Israel, the Unlivable!
There is a difference between having acute awareness of Israel’s many problems and saying that this place is unlivable, as I have heard a number of people moan. Those who make such a claim may have an image in their minds of what Israel is supposed to be like and the reality of her just […]
York University Admin Takes a Page From the United Nations Cookbook
If it is good enough for the UN, it must be good enough for York University. Since the negotiation process seeking to resolve the Israeli-Arab conflict (involving Arabs now living under the Palestinian Authority/Hamas) is going so well, Toronto’s York University decided to implement the same approach to a problem on their campus. They were […]
Israeli Jews Against Jewish Israel
While so many of us celebrated France’s National Assembly resolution equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, there are Jews who behave in the age-old way of self-loathing Jews, something that has a long history. A bunch of idiots wrote a letter to the French newspaper Le Monde protesting the resolution.They claim that there are antisemites among those […]
It is Real Easy to Become an Anti-Zionist
I think I am starting to understand how so many people are convinced of the anti-Zionist position and how they also become antisemitic. I have struggled with this for a long time, as have many others. I have been involved in discussions that included looking for psychological explanations. One suggestion is that Israelis who are […]
When an Elevator is Not Just an Elevator
The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron is visited by nearly a million people annually, Jews, Muslims, Christians who come to worship at the burial site of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their wives Sarah, Leah and Rivka, and tourists who come to experience the culture. But some of those who make the trip have […]
Sometimes Shows of Our Resilience Just Make Me Mad
This article makes me angry. It is supposed to warm our hearts and expand our chests in pride at Israeli resilience in the face of danger. But it made me angry. Of course I love how we Israelis come together when we are faced with danger from outside our borders. In this case, wedding […]
Israeli MKs Sucking Up to JStreet 2019
There are a number of Israelis who spoke at the 2019 JStreet National Conference and I will list them at the end of this article, but I want to focus here on the speeches of three of our elected representatives: Nitzan Horowitz, Ayman Odeh and Ehud Barak. This is not the first time an MK […]
Hadassah Hospital Showed Us how to Deal with Tibi
The writing has been on the wall for a long time, yet every time complaints are filed with the police against incitement to violence on the part of Israeli Arab members of the Knesset, the police choose to ignore them. In 2008, Israel National News website published an article about Ahmed Tibi entitled, Tibi – […]
Is Our Proud Jewish State Descending Into Chaos?
We are quickly sliding down a slippery slope and we are losing our grip on this country. In the past month we have seen two major events that, if they go unheeded, will be followed by more events that will lead us to absolute chaos in what should be our proud Jewish state. The kind […]
International Academic Journal Turns Israel into Palestine
If you are a computer or electrical engineer, you may have come across the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It ranks about mid-range among journals in that field, meaning there are likely as many journals ranked below as above this one. That makes it a not totally unattractive journal to which to submit […]