LETTER TO EDITOR Sunday, January 1, 2017 Regarding your December 29th editorial “Obama widens rift with Israel. Why now?” The fact that the United States abstained from a vote condemning Israel’s settlements in the West Bank is not unprecedented. Other US administrations have regularly abstained from or supported UN resolutions against Israeli actions. During Ronald […]
CONTINUE READING →As an Israeli I am proud that Israeli judoka Or Sasson won a bronze medal in Rio. This was Israel’s second bronze in Rio, after Yarden Gerbi won third place in the women’s judo 63 kg weight class. Sadly, the Olympic Spirit whose intent is “to build a peaceful and better world in the Olympic […]
CONTINUE READING →As an Israeli citizen I closely follow politics at home and am used to witness the tough and bare-knuckle political fights. But the events of the last 48 hours exceed even the worst expectations of hardball politics. Moshe Yaalon Israel’s defense minister and former Chief of Staff, announced his resignation on Friday, saying the governing […]
CONTINUE READING →In a bombshell speech in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday evening, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen.Yair Golan likened recent developments in Israeli society to processes that unfolded in Europe before the Holocaust. “If there’s something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, […]
CONTINUE READING →For the last two days religiously motivated violence and terror dominates the news headlines in Israel. No, I do not mean ISIS or Hamas but Jewish zealots and extremists. Two days ago an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man attacked revelers taking part in Jerusalem’s annual gay pride parade, stabbing and injuring six of them, police and witnesses […]
CONTINUE READING →Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee refused to apologize for his comments criticizing President Obama’s nuclear weapons deal with Iran by comparing it to the Holocaust. “He [President Obama] would take the Israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven,” he said in a recent interview about the plan. Huckabee added he has […]
CONTINUE READING →Dear Friends: I just finished reading Micheal Oren’s book”Ally” because I wanted to make sure not to draw any conclusions from book reviews or media reports. Sadly, most of the reviewers comments and critique are correct. Michael Oren, the author of several superb bestsellers, including “Power Faith and Fantasy” and “Six Days of War”, a […]
CONTINUE READING →I am always trying to strike a careful balance between my support for Israel and the need for constructive criticism regarding Israels internal and foreign policies. Unfortunately, the formation of the 4th Netanyahu government raises a series of troubling issues that must be addressed without personal concern for being criticized as anti-Israel, or worse. PM […]
CONTINUE READING →The horrific events in Paris have shaken Europe and the Western world. We all should reject the acts of brutal terror and senseless violence but should also be aware that it will trigger atavistic fears and instincts which will lead to further polarization. European Muslims who are trying to integrate into European societies are feeling […]
CONTINUE READING →Yesterdays Miami Herald featured a letter to the editor written by a group of civic minded leaders representing Jews, Christians and Muslims titled ” Miami can be a model of peace,acceptance” denouncing recent attacks on Jewish institutions. I congratulate the authors of this well written letter http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/08/4279329/miami-can-be-a-model-of-peace.html and hope that this represents the first step […]
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