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6 March 2019 Israel’s general election is just around the corner and the winner will have a massive impact on everyone our region. But things get confusing pretty quick. We are delighted to welcome expert political analyst Ellie Stern as this week’s guest writer. She will explain the difference between Bibi, Benny and Bennett, and […]
– by Alex Jones – Welcome to the second 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 […]
– by Fred Schlomka –A letter to American FriendsThe January 2019 opening of Israel’s new segregated West Bank highway was a wakeup call to all defenders of liberty and democracy, yet it’s unclear if the international public, especially Jewish Americans, fully understand the implications of transportation segregation in the Occupied West Bank. Does the Israeli […]
– by Alex Jones – 1. Anna Loulou (Jaffa) What a tragedy! After nearly a decade of service to those who believe in peaceful acceptance of the other, Anna Loulou management recently announced they will be forced to close due to issues around noise and crowd management. The boisterous groups who drink and smoke outside […]
– by Alexander Jones – 12th Nov., 2018 – Last week, all over Israel residents voted in municipal elections. Tel Aviv re-elected Ron Huldai for his fifth consecutive term. Critics call him stale and say he just is a mayor for the rich, while others point to the city’s world-famous Pride parade and his promise […]
– by Alex Dunbar Jones – While studying at university last year, I became almost unhealthily obsessed with all things related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. When I wanted to relax after class and watch TV, I would watch Fauda. When friends wanted to have a weekend away, I would suggest visiting Shuhada Street in Hebron.Instead […]
– by Fred Schlomka – Holocaust Memorial Day, 12th April 2018 Michael Schlomka Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. My father, Michael Schlomka was an early survivor, and escaped from Nazi Germany in 1934, eventually making his way to mandate Palestine. – May his memory be a blessing – He had been tortured and abused by […]
– by Fred Schlomka – A new religious phenomenon has arisen in Israel during the past few years. The movement known as ‘Haredi Leumi’ or National Ultra-orthodox (חרדים לאומיים) is gaining adherents daily, and is developing into a major force in shaping the future of the country. The combination of religious zealotry, fundamentalism and radical […]
By Fred Schlomka –First published in Mondoweiss – The term ‘Occupation’ has become almost a cliché in describing Israel’s presence in the territories conquered in 1967. Within Israeli society, the word is little used anymore ( Hebrew: כיבוש). Many maps published in Israeli school textbooks no longer show the ‘Green Line’, but through various graphical techniques, […]
by Marc Goldberg –At the end of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth the Jews of Europe found themselves standing on a precipice. Persecution, both state sanctioned and otherwise, was making life intolerable. Simultaneously advances in technology, most notably in transport and mass communications ensured that there were escape routes available such as […]
By Miri – Jerusalem’s streets during Ovadia’s funeral Last week an estimated 800,000 people gathered in Jerusalem to mourn the death of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of Israel’s Sephardic community, turning the event into the largest funeral in Israeli history. Ovadia is considered to be one of the greatest rabbinical scholars in recent […]
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