Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Stav Shaffir: Asking for a Revolution April 20, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments At the JStreet Gala on 18 April 2016, MK Stav Shaffir asked for something revolutionary to happen in Israel. She declared: In the exact same way we have revolutionized Israel’s…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking UNESCO: The Eiffel Tower is a Sacred Muslim Site April 18, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments AMMAN, 18 April 2035 – the Jordan Daily News triumphantly proclaims that Item 19 of the 227th Session of the UNESCO Executive Board approved the resolution reaffirming that Burj Hadid…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Jewish-Arab Pro-Peace Activism in Public Spaces April 16, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Into what kind of environment has Stav Shaffir agreed to put herself when she addresses the April 18, 2016 JStreet Gala event? As a Labour Party Member of Knesset, she…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Watch Your Language, Ynetnews! April 13, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments As we wage war against the demonization of Israel, it is important that at least Israeli newspapers and news sites stop using language that plays into the hands of our…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Checkpoints Don’t Erase Your Freedom of Choice April 9, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I accept the fact that Israeli security checkpoints dotting the landscape in the Palestinian Authority (PA) make travel around the PA harder for the Arabs living there – you know…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Racism, Segregation and an Israeli MK April 6, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I take back all the excuses I made for MK Bezalel Smotrich’s reported statement that it is okay for Jews (and supposedly also Arabs) to ask to be in separate…
Current Events From Academia Long History of Jewish Self-Loathing April 6, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments As a long-time Zionist, I was exposed years ago to Jews who seem to think Zionists are evil incarnate. I have resisted using the term, self-loathing, to describe these members…
Current Events Jew-Hate The Dangerous Charisma of Gideon Levy April 3, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Gideon Levy is a brilliant and charismatic speaker. I saw him for the first time in a video of his lecture at a conference held in Washington, DC on 18…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Even This Paper Perpetuates Anti-Israel Media Bias April 1, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments The Jerusalem Post inadvertently provides support for the demonization of Israel by using language that plays into the hands of the anti-Zionists. It is in the small details that history…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Yisrael Katz: Belgian Chocolate and Terrorism March 30, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Don’t you just love it when our own government ministers unwittingly provide fodder for the media herd? Now, don’t get me wrong – I actually find nothing wrong with what…