Current Events First-Hand and Investigative How did a hated Alawite get to be president of a Muslim Syria? April 21, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments If some Syrian Alawites think they are Muslims, I can be forgiven for having thought that too. Isn’t that curious? That many Alawites born after 1971 in Syria make that…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Yusef, an Alawite Syrian who escaped the atrocities April 21, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments All I did was introduce myself as an Israeli journalist and Yusef (not his real name), who wants the plight of the Alawites to be told to the world, quickly…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Ethnic cleansing in our neighbour just north of us April 21, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments Just north of us there is ethnic cleansing going on at this very moment. I have been put in touch with a few Alawite individuals who I am interviewing to…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Victory and Resilience alongside Despair: Passover 2025 April 16, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments Count the number of Passover Seders held this year in Israel and the Diaspora (and the latter get two, one for each side of the family) and that is a…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Author John Matthews should try playing peace-maker in his own sandbox April 7, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments Author John Matthews has just written an article with the boastful, pretentious title, “The Ultimate, Definitive Peace Plan.” Matthews is like all those who come up with all kinds of…
Uncategorized Mercy or Justice? A question that concerns not only Israel. March 10, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments A Facebook post from 17 January resonated with me and I offer it to you for your reflection. It is still relevant today. One of my kids (not mine, Sara’s)…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Trump’s Plan: Transfer is bad, racist, right? Maybe it’s racist to be opposed to this January 31, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments Yes, when you call Trump’s Plan ‘transfer,’ it sounds really bad. Scornful. Leans toward a situation in which you can call Israelis that thing we are afraid of being called:…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Tal Hartuv talks about justice, mercy, and risking letting go January 23, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments After having been a strong spokeswoman combatting the Palestinian Authority’s pay-for-slay salaries-and-retirement-plan for terrorists, Tal Hartuv went silent for a number of years. After Oct 7th, she began speaking publicly…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Hostage Deal: Both Sides of the Coin January 20, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments We ALL want ALL the hostages home. We all want the surviving hostages reunited with their families and beginning the work of rehabilitation and building their futures and we want…
2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Israel’s “Sophie’s Choice” hostage deal would drive anyone to drink January 8, 2025 Sherry Oz No Comments In American author William Styron’s novel, Sophie’s Choice, Sophie was forced, at Auschwitz, to choose which of her two children would be sent to the gas chamber and which would…