Arabs Against Themselves, Part I – Even MADA is not safe in Arab towns
Why should a paramedic/ambulance driver from Magen David Adom (Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross) have to fear for her life when she goes into an Arab town to save a life? Here is one story. I am reporting on this now, against the backdrop of the current noise in the media about having to […]
Armenian Ceramics in Jerusalem: Take Care Not to Add Fuel to the Anti-Israel Fire
It made me sad to find reason to write a political piece that hones in on small details in a fascinating book telling the life story of David Ohannessian, the man who colourfully tiled the Old City of Jerusalem and established the traditional Armenian hand painted ceramics industry in Israel. These small details, however, raised […]
What if the Palestinian Refugees were …. ?
What do you think would have happened if the Palestinian Arabs languishing in refugee camps in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and even in the Palestinian Authority (yes, the PA keeps their own people in refugee camps within their own territory under their own control) were Jewish rather than Arabs? What if they simply were just not-‘Palestinian’-Arabs? […]
Israel is Infested with Termites . . .
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 unfumigated, the termites multiply and attack more chairs and tables until serious damage, perhaps irreparable, has been done to the furniture in your house. If […]
Illegal Outposts: Creating Facts on the Ground, Who Cares?
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 PM Naftali Bennett) over the Jordan Valley and parts of Area C in Judea & Samaria when they did nothing over the 12 years they […]
Decolonizing Haifa — Translation of Course Description
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. Because there is no English translation for this course promotion blurb on their website, I am translating it here in full below the image of […]
Times of Israel Pushes West Bank Over Judea and Samaria
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 it is not what visitors to the site first see when they open the site, but anyone who browses the site or who finds the […]
Israeli Journalists have a Huge Responsibility to Get it Right, No?
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. I am referring here to the anticipated approval of construction permits for Arabs residing in legal Arab villages within Area C that is now in […]
What the Hell is Behind What is Going on in Area C?
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 of the Palestinian Authority the Accords created, I must admit that it has taken me a long time to understand the workings of the division […]
Tessler: Is One Sentence Enough to Reject an Entire 900-Page Book?
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 impressive resume (see here). He has studied and conducted research in Arab countries and in Israel. I thoroughly enjoyed and found the first chapter of […]