Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Moshe Koppel: Redheads and Israel’s Supreme Court June 16, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Are proposed efforts to make changes in the way the Judicial Branch of government works a threat to our democracy or is the way it currently works the threat? Moshe…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Palestine? Things that make me go “hmmm” June 13, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments A cute map shows countries labelled with the literal translations of their names. Spain, for example, apparently means “Land of Many Rabbits”, Mali means “Hippopotamus”, Sierra Leone is “Lion Mountains”.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Do not let them give a prize to boycotters, even if they are Israeli June 4, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments The owner of a McDonald’s in Tel Aviv, who boycotts Jews who live in Judea&Samaria has applied to get a franchise in Ben Gurion Airport. In Israel, there is a…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking 5 Arab Parties in Israel You’ve Never Heard About April 12, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Most have heard of the Joint List, but there are over 10 other Arab-oriented parties, five of which are running for the 21st Knesset on April 9, 2019. Here is…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking What Happened to Hadash in Rehovot and Baka al-Garbiya? March 25, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Today Ofer Cassif was supposed to speak in a hall rented out by B’nai Brith in Rehovot as part of the vigourous campaign being run by the communist party, Hadash.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Palestinian Authority Residents Fed Up With Their Ruling Tunisian Mafia March 4, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Early this afternoon (3 Feb 2019), a storm started brewing in Ramallah in the Palestinian Authority. But this is not the kind of winter storm one expects. This is the…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Arab Israeli Right-winger Wants To Be Safe March 3, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments I met an Arab Israeli who belongs to a right-wing party. That does not happen much. Sayid (not his real name) is not running for office. He is just a…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking One Street in Hebron? One Street? Really, BBC? One Street? February 23, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments The BBC produced a beautiful website promoting anti-Israeli Breaking-the-Silence propaganda on a sleek enviable platform. They called it: “Hebron: One Street, two sides“. Take a look at it; this is…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Fighting Terror By Draining Their Stash February 15, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Well, if not their stash, then the virtual pipes through which their stash flows on its way to their computers, after which it is impossible to touch. In our modern…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking How Not To Break ‘Breaking The Silence’ February 9, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments A few days ago, Breaking the Silence sent out a celebratory email to their subscribers, in English and in Hebrew, marking their victory against those who want to silence them.…