Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Israel is Infested with Termites . . . August 31, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments No, you will not read about this in the news because it is a metaphor. Israel is like the house in which one chair hosts a termite or two. Left…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Illegal Outposts: Creating Facts on the Ground, Who Cares? August 26, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments I find it ironic that one month after Prime Minister Netanyahu lost the premiership the Likud tabled a bill to extend Israeli law (solely in order to embarrass the new…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Decolonizing Haifa — Translation of Course Description August 26, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments A course offered in a municipally owned building and paid for with municipal tax monies is teaching anti-Zionist activists another chapter in operating against the state in which they live.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Times of Israel Pushes West Bank Over Judea and Samaria August 20, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments In today’s edition of the Times of Israel (TOI), an article talks about an incident happening in the ‘West Bank’. Granted, the article appears below-the-fold, an Internet term meaning that…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Israeli Journalists have a Huge Responsibility to Get it Right, No? August 19, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments It does not help when Israeli journalists publishing in Israeli websites do not provide reliable information upon which readers can build an understanding of the context relevant to their articles.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking What the Hell is Behind What is Going on in Area C? August 15, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments In spite of having followed the news for many years, in spite of having taken an interest in the Oslo Accords and its repercussions for Israel and for the residents…
Academic & Journalistic Topics Book Reviews Gifts Tessler: Is One Sentence Enough to Reject an Entire 900-Page Book? August 12, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments What chance does truth have when you find something like this in a book that is likely used as a university text? University of Michigan Professor Mark Tessler has an…