Ofir Katz and the Yazbak Law: Will This Help?
Many Israelis wonder how it is possible that elected officials who support acts of terror against the very nation in whose legislature they sit were allowed to run in the first place. The legitimacy of the candidacies of a number of Arab Members of Knesset and one Jew who hold such views have been challenged […]
Happy Independence Day — If You Celebrate It
In what other country in the world would you find a major university qualifying their Independence Day greeting to students? What does that little “if you celebrate it” do to those who see it? Who would even think up such a thing? Or am I making a mountain out of a molehill? During Israel’s Independence […]
The Occupation Causes Schizophrenia
A new article, entitled “Schizophrenia in the Context of Mental Health Services in Palestine”, reviews the literature concerning problems treating schizophrenic patients in the Palestinian Authority (PA). All authors are faculty at the An-Najah National University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Nablus. The article appears on the website of a relatively highly ranked […]
Did This Happen Because Arabic was Demoted?
In which case, the Arab parliamentarians in Israel may either jump for joy or sigh in relief. Or is it because anti-Zionist Arabs running for public office are treated differently by Israel’s Supreme Court than Jewish candidates against whom the claim is made that they are racist? In any case, here is the story: In […]
LOL — Calling Hebron Occupied and then Showing the 97% that is not.
News of the impending appropriation of a few meters of land, the few meters required to build an accessiblity elevator to the Cave of the Patriarchs, has resulted in the production of the amusing propaganda video in the Tweet below. Let me show you how many errors there are in this very short piece if […]
Defence-Minister-for- not-much-longer, Naftali Bennett, Takes the Bull by the Horns
Defence Minister Bennett has strong ideas. And he has started openly talking his mind directly to the public. By doing this, he may prevent the civil unrest that is seething right now like a volcano getting ready to burst. In a press conference he held today, Bennett told us that just this morning he learned […]
OK Litzman. Dayenu!
As if it was not enough that Health Minister Yaakov Litzman allegedly obstructed justice by influencing the psychiatric reports offered to the courts considering the extradition of Malka Leifer. The former school principle is wanted in Australia on 74 counts of child abuse. As if it was not enough that Health Minister Yaakov Litzman permitted […]
Journalists Play “Fish” With the News
I once thought that journalists and media outlets were interested in reporting on the news-as-it-is and not the news-as-they-want-it-to-be. Silly me! Here is a recent fishing expedition brought to our attention on Twitter. It shows us how journalists play “Fish”. You know the kids’ game I am referring to? Where if you do not have […]
Is Israeli Democracy in Danger?
Horrified Israeli voters on the left shout and curse at those of us on the right, telling us that Bibi is destroying Israeli democracy. They refuse to consider that perhaps the problem is the justice system more than anything else. Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked tried to make inroads in balancing the Supreme Court with […]
Aislin: Swastika for Freedom in the Montreal Gazette
I was invited to sign a petition. I did. And I shared the petition with my Facebook friends. Only after one of them asked to see the actual Aislin cartoon “in print” did I begin to explore what turned out to be an interesting topic. Let me tell you what I found. And let me […]