Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Minority Community Recognition — Long Overdue! August 29, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments I just got this Press Release in my email inbox. It is unfortunate that the initiative for a law cementing our relationship with minority communities among us who share our…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking The All New Annotated Israeli Declaration of Independence August 14, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments In the hullabaloo over the new Nation-State Law (see here, here and here), some people say the new Basic Law should have repeated certain parts of what is in the…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking National Law Hysteria: An Opportunity We Dare Not Miss August 11, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments While the histrionics of Arab parliamentarians in the Knesset did not move me, I was taken aback by the fierce emotional outcry by members of the Israeli Druze community to…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking National Law: Lessons Learned From Christian Lebanon (Shadi Khalloul) July 26, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments The modern State of Lebanon was established by Maronite Christians, as a shelter for them and other persecuted Christian communities in the Middle East. The goal of the founders of…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Medical Care For Non-Israeli Arabs In Israel? July 25, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments I feel conflicted. On the one hand, the humanitarian side of me is pulled to offer whatever help I can to those who need it. On the other hand, the…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking No Hope Of Changing Our National Anthem Now July 21, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments There are some Israelis – Jews and Arabs alike – who over the years have argued that Hatikva is abhorrent to our non-Jewish citizens and should be changed. It is…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Zionists and Liars: Pots and Kettles July 19, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments Jeremy Hammond has added me to his category of Zionist Liars. A shame. I prefer to sink my teeth into a good argument rather than seeing the bared teeth of…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Moriscos: What If There Had Been A UN in the 1600s? July 4, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments The irony of it all! Muslims are demanding the “Right of Return” to the homes of their ancestors in Spain.Given that they are lately being offered sympathy and condolences for…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Surest Way to the Next Holocaust June 22, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments People keep saying how Israel arose from the ashes of the Holocaust. That sounds quite eloquent but it is also quite wrong. The re-establishment of Israel as the modern state…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking ‘Peace Now’ And Racist Demographics June 17, 2018 Sherry Oz No Comments When ‘Peace Now’ began decades ago, I was among those who thought they had the right idea. Working for peace. Who could be against that? Maybe they were not racist…