corona and Science
After five months of Corona virus crisis, there is no indication that the pandemic is letting up, and maybe the opposite is true. The number of new patients is again rising very steeply and with that also the confusion and uncertainty. No doubt that the behavior of the Israeli government is a major source of […]
Elon Moreh
Last week, the Jerusalem Post featured an article titled “Giving Up on Elon Moreh is Like Giving up on the Temple Mount”. That headline caught my eye and while I waited for it to open on my laptop, I wondered about the similarities between Elon Moreh and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and the only […]
