Inadvertently sharing fake news
Like many others, I shared a video of Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan carrying a card saying, “The Butcher of Iran will not be missed.” Perhaps part of the reason the video...
Category: Current Events
Hostage Naama Levy is a peace activist
You know her — the one who was dragged by the hair from the back of a jeep to the back seat. Hear her talk at a Hands of Peace event. * * *...
Please tell me what is wrong with my post
Facebook provided no option for me to appeal their decision. If you tell me my post does violate community standards, I will accept the decision without further fuss. * * * * * I...
Still calling for “Make love not war” after Oct 7th
I find it instructive to see what people posted on their social media before Oct 7th and just after Oct 7th. I decided to look at Facebook posts for speakers at this year’s conjoint...
We owe it to them to try to celebrate Independence Day
Journalist Amit Segal brings us a video clip in which Battalion 221, now fighting in central Gaza, shows the rest of the country how to honour our nation in this most difficult Independence Day...
What we need to know about Hezbollah (but are afraid to know)
War-time-scrambled-Waze put my location somewhere in Beirut. But that is not what made my drive from Kibbutz Lohamei Hageta’ot back home to Haifa yesterday difficult. After all, I had driven those roads for years...
Hamas bites the hand that feeds Gaza
You need to know what we are dealing with and I don’t know how to start this article so let me just list a few points in the order they come to mind. Kerem...
Letter from Company Commander in Gaza: Don’t succumb to American dictates
Upon the arrival in Israel of United States Secretary of State Blinkin last week, the commander of a reserve company serving in the Gaza Strip wrote a letter to Reut Ben Haim, the chairperson...
