Just a little anti-war demonstration in Haifa

The first thing I saw onThursday evening, 1 August, after getting off the bus at UNESCO Square (in front of Haifa’s Bahai gardens), were the police cars parked on the pavement encircling the roundabout. And then, as I drew closer, it appeared to me that there may be more police officers there than protestors. Perhaps […]

Haifa City Council, mayor, refuse to dismiss Sally Abed, terror supporter

Haifa, a city that prides itself on peaceful and respectful relations between Arabs and Jews, has been seeing demonstrations since Oct 7th that challenge this. Granted, there have been clashes in the past, but the country is now fighting for its life and one could expect that citizens would rally together when we are all […]

Decision Making Tool to Understand Political Position of non-Politician – Part II

There are three major issues that arose for me while writing Part I of this two-part article. Part I, that should be read first, comprises a cost-cost exercise regarding ending the Hamas-Gaza war ASAP (now) versus continuing the war and a discussion with a friend I called Molly . It is important to note that […]

Decision Making Tool to Understand Political Position of non-Politician – Part I

While a therapist, I devised a decision making tool that helped my clients sort out dilemmas and choose the alternative that best fit their values and their goals. I called it the cost-cost table because we only measure the potential costs of Alternative A versus the potential costs of Alternative B. This is different from […]