Elections Israeli Style
With three weeks to go until the elections in Israel, it is already clear that this time around it is just going to be “more of the same”. This election, like the three before it, are no longer about ideology, about what people think, about how people want to see
A Year of Corona
Israel (and the world) have now been in the grip of the Corona virus for a year and life for all has changed drastically with no clear sight on returning to “normal” routine anytime soon. The political and health authorities have several times promised that the end of the pandemic
Vaccination: Enforcement or Incentives?
The world over, Israel has been praised, and watched with envy, as large numbers of the population are being vaccinated against the Corona virus. Within weeks of the arrival of the vaccines, hundreds of thousands of people have been inoculated, starting with the medical personnel and people over the age
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
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
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
