Following my call for a protest in NYC to denounce the charade at the Durban II conference, students gathered in front of the UN building to protest its silence of human rights abuses around the world.
By Yisrael Medad | Posted November 05, 2009 | Comments: 1
Here's just the first paragraph of the Reuters story on Jack Teitel:
A self-confessed killer dubbed 'The Jewish Terrorist' has shown how far settlers may go to stop Israel trading land for peace with Palestinians and the risks even lone atta...
By Pinchas Landau | Posted May 24, 2009 | Comments: 1
The headlines have been screaming that the Israeli economy is in recession -- as if anyone needed to be told that. The reason why this is a news item is because the data for GDP growth in the first quarter of 2009 (published on 17/5) showed, to no-one's sur...
By Edwin Bennatan | Posted November 05, 2009 | Comments: 11
Counterpoint to: Settlement by stealth belies promises of restraint
[This] was the latest in an accelerating series of highly charged and organised moves by settlers into the city's Arab sector [of Jerusalem]. Armed with a court order saying they...
By Petra Marquardt-Bigman | Posted November 01, 2009 | Comments: 10
Al Jazeera is currently marking the 40 year anniversary of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) with a special program and reports. One of the featured articles in this series is entitled " OIC initiated Goldstone inquiry ." The articl...
By Ira Sharkansky | Posted November 05, 2009 | Comments: 4
What does the future hold?
Who knows? In Jewish tradition, Malachi was the last prophet, i.e., the last person to hear the word of God. He died 2,500 years ago. All else is speculation, whether colored by ideology, what the speculator would ...
By Tom Kenis | Posted June 16, 2008 | Comments: 18
Last year in Palestine. Sort of. It's 2007.
I have all but packed. Well, sort of.
It's a tough place to be at, sometimes. Even harder to leave. Although the food's delicious, for many, it's becoming increasingly difficult by the day to get fat, ...
By Ashley Perry (Perez) | Posted October 23, 2008 | Comments: 16
Recently, the coalition negotiations with Kadima have brought up some very ugly epithets about Shas and its leadership. The political discourse has become rather unsightly.
Regular readers of this column are aware that I am no great fan of Shas. Altho...
By David Anthony | Posted February 24, 2008 | Comments: 36
"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement.
I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel. In the general chit-chat before our meet...
"A first impression makes a lasting impression." As with most clichés, there's more than a kernel of truth in that statement.
I happened upon this thought during a recent business trip to Israel. In the general chit-chat before our meet...