Many of us here in Israel had not yet moved past the deep sadness we were carrying with regard to the terror attack in Ariel, in which a beautiful, caring young man had saved his fiancée’s life by throwing himself in front of her, right in the line of gunfire …
Read More »MYTH: Israel is responsible for blockading Gaza.
FACT: Israel cannot impose a blockade on its own. Egypt controls the southern border of the Gaza Strip and has maintained its own blockade to prevent Hamas from obtaining weapons from Iran and materials it can use to manufacture rockets to fire at Israeli cities. Egypt has demolished dozens of …
Read More »From Israel: “Hatred: Manifest and Implicit”
It is my practice, always, to begin a posting with news of a terror attack – when one occurs – before dealing with other matters. And sadly, painfully, I must do so again here: On Friday night, Vyacheslav Golev was working as a security guard at the entrance to the …
Read More »From Israel: “Tolerating What Is Intolerable!!”
The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me a modicum of temporary peace – I return now to write about the situation in Israel, which simply must not be permitted to continue as it has been going. ~~~ …
Read More »Hell hath no fury like a leftist constrained
“Haaretz” has a nervous breakdown over the removal of the Hamas flag. Sometimes seemingly insignificant events open up a world of understanding to the true state of things. This is the story of one of those events and its aftermath. Recently, the art department at Sapir College in Sderot, the …
Read More »From Israel: “No Respite from the Horror!!”
The horror is, of course, a terror attack: This one was of particularly serious dimensions (not to imply that there are terror attacks not of serious dimensions). This report is not as complete as I would have hoped, as information is still lacking and much confusion remains. Yet I want …
Read More »From Israel: The Chutzpah and the Stupidity!!
The chutzpah (gall, insolence) belongs to many of the Arabs inside of Israel and beyond. The stupidity can be attributed to those of our purported leaders who condone or tolerate that chutzpah. What prompts this description (in this instance) is what happened in recent days with regard to the Damascus …
Read More »Gaza, The Terrorist Enclave
In November 2021, the United Kingdom took the long overdue step of recognizing the entirety of the Palestinian Arab group HAMAS to be a terrorist organization. In making the decision to mark the ‘political wing’ as no different than its ‘military wing,’ British Home Secretary Priti Patel said “Hamas is …
Read More »From Israel: “A Very Narrow Bridge!!”
Many of you will recognize this phrase from the saying attributed to Reb Nachman of Breslov: “All the world is a very narrow bridge. And the main thing is not to be afraid – not to be afraid at all.” Kol ha’olam kulo gesher tsar me’od. Veha’ikar – veha’ikar lo …
Read More »From Israel: “Great Alertness and a Full Heart Required!!”
I have been sending out some very heavy material, sending it because it is important to let my readers know what’s going on, straight-on, no-frills. Sometimes there is so much to report that I struggle with what to write about first. Today is no different. I begin with news about …
Read More »From Israel: And the Plot Thickens!!
Very little that unfolds in the public domain is clear and simple. It behoves us to keep our eyes open and dig deep when there are questions. Please read to the end of this posting, for that is where you will find the biggest story, which is just in the …
Read More »The imperative of a complete ban on Hamas.
On October 1, the head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, expressed support for banning Hamas in its entirety. When questioned during a parliamentary inquiry, he stated, “Yes I would support it, but I am not the decision-maker.” Mr Burgess went further, “There’s no doubt the group as a whole does advocate …
Read More »Into the fray: Lapid on Gaza – Stupid is as stupid does
Lapid’s recent Gaza policy proposal is just one more display in an appalling catalogue of his imbecility-cum-ignorance, which, in light of his electoral success, is—in itself—a grave indictment of the Israeli voter Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe—attributed to Albert …
Read More »Between Morality and Bias.
Hamas aims to kill as many Israeli civilians as possible, but its rockets kill many more “Palestinians” than Jews because many of those rockets—in this case 680—misfire and explode inside Gaza. The death and destruction caused is, of course, usually blamed on Israel. In the 2021 May violence started by …
Read More »The big question is – can it survive and for how long? Opinion piece: July ’21
The Israeli government was formally approved on June the 13th which means that we are currently witnessing its fourth week of existence. This coalition of 8 different parties with a wide variety of ideologies has already had to weather numerous challenges. With only having been brought in by a vote …
Read More »“Palestinians” Don’t Exist – but when they do, it’s to annihilate Israel.
The phrase I am about to write may be considered more radical by modern standards than the act of supporting a Hamas missile strike on Israeli civilians, but let’s start off with a bang. “Palestinian” people do not exist. Oh, yes. I’ll even take it a step further and say …
Read More »From Israel: “Furious!!!”
I write on Tuesday night, impelled by the day’s events, knowing there are multiple stories to tell here, and that I must be succinct. Today was the Jerusalem Flag Parade, which had been postponed from Jerusalem Day because of Hamas rockets, re-scheduled for last week – when the police vetoed …
Read More »BETRAYAL: Lies, incitement & irresponsibility – the western betrayal of Israel
Israel is under attack and Israeli civilians are once more being targetted by the rockets of radical Islamic terror groups. 1000s of rockets have been fired at dozens of Israeli towns and cities. Radical Islamic terrorists are trying to kill as many innocent civilians as they can. This undeniable simplicity …
Read More »MYTH: Women’s rights are protected by the Palestinian Authority.
FACT Not surprisingly, Israel’s demonizers used International Women’s Day as an opportunity to attack Israel for its treatment of Palestinians. It was equally unremarkable that none of the groups that claim to be concerned with Palestinian welfare would say a word about the appalling treatment of women by the Palestinian …
Read More »From Israel: “Damn It! No!!”
The hostilities between Israel and Hamas stopped at 2 AM on Friday morning, and the quiet in this regard seems to be holding at the moment. But from Israel’s perspective, was this a good move? No! It was done too soon. When last I posted, on Thursday, May 20, Israel …
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