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A brief analysis of recent Israeli foreign policy: regional summits a year and a half on from the Abraham Accords, plus staying neutral in face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – by Alexander Jones – Israel’s strategic foreign policy goals have always been numerous and complex, if nothing else. As the first quarter of 2022 […]
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– by Alexander Jones – To celebrate the launch of our tours in Hebrew to the Ajami neighbourhood in the south of Jaffa, we’re reviewing the immensely popular 2009 film of the same name. The film tells the interconnected tales of a dozen or so Ajami residents who all battle the various social challenges which […]
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– by Yahav Zohar – May 2021 Israel-Palestine is in the news again, there are bombs and rockets lighting up the sky, turning homes to rubble and dramatically toppling towers. Heads turn in our direction and people want to know what’s going on. “Israel is bombing us” say Gazans. “Hamas shot rockets first” say Israelis. […]
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When we started this series, the initial idea was that we’d end up with a list of film recommendations which would educate and entertain the Green Olive community on issues related to Israel and Palestine. No movie is perfect, but the concept was that each blog post would be about a good film worth watching. […]
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President George Washington’s 1790 letter emancipating the Jews of the United States. – by Samuel J. Aronson – Throughout 1789 and 1790 George Washington was traveling across the nascent United States “to acquire knowledge of the face of the Country, the growth and Agriculture thereof, and the temper and disposition of the Inhabitants towards the […]
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You too can enter the writing competition – Entry page at this link >>______________________________ 2 sides of the coin – by Leo.M Jeyaraj, Canada – By trade, I am a Physician Anesthesiologist and work in a busy tertiary teaching hospital in Canada. The Canadian population is diverse and represents every faith, colour, race and creed. […]
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2019 Writing Competition – by Sue Beardon – Rutie Atsmon, an Israeli, brings together young Jewish Israelis with Palestinians, to talk peace, produce newsletters, organise workshops. She asked “Have you been to Israel?” I replied that I hadn’t, never wanted to, hadn’t felt it was anything to do with me. “You should come,” she said. […]
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– by Alexander Jones – Israeli Prime-Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reelected last month, making him the longest serving leader in the country’s history. Despite accusations of very serious corruption, and a recommendation by the Attorney-General to indite him, a significant majority nevertheless voted for him and his right-wing bloc. This gives him a powerful mandate […]
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– by Alexander Jones – On May 12, 2018, Israel’s Netta Barzilai won the Eurovision Song Conquest with her song ‘Toy’. Tradition holds that the winning country will host the competition the following year, so 2019’s edition will take place next week in Tel Aviv. Non-Europeans are usually puzzled by what the contest is all […]
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– by Alexander Jones – This is the fourth in a series of reviews of Israeli and Palestinian movies. You can also read about Five Broken Cameras, The Gatekeepers, or In Between, and please let us know what you think in the comments below. Although shown at the Cannes film festival, Avenge But One of […]
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Our ‘Meet the Settlers’ tour takes visitors to the same settlement New York Times documentary maker Iris Zaki visited. Join one of our tours to understand this issue better, just like she did.
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Welcome to the third in a series of film reviews which will highlight some of the most interesting issues facing our region. Watching movies and reading books about somewhere you visited is a great way to reminisce and avoid forgetting the places you went, the things you saw and the people you met. It’s also […]
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