Election Paralysis? Let Me Help.
Only three days until the election and perhaps you still have not decided who to vote for. Let me try to help you figure it out. You might even want to play around with it even if you have already decided. The trick is not to consider costs and benefits because we all want all […]
Did Zazim ask the residents of Umm el Fahm what they think?
Jews who seem to love to hate Israel have instigated a new project. On 18 February, the leftist NGO, Zazim, made a supplication to your wallets. My translation is below the copied message, keeping the emphasis found in the original. לא ניתן להם למחוק את הפלסטינים: בכנסת ובתקשורת מדברים בכל הזדמנות על סיפוח בקעת הירדן, אבל […]
Proof I Was Right About Jewish-Arab Dialogue Groups
Suddenly I was struck as if by lightning in the middle of the writing of this article critiquing a research study about Jewish-Arab dialogue groups. Bear with me and I will tell you why. But first, the preamble that sets the stage for my sudden understanding. * * * * * I was taken aback […]
Academic Research: Equality Among Arab and Jewish Nurses in Israel?
Can you promote academic research promoting peace if you do not tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Even if aiding and abetting distortions is an inconvenient result of being ignorant of the context in which the research was conducted? This is a critique of the second article that I opened in the […]
Distorting Peace: Academic Journal as a Propaganda Bullhorn
When the first two articles you read in a particular academic journal have serious problems in them, you may start to wonder how much store to put in the journal as a whole. This is what happened to me regarding Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. The title aroused my interest. As a retired […]
Apeirogon: Anti-Zionist Organization Gets to be a Movie
Steven Spielberg just acquired the movie rights to the new “novel”, Apeirogon, based upon a day in the lives of an Israeli father and a “Palestinian” father who both lost their daughters and later became members of the Family Forum.This is an organization that brings together bereaved families on both sides of the Israeli-“Palestinian” conflict […]
Is This the EU’s Response to Birthright?
You know that Birthright offers free trips to Israel for Jewish kids to help them reconnect with their Jewish roots, right? So in a countermove, the European Union is offering free flights and accommodations to European photographers to promote pro-Palestinian propaganda. Through this one-week visit, the selected European photographers will join young Palestinian photographers and […]
What Do Students Learn When Teachers Express their Political Views in the Classroom?
UPDATE: I have written about his latest arrest here. It seems that Meir Baruchin, a civics teacher with 30 years classroom experience, was fired from his job in Rishon LeZion for expressing his political views in the classroom. He claims that he uses his political views to open up debate among the pupils and leads […]
Kirk Douglas: Academic Study Comes Out in Time for His Memorial
Just this past month, an academic article on Kirk Douglas was published online. Called, Star Power, the article seeks to shed light on a subject so far unexplored in the research: the influence of Hollywood, in this case, of this particular actor, on the Israel-Arab conflict. British communications professor, Dr Tony Shaw, and Israeli historian […]
Ben-Dror Yemini: Not Always Saying What is Comfortable to Hear
This is my translation of an op-ed written by Ben-Dror Yemini, originally published on the Yediot Ahronot website on 6 Feb 2020 and posted here with his permission. Note that there are two topics that he undertakes in this one piece. * * * * * He Offered Praise but Brought on a Disaster It […]