Hostage Deal: Both Sides of the Coin
We ALL want ALL the hostages home. We all want the surviving hostages reunited with their families and beginning the work of rehabilitation and building their futures and we want the bodies of the...
Category: Current Events
Israel’s “Sophie’s Choice” hostage deal would drive anyone to drink
In American author William Styron’s novel, Sophie’s Choice, Sophie was forced, at Auschwitz, to choose which of her two children would be sent to the gas chamber and which would live. Should she have...
What good is a law if the courts do not uphold it? Who gets hurt by that?
The NGO Regavim has submitted a request to the Attorney General to open criminal investigations against former MK Mohammad Barakeh. The crime? In the words of Regavim’s letter: Mr. Barakeh is allegedly acting as...
For award-winning geographer, ancient Israel doesn’t count
According to National Geography’s education blog, Matt Rosenberg is an expert: Matt is an award-winning professional geographer who has covered the field of geography … for more than a decade. He is a former...
Does this Israeli demonstrator really believe the IDF are Nazis?
We can debate about whether or not what someone shouts out spontaneously in exasperation is what they really think or merely the worst, most hurtful thing that comes to them in the heat of...
A new law says ‘deport them to Gaza.’ But can it really happen?
A new bill for deportation of terrorist families from Israel was voted into the law books late last night (7 Nov 2024). Under the new legislation, under certain conditions, certain family members can be...
Has Greta Thurnberg suddenly come to her senses?
Suddenly I saw a video on social media that I had not seem before. Someone I respect shared it, thanking Thunberg — for supporting Israel after the Oct 7th massacre and abductions, I suppose....
What happens when Hezbollah’s missile hits the biggest Arab city in Israel?
When just about to fall asleep, the red alert notifications went off on my phone by my bed. As I was reading the long list of towns and cities in which families were getting...
