On September 23rd, an article was published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv. The original, entitled And the World was Silent (hebrew) is here. It was translated into English by a blogger named Imshin (intro, page 1, page 2, page 3). Here is a quote from the first page of the article, giving a synopsis of [...]

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, [...]

Today, the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, has showed the world his true colors — that the unity of Israel is unimportant to him. Olmert said: “Israel’s victory in Lebanon will give a new momentum to complete the disengagement from the Palestinians by evacuating most settlements in Judea and Samaria.” (Ynetnews) At a time [...]

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 [...]

Much of the conversation relating to Israel today features some very polarized view points. Many commenters (myself included) are strong supporters of Israel, her policies and actions. Many other commenters have the exact opposite view: they are against Israel’s policies and think that Israel’s actions are wrong (or racist, genocidal, criminal, etc). Some people in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Israel is in turmoil (what’s new?). On the one hand, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has just completed a tour of Europe in which he sought (and failed to receive) support for his long-announced plans for “convergence” – a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank. After European and American leaders failed to back this [...]

The headlines have been awash in recent weeks regarding the referendum in the Palestinian-controlled areas of Israel. In short, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has declared that there will be a referendum in the upcoming future (the date keeps moving forward, but it looks like it will happen sometime soon). Hamas has been opposed to this [...]

One of the most popular topics in the media today relating to Israel is how the Palestinian Authority has no money and has not paid any of their workers in the past three months. And as the PA supports 35% of the families in Gaza, no paychecks is a pretty big deal. Who is to [...]