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“Internal Bloodletting” in Gaza

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Check out this excerpt hidden most of the way down the New York Times’ article today on the Hanukkah War (as it is being referred to in Israel): At Shifa Hospital in Gaza, the director, Dr. Hussein Ashour, said that keeping his patients alive from their wounds was an enormous challenge. He said there were [...]

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Israel Supreme Court Power is Limited Even Further

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

More good news related to Judicial reforms in Israel (something that I am a big fan of): The government on Sunday approved Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann’s controversial proposal to amend the Basic Law on the Judiciary in order to limit the Supreme Court’s power… Friedmann’s proposal would only allow the Supreme Court to strike down [...]

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Bye Bye Barak!

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

This morning, the host of my favorite Israeli morning radio show (Yedidya Me’ir on Radio Kol Chai) begain with the following: “The big news of the day is summarized by the headline in the newspaper Maariv: ???? ????, ???? ?? (A President Goes, a President Comes). No, we are not talking about President Katzav. Rather, [...]

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Questions on Qana

Tuesday, August 1st, 2006

The unanswered questions continue to pile up regarding the Qana incident. I am not saying that it definitely is not Israel’s fault, nor am I saying that the deaths of children and civilians is anything but tragic…however, some things definitely need to be answered before I will be convinced that part or all of this [...]

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Can the UN be Trusted to do Anything in Lebanon?

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

As Israel is entering the third week of its offensive against Hizballah in Lebanon, many are speculating about possible exit strategies. Some things everyone agrees on: Someone will need to watch over Southern Lebanon to make sure that Hizballah (or their successors) are not able to rebuild their infrastructure. That someone cannot be Israel Israel [...]

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Amidst War, 650 French Jews Move to Israel in One Day

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

From Arutz Sheva: Despite the Re-Engagement War, 650 French Jews arrived on Aliyah (immigrating to Israel) Tuesday – the largest number to arrive in a single day since 1971. [snip] AMI reports that many of the new immigrants will be moving to northern Israel, and like the planeload of North Americans that arrived last week, [...]

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Fireworks Over Ramallah

Friday, July 14th, 2006

After the new version of Google Earth was released a few weeks back, I can now get high resolution images of the yishuv (settlement) in which I live. I can even make out the exact street and house. Amazing technology. This also enabled me to measure the exact distance from my home to the center [...]

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Jewish Soldiers

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

I find this picture to be very representative of something right that is going on in Israel (taken from the Muqata): They may not be religious. They may not pray every day. They may not even own a kippah. But they still feel that it is important to say a prayer before going into combat [...]

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His Name is Gilad Shalit

Monday, June 26th, 2006

In 1994, a Jewish soldier named Nachshon Wachsman was kidnapped by Hamas (while they were still only a horrible group of murderers). On a Sunday evening they arrived at a trempiyada (hitchhiking post) in central Israel dressed as Hasidic Jews, with sefarim (Jewish religious books) on the dashboard, and with Jewish music playing on the [...]

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Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

Yes, this was the actual headline.

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