Why those cities? Because I’ve heard that the “Defund the Police” movement has managed to get those places to discuss the idea of cutting police budgets. The entire concept of trying to achieve gains against racism by cutting the budgets of the people who are expected to uphold the laws is simply mind-boggling to me. … More I’m Glad I Don’t Live in Minneapolis, Seattle, or New York City.
I once thought that things in the US had reached an absolute low. That was back in the days of the Nixon administration and all the scandals connected to it. I had no idea how far downhill the Democratic Party could slide. My personal opinion was that Barak Obama was a poor president and his … More America – PC = Politically Crazy
The Black Lives Matter movement is very much in the news all over the world. Racism is a terrible thing, and if a policeman kills someone in the line of duty it needs to be investigated. But is that what is really happening in the US? I’d like to look at few aspects of the … More America – Gone Crazy?
I mentioned the “Palestinian ” refugee problem previously. This is one aspect of the ongoing argument that appears to be easy to remove from the discussion. The Palestinian Authority won’t like it, but they have a lot of things they don’t like. Their position has always been that the only solution is to return all … More Deal of the Century – part 4
A major obstacle to reaching an accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians has always been Jerusalem. The Palestinians have claimed that all or part of the city is theirs and that it is their capital. The fact that they actually run their services from Ramallah doesn’t affect that claim. Even the UN partition resolution of … More Deal of the Century – part 3
One of the red-line conditions of the Palestinian Authority has always been the return of all “Palestinian refugees” to their original homes. But who is a “Palestinian refugee”? The original definition was set to include anyone who had lived in Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948. This conveniently eliminated the problem of Arab refugees … More Deal of the Century – part 2
Every so often part of Israel, usually in the South, gets bombarded with some rockets fired by one Arab terrorist organization or another. In recent times, the Israeli Air Defense Command has been intercepting these rockets with the IRON DOME AA system. It is an amazing bit of technology. The control radar is able to … More I live in a Tough Neighborhood
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
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
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