Will the Real Palestinian Please Stand Up!
Out there, in the world, all the walls were covered with graffiti: ‘Yids, go back to Palestine,’ so we came back to Palestine, and now the worldatlarge [sic] shouts at us: ‘Yids, get out of Palestine.’ Thus wrote Amos Oz (a renowned left-leaning author) in his book, A Tale of Love and Darkness (2004). So […]
Israel’s First Step as a Modern Nation: Appeasement!
True to tradition, many leftist Jews in Israel and outside keep clamouring for far-reaching and potentially dangerous Israeli concessions to a so-called Palestinian people whose leaders do not seem genuinely amenable to a peaceful end to the conflict. They usually implicate Netanyahu alone as the source of the problem. And they suggest that the “Palestinian” […]
Sheri Oz: When a Judge Says She Was Raped
From the article: Allegations of rape seem to bring out all the arm-chair “experts” who talk as if they know the truth about what “really” happened and are not meek about sharing their “expertise” with the rest of us. I, who have spent my entire professional life (about 30 years) working in the field of […]
Healing from Collective Trauma – Identifying The Real Nakba
When the dust settles and a recently invented Palestinian people will have their own state (or not – but we will assume for the moment that such a state will arise), how will they heal from their collective trauma? When they will be free to evaluate what really happened to them, will they re-define their […]
Bellerose: Indigenous Rights – Learning the Basics
From Ryan Bellerose’s article: If conquerors can become indigenous, then the white Europeans who came to my indigenous lands in North America could now claim to be indigenous. The white Europeans who went to Australia and New Zealand could now claim to be indigenous. If we, even once, allow that argument to be made, indigenous […]
Former Refugees Have a Dream: A Kibbutz in South Sudan
Three former refugees who sheltered in Israel returned home with mixed feelings, gratitude, new knowhow – and drive to transform not only their own lives, but their fledgling country. This article was originally published in Haaretz – August 2013. Juba, the capital of South Sudan, is a frenzy of activity. New buildings are rising […]
Abu Zeid – My Very Favourite Fish Restaurant in Haifa
Of the four fish restaurants in Bat Galim, a small insular neighbourhood along the Mediterranean, there is only one to which I now take visitors and guests: Abu Zeid Restaurant. Here is why: The food is good (I don’t eat meat, only fish with scales so I can only attest to the fish). The food […]
Photos of Bat Galim Beach
Walking along the beach in Bat Galim, only a two-minute walk from my home, often presents many opportunities to take photos. Who doesn’t love the sunset, the lapping of waves against the rocks, sandy beaches! Here are 8 photos and I’m sure to add more with time.
While Eyes Are On Syria, Abbas Wants to Cancel Oslo
Looks like Abbas is scrambling, looking for a way to hang onto the little he has. Apparently, the threatened cancellation of the Oslo Accords is a step toward unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood. If, in summer 2014, Egypt considered giving up part of the Sinai to build a large and sustainable Palestine contiguous with Gaza, […]
I Wish I Was an Israeli Leftist
Life would be so much easier if I could just let myself go back to being a Leftist. I could beat my compassionate heart for all to see, proud of my righteousness, proud of my humanity. I would not have been called a fascist by academic friends who look at me as if I have […]