Election Fever
December 13, 2019
Category: current events
A Night at the Opera
December 9, 2019
It was delightful, and lots of fun! No, this is not a review of that old Marx Brothers movie. It was funny. But this was a REAL night at a REAL Opera performance. We live a few miles South of Jerusalem. For many years there was no opera in Jerusalem. Even today, there really isn’t … More A Night at the Opera
UNRWA Mandate Renewed
November 27, 2019
The UN renewed the mandate for the UNRWA on 16 Nov,2019. What does that mean? It means that for the next three years there will be no action taken to change the status of about 5 and a half million people who are identified as “Palestinian refugees”. I’ve written about this before. I believe it … More UNRWA Mandate Renewed
A Day Watching the War
November 12, 2019
I spent most of the day watching television. It was a very practical decision, Israeli missiles killed a leader of the Islamic Jihad terror group in Gaza. In response, or so they said, that group launched over 150 rockets into Israel. Many were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system. As of right now, … More A Day Watching the War
The Palestinian Cook Book
November 5, 2019
The title of this post might also be “How the Palestinians Cook the Books”. It was prompted by comments from American Democratic Party Candidates that American money should be taken from Israel and given to the Palestinian Authority. To start. We need to look at the ingredients. There is a Palestinian Authority (PA) under President … More The Palestinian Cook Book
The Grass is Always Greener…
October 29, 2019
Israel recently had elections for the second time. The previous round let the country in a dealock between the the two leading parties. Neither could get a parliamentary majority in order to form a coalition government. This time the results seem to be the same. Neither of the two major parties can get enough help … More The Grass is Always Greener…
Rice, Tea, and Butter – in China
October 24, 2019
There is an old Israeli song that starts out “Tea and Rice are in China, But I don’t care about that”. What I do care about is butter. Locally made butter just reappeared on supermarket shelves after an absence of almost a year. Why? Because Israels government allowed Chinese interests to buy a controlling share … More Rice, Tea, and Butter – in China
About That Mouse…
October 20, 2019
A few weeks back my wife pointed out some little black specks on the kitchen counter. “Those are mouse droppings.”She asserted. So we went to the local hardware store and bought 2 mouse traps. One of the traps was a “humane” trap. It had a spring loaded door that would shut if the mouse entered … More About That Mouse…
Ho-Hum… Another Election.
September 18, 2019
In April Israelis went to the polls for national elections. The result was a virtual tie between the old right wing coalition parties, led by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, and the ne wBlue White party who campaigned on a left-center platform whose chief appeal was that it would replace Netanyahu. The Blue-White and … More Ho-Hum… Another Election.
How Gaza Residents See Things.
September 9, 2019
On July 20th the official Palestinian TV, Al-Ayyam, aired an interesting short item. It seems that young women in Gaza want to marry men who have been wounded during confrontations with Israeli forces. For a young man in Gaza there is a possible choice between earning a university degree, and then being unemployed, or to … More How Gaza Residents See Things.
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