Ethnic cleansing in our neighbour just north of us

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 bring their stories to my readers. I sent the first of the articles to a man for him to check that nothing that I wrote […]

Smotrich’s statement about wiping out Hawara: What people forget

When discussing judicial reform and opposition to it, people on both sides of the issue raise the problem with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and, depending on what one thinks of the man, they deplore either his despicable racism or his apparent inability to curb what comes out of his mouth. He caused a domestic and […]

Enemies of the Jews – Parashat Va’ethannan: Deuteronomy 7:1-11

This passage, the last part of Parashat Va’ethannan, bothered me and I struggled with the implications of taking the words literally. These lines relate to how following the commandments (mitzvot in Hebrew) will ensure that God will honour His covenant with the Jewish people by vanquishing our enemies, thereby providing us with safety in the […]