Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Jit: Another instance of settler violence! Let’s think about this a bit. August 22, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments As far as I can gather, the incident in the Arab town of Jit on August 15 is a case meriting unequivocal condemnation. It is different from the case of…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Givat Ronen Attack: Did it happen as reported? August 13, 2024 Sherry Oz No Comments On Friday, 9 August, there was a serious incident in Givat Ronen, a hilltop outpost near the ancient city of Shechem, a city that the Arabs call Nablus (the Romans…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking This is how a case against those pesky settlers is made December 15, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Ah! “Settler violence!” That dangerous phenomenon that must be quashed. Biden is holding back licences for selling 20,000 American-made rifles to Israel “on the charge that they would be distributed…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Are Israeli English-language news sites supporting or undermining Israel? December 6, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments How much balanced reporting is there on Israeli English-language mainstream news sites? Last week, the Jerusalem Post published an article with the following title and snippet: Israeli violence against Palestinians,…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Hilltop Youth: True Moral Bankruptcy in Israel March 2, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Meretz Party MK Mossi Raz, among others, is on a campaign (rampage?) to demonize all the Jews living in Judea-Samaria. At the beginning of the month, he posted a Tweet…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative El-Mufaqara, Avigayil, and Havat Maon: Where did my anger get me? January 19, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments This is a story borne out of anger. I was angry at the apparent one-sidedness of the reporting at what happened at el-Mufaqara and the way it seemed everyone I…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Finally! Settlers film one instance Showing What they have been up against. December 31, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments On Wednesday 15 December, a video was released showing Arabs angrily pulling up young olive trees next to the Jewish community of Avigayil in Judea-Samaria. It was unique in having…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Susiya Playground: Debunking a Fake News Report about Settler “Violence” December 30, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments While this article was originally published in United with Israel on 11 November 2021, it remains relevant as the “Susiya playground attack” is still being brought up by anti-Israeli propagandists…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Firing Zone 918 and why the Increased Violence in South Hebron Hills NOW? November 21, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments Not only is the news replete with an intensity and frequency of violence in the South Hebron Hills region that has not been seen for a long time, but all…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Preparations for a Bloody Shabbat . . . Foiled! November 13, 2021 Sherry Oz No Comments Basel Adra, a very prolific B’Tselem “journalist” and activist bemoaned the fact that yesterday the IDF entered his village, a-Tuwani, and searched all the houses: This morning the occupation forces…