Sweet Boys……..
Israel Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir has a surprising way of describing a group of Jewish terrorists. His “sweet boys” (probably with their brothers, fathers and uncles), last week rampaged through Palestinian villages, burning houses, cars and everything else in their way. These “sweet boys” have for months been destroying Palestinian agricultural crops, burning […]
Demonstrating for Real Democracy
For twenty-two weeks now (and counting!) a remarkable phenomenon has overwhelmed Israel and both its citizens and politicians. Every Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Israelis leave the comfort of their homes to take part in massive protests being held all over the country. From the main event in Tel Aviv, with people spread out all […]
The Perfect Parents
Being a parent in Israel, or most other places for that matter, is not easy and includes hard work and many worries, but a couple of Kestrels (falcon) can afford to be perfect. I have the privilege of living in a moshav with a large garden around my house, which after 25 years has become […]
The Price we Pay for the Netanyahu Government
After five days of war in the Gaza strip, during which dozens of civilians in Gaza were killed (including children) as well as one Israeli woman, a cease-fire was declared and this round of mindless and useless violence apparently has ended. Netanyahu reportedly “basked” in the exceptional success of the operation and surely was most […]
What Netanyahu Will Do to Survive
Only a couple of days ago, Itamar Ben-Gvir and his fascist faction in the Israeli government, announced that his people would no longer take part in decisions made by the government or vote for government-sponsored bills in the Knesset. Ben-Gvir claims he cannot longer condone the inaction by this “really rightwing” government and demands that […]
Zionism Made Racist (Or was it Always?)
In 2018, the Israeli Knesset passed the “Nation-State law” which declares the superiority of Israeli Jews over all other Israelis and makes Israel the home of the Israeli Jews and of the Jews only. Discriminatory? Racist? Not according to the Israeli Supreme Court, that in 2021 stated that since the law is “Declarative” only and […]
Of Iran, the Temple Mount and Money vs. Halacha
The Israeli Army has in the past couple of days, deployed additional air defense systems in various places in Israel. The systems have been deployed in such a way that they appear to be intended to provide defense against possible rocket attacks from the north. This of course in contrast to the “routine” rocket attacks […]
Israel’s Biggest Threat: Binyamin Netanyahu
The destruction of the Judicial system in Israel is going ahead full speed and until now, the unprecedented intensity of the protests notwithstanding, the government has not shown the slightest hint that it will halt the legislation and Netanyahu even fired his defense minister, after the latter dared voicing his opinion that the events of […]
When No Compromise is Possible
The new buzzword in the Israeli Judicial crisis has been in the last few days “Compromise”. The president, Yitzhak Herzog, has published a “Compromise“ proposal to replace the “reform” proposals by the government. This compromise is supposed to become acceptable to all sides, including both the Fascist extremists in the government, as well as the […]
The Real Israel
During the past week, the events surrounding the “Judicial Reform” that the government is adamant to move forward as quickly as possible, have pushed aside other, less sensational news. The demonstrations and the nonsense going on in the Knesset drowned out a small inconsequential story, which however, gives us a better picture of Israel today […]
