Israel and Iran: Verbally at Each Other’s Throats
With the renewal of the negotiations between Iran and the Western powers, in an effort to renew the agreement on the nuclear activities of Iran, the background noise from the two main players in this dragged out conflict, Israel and Iran, is becoming stronger and stronger and is at times overwhelming the news from the […]
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 […]
Hell on Earth: The Moria refugee Camp on Lesbos
It already was for many, Hell on Earth. But without the flames. That changed this week, when the refugee camp Moria on the Greek island of Lesbos, erupted in fire and was destroyed. The makeshift tents (often made from supermarket plastic bags), with the belongings of the refugees, the infrastructure (if you can call the […]
