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Category Archives: Guest Commentaries

Posts by guest contributers, whether political commentary or personal experiences.

Sexist Politics

21-Sep-08

Ehud Barak is playing hard to get with Tzipi Livni, being the last politician to avoid her so far. But we’ve seen how hard to get he had been with Olmert, despite all his promises to resign the government. (hard as a *****)

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What has suddenly changed? Tzipi will proceed exactly where Olmert left [...]

Jenin is Back in Business

05-Jun-08

The second Intifada, which erupted seven years ago, had developed into the worst period of violence in the history of Jewish-Arabs relations in Israel. In September 2000, Ariel Sharon’s controversial visit to the Temple Mount was followed by Palestinian riots and protests in Jerusalem.
During the riots in Jerusalem, 7 Arabs civilians were shot to death [...]

The Kotel: My Personal Reflections

02-Jun-08

With Jerusalem Day being on Monday, June 2nd, I thought it would be nice to pay a visit to the Holy City, especially to what is known as Ha’Kotel Ha’Ma’a’ravi — or the Western Wall to non-Hebrew speakers. Accompanied by my wife and my mother-in-law, we set out for Jerusalem on Tuesday, a week before [...]

Social Health

30-May-08

Stephen Wilshire, an autistic savant from England has visited Israel this week. Being an autistic savant is a mental condition that describes an autistic person who is exceptionally gifted. The autistic savants comprise around 10 percent of people who are generally diagnosed with autism. Autistic savants often exhibit rare talent for numbers like in the [...]

Hurray! Peace with Syria – Political Commentary by Ashley

22-May-08

Wait a second – Weren’t we at war with them? What does it mean to announce peace talks with a regime that we vastly outgun in military matters and totally humiliate on an economic level (Israel’s per capita GDP is $30,000 and climbing; Syria’s is just scraping $4,000)?
Israel recently entered Syrian airspace after disabling Syria’s [...]