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Just One More Unremarkable Arrest 10 Apr 2013 | 02:40 am
A friend wrote to us about a young ill Palestinian mother who was recently arrested in the West Bank, and their efforts to free her. This is the kind of ocurrence that happens routinely, yet is rarely...
Today in Jayyous 8 Mar 2013 | 11:34 pm
A picture of tear gas being shot by the Israeli army on unarmed protesters in the Palestinian village of Jayyous, who are holding Friday demonstrations to protest their land being taken by Israel. Pho...
Israeli Voters Upset with Bibi – But will they Upset him Back? 20 Jan 2013 | 07:22 pm
Over the past couple of months, there seems to have developed growing disconnect between most of Israel’s political analysts – and the actual dynamics of the campaign for Israel’s general elections, w...
Israeli Elections: Labor party leader pays steep price for ignoring Occupation 10 Dec 2012 | 07:08 pm
As events in Egypt, Syria and Palestine heat up… …The nation-state in the middle of all this, Israel, has had its own share of high political drama. True, instead of blood, only tears and virtual ink ...
Gaza Ceasefire: Giving Thanks to President Obama 23 Nov 2012 | 10:19 pm
There is a ceasefire in Gaza. It remains to be seen if and when the promise to open Gaza to normal civilian movement, laconically stated in the ceasefire agreement, will be fulfilled. On Friday, less ...
Let’s Stop Bibi Netanyahu’s Sickening “Wag the Dog” Ploy 16 Nov 2012 | 10:25 pm
Part of expatriate life is worrying for the health of elderly overseas parents. My father-in-law’s health is bad enough to worry about, even without this recent crap. My wife’s parents live in Moshav ...
How NOT to Introduce New Green-Tech: The Cautionary Tale of Israel’s “Better Place” 10 Oct 2012 | 06:25 pm
We have just ended four weeks during which Israeli business and politics were almost completely shut down due to a spate of Jewish holidays. There’s a known refrain in Hebrew: “After the Holidays”, me...
Netanyahu’s UN Speech also had REALLY-NOT-FUNNY parts… 4 Oct 2012 | 06:36 pm
…but they were completely upstaged by his Wile E. Coyote climax. These parts are highly worth revisiting. Bibi’s brazen, out-and-out racism and lunatic brand of nationalist-supremacy, were expressed i...
Bibi’s Wile E. Coyote UN Speech: a Symbol of Right-Wing Politicians’ Disdain for Everyone 28 Sep 2012 | 07:49 pm
Beyond everything else, it was a good laugh. Here he is, the Village Idiot that my countrymen and women back home cannot find a way to get rid of, standing on the United Nations podium with the smug s...
Hiroshima Survivors to Visit Israel 24 Aug 2012 | 08:52 am
The Hibakusha Peace Boat Project The Hibakusha Peace Boat Project is a unique, civil society initiative that enables Hibakusha (survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki) to participa...
