Today is the first of May. For socialists it’s a worker’s holiday. For people associated with aircraft (and shipping) it’s a cry for help. This last interpretation comes from the French, m’aidez. It means that someone is in a crisis, It is the way I feel after listening to Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu describe … More Mayday
This week, according to the Jewish calendar, is the 70th anniversary of Israeli Independence. One item that has been mentioned caught my attention because I live in Israel. According to a UN survey measuring “happiness” of residents of 160 countries Israel was ranked 11th. That was ahead of the US and the UK. There are … More Israel @ 70
Once Upon a Time there was a Syrian nuclear weapons development project. It isn’t a fairy tale. Israeli news media today splashed this story all over their front pages. The basic story is that Syria once tried to set up a nuclear reactor as a first step toward developing a nuclear bomb. The project was … More Once There Was a Syrian Nuclear Project
We remember being told about an ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times”. Well, that is what the past day has been. It seems it all started around dawn when an Iranian drone aircraft took off from a Syrian airbase. The UAV flew over Jordan and turned to cross into Israeli air space. … More It’s been an “interesting” day
UNRWA – what it does and for whom? This is a continuation of my discussion about UNRWA. The agency employs over 30,000 people today. Most of them are local residents. They have a lot of different jobs. Many are simply drivers for the fleet of vehicles the agency maintains in each country. Others handle distribution … More UNRWA -part 3
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