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Tag Archives: Israel
Special Edition
This post, like most of my posts in recent months, was supposed to be about my trip up north last week with Yad Ben Zvi to Second Temple era sites around the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee). But the events of … Continue reading
Galilean Jaunt
Last month, I participated in another field trip with Yad Ben Zvi, as part of the series on the archaeology of the Land of Israel in the Second Temple Period. This trip would take us up north, to the Lower … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, History, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Great Revolt, Israel, Israel antiquities, jesus, Josephus, Mary Magdalene, Migdal, Yodfat
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Music Matters
Next week is Purim. Those of you familiar with the Biblical story will recall that this most joyful festival commemorates the salvation of the Jews from the machinations of the wicked Haman, who sought to annihilate the entire Jewish People. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Eden Golan, Eurovision Song Contest, Gaza, Hamas, Hurricane, Israel, News, Nova Festival
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Evil All Around Us
I was going to write today about the war in Gaza, but the news this morning opened with a terrorist shooting attack right here in Jerusalem, for which Hamas has claimed responsibility. The vermin who perpetrated the attack are two … Continue reading
How Many Deaths? A New Method of “Crunching the Numbers”
Last week, I mentioned the media rush to condemn Israel for its so-called “disproportionate” response to Hamas’s barbaric and bloodthirsty massacre of Israeli men, women and children on October 7th. I explained the legal definition of “proportionality” – a very … Continue reading
Journalistic “Integrity” – AP, Reuters, CNN and New York Times Style
I have written many times in the past, about the blatant anti-Israel bias of certain (unaccountably) respected media outlets, such as the New York Times, the BBC, CNN, Reuters, Associated Press, the Guardian, etc. A new exposé by the media … Continue reading
Posted in News, Uncategorized
Tagged 7th October massacre, Gaza, Hamas, Honest Reporting, Israel, Journalistic bias
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Another Link In The Chain
I never intended this blog to become a litany of reports of terrorist attacks perpetrated against the people of Israel, but Man proposes, God disposes. On Sunday, Hillel Menachem Yaniv (aged 21) and his brother Yagel Ya’akov Yaniv (aged 19) … Continue reading
Massacre of the Innocents
These two little angels are 6-year-old Ya’akov Yisrael Pally and his brother, 8-year-old Asher Menachem Pally. Last Friday lunchtime, they were waiting at a bus stop in the Ramot neighbourhood of Jerusalem, together with their parents and other siblings, and … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, News, Uncategorized
Tagged Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Palestine, terrorism
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The Corona Chronicles – Gerusalemme Liberata
Fifty five years ago come Sunday, in the midst of the Six Day War, all Israel was electrified by the announcement of Motta Gur, Commander of the 55th Paratroop Brigade, which liberated the Old City of Jerusalem from the Jordanians: … Continue reading
Posted in News, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Hamas, Israel, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Liberation Day, Shireen Abu-Akleh, Temple Mount
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The Corona Chronicles – New Variants, the Weather, Purim, Putin and Other Ruminations
Earlier this week, we were warned that a new, hybrid variant of the COVID-19 virus has arrived in Israel, a combination of the Omicron and Delta variants, currently nicknamed Deltacron. That’s in addition to the BA2 variant I mentioned in … Continue reading
Posted in Health, International Relations, News, Uncategorized
Tagged COVID-19, Fiddler on the Roof, Israel, Purim, Putin, refugees, Tevye the Milkman, Ukraine, weather
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THE VIEW FROM THE PALACE 