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
A scratch built model is one that is not built from a kit nor purchased already complete. The maker must find or create a plan and build up the model from whatever materials he has. Because of the work involved and the level of detail available from commercial model makers today scratch building is not … More My First scratch built model
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
The Blizzard of ‘78 We moved from Haifa to Elazar in December, 1978. It was an easy move. We went to Elazar because we had a friend there who was actively trying to get us to join. Elazar, at that time, was a co-operative settlement. There were real houses already built and waiting. There was … More The Blizzard of ’78
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
Winter in Israel This post was prompted by a comment from someone who lives in the islands on the North of Scotland. He seemed to think that talking about cold in Israel was somewhat ridiculous. Well, here’s some information to clarify my claim. Today we are having rains and wind in Israel while most of … More Winter in Israel
UNRWA – part 1 UNRWA is the short title for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the near east. The last part of the name is, sadly, usually omitted in most discourse. The agency was created by UN General Assembly resolution 302 (IV) on Dec 8th, 1949. It began work … More UNRWA part 1
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