Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Apartheid in London? Making Jews “feel” safe. September 4, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments With antisemitic incidents surging in London, the British capital city has introduced a new bus route to help Jewish residents “feel safe” when they travel. Thus began an article in…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Famous ‘Pew Research Center’ helps promote Israel apartheid lie June 24, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments Results of the latest Pew survey concerning Israel, conducted in March-April 2024, were published in a number of separate reports (‘How Israeli society has unified, and divided, in wartime,’ ‘Amid…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Yaacov Ben-Shemesh: Is it really a question of left to right? June 6, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments Dr Yaacov Ben-Shemesh, law professor at Ono Academic College, is one example of an Israeli whose views began to change before Oct 7th, and perhaps one can say that after…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking This is how a case against those pesky settlers is made December 15, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Ah! “Settler violence!” That dangerous phenomenon that must be quashed. Biden is holding back licences for selling 20,000 American-made rifles to Israel “on the charge that they would be distributed…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Is it reasonable for the Supreme Court to hear the case on the reasonableness clause? September 12, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Almost an hour ago, the session in the Supreme Court hearing arguments for and against the Reasonableness Clause, an amendment to Basic Law:Judiciary began. The proceedings are televised and each…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Just what does “unprecedented levels” of police violence mean in 2023? August 17, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments In an email to subscribers, Friends of Givat Haviva wrote that the recent long-lasting anti-judicial reform protests have brought out “unprecedented levels” of police violence against demonstrators. Haaretz has multiple…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking An unreasonable filibuster July 23, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Israel’s elected representatives wasted over 40 hours in a filibuster of proportions previously unknown in this country. The document that concretizes and enshrines this travesty, this cynical manipulation of accepted…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Smotrich’s statement about wiping out Hawara: What people forget April 12, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments When discussing judicial reform and opposition to it, people on both sides of the issue raise the problem with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and, depending on what one thinks of…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Katsover & Matar: The strategy to fight terrorism that was never tried March 1, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Firm and forceful security and thriving Jewish communities are essential, yet to effectively eradicate the roots of terrorism, a novel approach is required. An article by Yehudit Katsover and Nadia…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking The Lapid Outline reminds me of two things, neither of them good. February 18, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Lapid has sort-of answered the call to offer his counterproposals to the coalition’s bills for judicial reform. He calls it: The Lapid Outline, and he posted it on his Facebook…