UAE-Israel Deal: Just a Distraction?
I just heard that some are saying that the UAE-Israel normalization deal is just a ruse by which Bibi can distract us from his failure in controlling the Corona pandemic in Israel. Well, that must mean that the UAE-Israel deal is, in fact, just a ruse by which Bibi can distract us from the criminal […]
After Celebrating the Heroes….What Then?
Good Samaritans, heroes in fact, are in the news for about a week. After the celebrations of their heroism die down, they and their families are forgotten. Journalist Liat Ron of Radio Tsafon kept in touch with the family left behind by Moti Ben Shabbat of Nahariya after he perished in the flood waters saving […]
Only in Israel: Human Rights Activists Against Human Rights
I wonder if it is only in Israel or concerning Israel that we find human rights activists fighting human rights. And our government does not seem to know how to deal with it. In this case, we have a supposed human rights organization fighting the human rights of the disabled, the elderly and young children […]
Israeli Deterrence: Now You See it / Now You Don’t / See it?
Israel has long prided herself on deterrence to keep the Arab states at bay and reduce their enthusiasm for challenging her on the battlefield. However, it seems that this deterrence factor has been slowly nibbled at and whittled down to the point at which many wonder if anything is left. And then, along comes something […]
Was it Right to Display the Lebanese flag on Tel Aviv City Hall?
There are two serious questions that arise regarding Israel’s response to the August 4th explosion tragedy in Beirut, Lebanon. The first concerns the offer of humanitarian aid to the country, one that is officially at war with Israel, and the second concerns the wisdom of displaying the Lebanese flag in lights on Tel Aviv City […]
Israel Pays Terrorist Salaries from Citizens’ Taxes
We criticize the Palestinian Authority (PA) for giving life-time salaries to terrorists, the amount determined by how many Jews they killed. And if the terrorist was killed in action, then his or her family gets the pension. We protest to foreigners to stop what has come to be called pay-for-slay. Our government even legislated against […]
Nation State Law: Arab IDF Commander-in-Chief? Arab Prime Minister?
In his article in Yisrael Hayom, law professor Dr Shaul Sharf asks an interesting question against the background of the Knesset vote last Wednesday (July 29) rejecting a bill to amend the two-year-old Law. Sharf asks: does the existence on the books of Israel’s Nation State Law make having an Arab IDF Commander-in-Chief a good […]
What does the Nation State Law Actually Say?
All hell broke loose on 19 July 2018 when the Knesset passed the bill at its third reading and we saw the birth of the Nation State Law. There were demonstrations across the country protesting what was claimed to officially cement Israel’s minority populations as having second-class status. The Arabs were out in protest. About […]
Israeli Arab pro-Zionist Voices Growing Louder and Surer
For me, it began six years ago with Mohammad Zoabi, the first Israeli Arab pro-Zionist to whom I was exposed. Do you remember that video in which Mohammad pleaded, in English, Hebrew and Arabic, to the terrorists who abducted the three Israeli teenage boys to return them home alive and well? He was referring to […]
Changing Antisemitic Minds One at a Time
How do you fight all the noise, the accusations and curses hurled at anyone who dares to support Israel? How do you make people stop and think? Those attempting to combat the rabid anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism on social media know how disheartening that can be. Many give up in despair. Leaving the haters in their […]