The mainstream media is still spoon feeding you a bunch of half-truths. The Israeli aid distribution plan (supported by the US) suffered a severe setback on the first day of operation. Gazans overran one of two distribution points and looted the site. They even took the tables and chairs. IDF forces did fire in the … More Mainstream media bias
I live in Israel. When the heinous Hamas attack occurred I was at home. As information arrived and the situation became more clear I began posting a daily update on my Facebook page for my very close friends and relatives. I have now taken those daily reports and placed them on my blog, more or … More Gaza War – About the posts
We are now well into the 6th day of this “War”. What I saw yesterday from my home was a continuing barrage of rockets from Gaza aimed at locations al over Israel. The Israeli Air Force is still the major (almost exclusive) player in delivering attacks against Hamas. Casualty figures creep upwards at a relatively … More Gaza War 2
First, I have to say that all of us are okay. We have 2 grandsons on active duty, but neither, as far as we know, is anywhere near the fighting. That said, I’ll continue with that we experienced when it all started. I was in the synagogue at about 0800 when we were told there … More Gaza-Israel War
Here we are again. Another round of violent confrontation between Israel and ,,, (You can fill in the blank. But this time it’s the Palestinian Islamic Jihad). There are plenty of other countries and organizations that are candidates. Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran, Syria, etc. This one started from an Islamic Jihad senior operative that had been … More Another Mini War
Jerusalem was flooded with people from all over the country, One reporter said there were as many as 250,000. They came to express concern. The current Israeli government has embarked on a program of “Judicial Reform”. The initiator is the Minister of Justice, and his program includes several paragraphs in the draft bill that are … More A Worrisome Week
I haven’t posted anything here for a month or so. There was good reason. Our daughter, who lives in Newton, Massachusetts, came for a visit. Her husband and three boys came, too. We spent a lot of time with them. And when we weren’t with them, we spent time planning or preparing for the next … More A Heart-Warming Pause
In his new book Jared Kushner claims that separating the Territorial dispute from the Jerusalem issue was a key element leading to the Abraham Accords. Too bad he didn’t take his thinking one step further and also break the refugee issue away from the territorial dispute. The whole world (including the Arabs) knows that the … More One More Tiny Step
It seemed to have started with the Israeli Defense Forces arresting the local head of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Jenin. That was on Thursday. The PIJ is a pseudo-political Islamist terror group based mostly in the Gaza strip. They immediately demanded the release of their leader, and backed it up with threats of … More Local Tensions
The UN has a lot of sub-organizations. Most deal with specific aspects of international cooperation. In common with most bureaucratic organizations, the first order of business for many of them is to ensure that they continue to exist. This is being written because one such organization, in particular, has continued to function long past the … More Time to Clean Up a Bureaucracy
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