Links My Work Elsewhere Syrian Refugees Don’t Stay Home to Fight for Syria April 29, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Do Syrians feel Syrian enough to fight back? Raihan Ismail, a panelist on an Australian TV discussion, seems to think not. Of course, she doesn’t say that outright, but she…
Links My Work Elsewhere Reflections on the French Flag Filter on Facebook April 29, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Do you love it or hate it when you see people putting the French flag filter over their Facebook profile pics? Do you love it or hate it when people…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Why Should You Not Support Israel’s Right to Exist April 29, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I’m so sick of hearing all the reasons why people should support Israel’s right to exist. Things like this, for example: Israel does so much good around the world. The…
Current Events Jew-Hate Soccer Is Not Just Soccer When Jews Compete Against Arabs April 28, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Leave it to Gideon Levy to turn a soccer spat into an indictment of our nation. I’m sure Levy cares deeply about Israel’s soul and that is why he never…
Current Events Jew-Hate How Many Candies is a Jewish Life Worth? April 23, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I am just wondering about proportionality and disproportionality regarding the relative numbers of candies tossed about to ecstatic Palestinian Arabs celebrating each newly decorated shaheed (martyr). What I mean is:…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Stav Shaffir: Asking for a Revolution April 20, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments At the JStreet Gala on 18 April 2016, MK Stav Shaffir asked for something revolutionary to happen in Israel. She declared: In the exact same way we have revolutionized Israel’s…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking UNESCO: The Eiffel Tower is a Sacred Muslim Site April 18, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments AMMAN, 18 April 2035 – the Jordan Daily News triumphantly proclaims that Item 19 of the 227th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board approved the resolution reaffirming that Burj Hadid…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Jewish-Arab Pro-Peace Activism in Public Spaces April 16, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Into what kind of environment has Stav Shaffir agreed to put herself when she addresses the April 18, 2016 JStreet Gala event? As a Labour Party Member of Knesset, she…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Watch Your Language, Ynetnews! April 13, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments As we wage war against the demonization of Israel, it is important that at least Israeli newspapers and news sites stop using language that plays into the hands of our…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Checkpoints Don’t Erase Your Freedom of Choice April 9, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I accept the fact that Israeli security checkpoints dotting the landscape in the Palestinian Authority (PA) make travel around the PA harder for the Arabs living there – you know…