I took a gap year from University in the early days of the Second Intifada. At that time, sadly, there were terrorist attacks occurring in Israel, sometimes on a daily basis. In those days, there was one Palestinian terrorist whose name kept popping up again and again – Marwan Barghouti. …
Read More »Saltwater Challenged- Hunger-striking terrorist caught eating.
For some of us the Saltwater Challenge is a stupid and dangerous teenager craze from about one year ago, something like the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge of 2014. For others it’s a series of videos about fishing on the ocean waves. There is a third option. In the last few …
Read More »From Israel: What Is Normal?
We are back to routine after the Pesach week – and a splendid week it was in many ways. I wanted to say we are “back to normal,” but it is unclear to me precisely what constitutes “normal.” The balagan (confusion) of daily life, with its good and bad, is …
Read More »Arlene from Israel: Where Are We All Going?
It’s a huge question with no easy answers. But this posting is going to start with the good stuff, which we find in some considerable measure here in Israel. You have read numerous times about the Legal Grounds Campaign, which I co-chair with Jeff Daube. We have just put out …
Read More »‘ Palestine’s’ Choice To Succeed Abbas – A Convicted Terrorist Leader And Murderer
Please welcome Rob Miller to Jews Down Under. Rob writes for Joshuapundit. In view of the upcoming Fatah-Hamas unity government and the anticipated elections, a Palestinian think tank, the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion polled 1,015 of the Arabs whom identify themselves as Palestinians living in East Jerusalem, the Arab …
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