Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Lapid is right: The madness must stop February 18, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments After the last Israeli coalition government collapsed, Yair Lapid became caretaker prime minister. Given that a successful incumbent prime minister often has a strong chance of reelection, Lapid likely thought…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking President Herzog must use his trip to Europe to address this most important issue January 27, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments President Isaac Herzog landed in Belgium mid-morning January 25th on an official visit to the European Union (EU) where he will speak on behalf of the State of Israel before…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking No Jews, no news! Corollary: Oh! It’s just them. November 9, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments It is commonly recognized among those who are fighting the anti-Israel propaganda machines that if Jews cannot be accused of being perpetrators of a specific instance of harm, then perpetration…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking I wish Bibi success but did he have to plagiarize Bennett? November 7, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments After all, Bibi’s success is OUR success. In a Facebook post, I accused Netanyahu of hypocrisy because of one part of what he said in his excellent Rabin Memorial Day…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Ariel Danino: Arrested getting out of car while Jewish October 19, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Ariel Danino lives in the outpost of Kumi Ori next to Yizhar. You may not agree with those setting up outposts across Judea-Samaria, but you should not confine your reading…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking IPS not relenting on inhumane conditions of Ben Uliel’s imprisonment September 25, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments I wonder if reading this will cause your heart to break as it broke mine to write it. I wonder if you will feel the rage build up inside you…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Lapid should have known better. Two major errors in his speech. September 23, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Aside from two things, I totally enjoyed Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s UN speech. Those two things, however, made me grimmace with the sheer stupidity of them. In spite of the…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking A Letter from Naftali Bennett to Us All September 19, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Below is my translation of a Facebook Post former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett put up on September 14 and it is offered here with permission. The original post is beneath…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Bennett Blinked First September 16, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments At the end of his first year as Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett was faced with the second critical decision point of his political life – the first, of course,…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Once upon a time in Israel . . . September 8, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments When I first moved to Israel and began to understand Hebrew (back in the mid 1970s), I was amazed to witness the high degree of public involvement in the political…