Last night an 18 year old student was stabbed to death. His body was dumped just a few meters off the road we took this morning to go mail a letter at a nearby post office. The murder was attributed by the police to “nationalistic” motives. Obviously the killing didn’t deter us from traveling on … More About 3 km from My Home …
The watchdogs for the agreement on Iran limiting storage and production of nuclear materials have confirmed that Iran is violating the agreement. The Iranian government has confirmed this. This US pulled out of the agreement because it was not an effective deterrent for Iran to proceed with the construction of a nuclear weapon. The iranian … More Iran – “Playing with Fire”
The US has invited a bunch of Middle Eastern countries and companies to meet in Bahrein. It seems the main topic was to be economic development, especially for the Palestinians. The Israeli Government was specifically not given an invitation, possibly in the hope that something might actually emerge from the meeting. However, the Palestinian Authority … More The Bahrein meeting -What For?
Winston Churchill wrote a book, The River War, about the British suppression of the Mahdi rebellion in Sudan over a century ago. This is an section from the first edition of that book. How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man … More Islamic Fanatacism – Earlier Version
That statement, as many others that the American President has uttered, resulted in a lot of comment, both pro and con. But it should not be surprising. It is a simple recognition of Israeli rights that ought to have been affirmed long ago. I mentioned this here on my blog back in December. I’m repeating … More Trump says Golan belongs to Israel
About an hour ago We were given a dramatic example of how our Israeli news channel can respond to a sudden crisis. The regular evening news was beginning to wind down when we suddenly saw missile attack warnings appear on the screen. The Home Front Command of the Israeli Army has had system for broadcasting … More Rockets in Real Time
When one lives in Israel there are still lotd of Holocaust survivors or their descendants that you hear about regularly. So the reports that so many people in the world know so little about the holocaust seems quite strange, Hearing about the rise in worldwide antisemitism from various political leaders adds to feeling that it … More International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Taylor Force Act is an American Law that withholds funding to the Palestinian Authority in an amount equal to what the PA spends rewarding terror. The money is simply placed in a frozen status for up to 2 years before it can be allocated to other use. The law is named for an American … More The Force in the Taylor Force Act.
Friday the US sponsored a resolution to condemn Hamas for recently firing over 450 rockets into Israel. It failed to get a majority of the member countries to support it. Why? The act of firing even one unguided rocket in the general direction of any city seems to me to be a clear act of … More Same old Biased UN
September 20th was the Muslim Holiday of Ashura. It commemorates the death of the last members of the prophet Mohammed’s family. Historically they were killed in the battle of Karabala. But the Shiites have been waiting for their return (a second coming?) for some 300 years, There are some interesting aspects to the holiday according … More The Ashura Muslim holiday
Wetherhorn 