Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking So you want to crash the Bennett-Lapid-Ra’am Coalition…..be Careful! April 20, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments What is behind the growing pressure on Yamina and the party’s remaining loyal members to get behind calls to bring down the coalition? Who is afraid of Ra’am? Israel is…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Ahmad Tibi: For the Glory of Israel April 17, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Ahmad Tibi, a member of the Israeli Knesset for decades, loves to find tidbits he can use to beat down the country that pays his salary and supposedly to which…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Israeli Flag is a Provocation on Campus in Israel? April 9, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Bar-Ilan Univerisity tweeted yesterday that, contrary to notification received by students at the end of last month, Israeli flags CAN be put up anywhere on campus, including at the student…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking So you want the coalition to fail. And then? April 7, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments I do not understand what all the jubilation is about. Last night there was a rightwing demonstration in which there was joyful anticipation of the fall of the current coalition…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative i24 News: One Easy Way to Verify Trustworthiness of a News Story April 2, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Using Google to search for news reports of the latest incidents of alleged settler violence, I found a short list of recent articles, including one on i24 News. To my…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Usually silent Israeli Arab MKs in Arab parties not silent this time. March 30, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Israeli Knesset members from the Arab parties have not been known for denouncing terrorist attacks against their fellow citizens. Now, however, some Arab members of the Knesset are tweeting comments.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking This may seem like a little thing, but it is HUGE! March 29, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments During the month of Ramadan and on Land Day, it has become customary in Israel to expect a sudden increase in terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. There is typically particular…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Israelis debate Israel: What has to change? March 23, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments The current Russia-Ukraine war is certainly a tragedy of huge proportion. However, there is another tragedy taking place at this moment — in our very own land, a tragedy that…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Transportation Ministry: When a Road is not just a Road March 22, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments In a videoclip released recently by Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli (Labor), she proudly shows that she is developing the future of public transportation, which she has made her main mission.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Administrative Detention — Not for Arabs Alone March 13, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments An administrative detention order is now being used to hold a young Jewish man against whom no evidence has been found to support the allegation that he committed a crime.…