Is This a Sign of Things to Come?
Rabin once called it “The Association for the Rights of Hamas” and yet our government seemed to have seen fit to send representatives to a conference they are holding next week. SEEMED, past tense. Because while the office of the Justice Ministry saw nothing wrong in sending a senior staff member to speak at the […]
Israeli & Palestinian Narratives: How Academics Shape History
Professor Emeritus Shifra Sagy is a prolific writer of academic papers. Her 2002 paper, entitled “Interpretations of the Past and Expectations for the Future Among Israeli and Palestinian Youth“, has so far been cited by authors of 70 articles, including one published recently that led me to her article. In this work, she and colleagues […]
Odeh Misleads Tel Aviv Leftists Before Election
Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab party, the Joint List, held a campaign meeting at a coffee shop in Tel Aviv, seeking to persuade Jewish leftists to vote for them today. I have a lot of problems with this man and other members of the Joint List, but I ask that they at least do […]
Quebec Terrorists, the Israeli Joint Arab List and Democracy
Just before the third round of elections in 11 months, I reflect upon the fact that we have in our Knesset legislators who seem to work against the best interests of our Jewish nation. Some praise terrorists and some seem to be working more for the Palestinian Authority (PA) than for the local electorate that […]
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 […]