Tag: Animals

On Palestinian Aid and Accountability

The decision to resume American aid to the Palestinians is a classic example of cart-before-the-horse thinking that has existed in one form or another for the past seven decades. Upwards of $235 million dollars...

A dispassionate perspective on the renewal of US Aid to UNRWA

The US Government has announced the renewal of aid to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which the UN created after as a "temporary" entity in the wake of the Israel War...

The Palestinian Authority’s Financial Support for Terrorism Circumvents U.S. and Israeli Law

The Palestinian government has decided to pay grants to terrorists and their families through the Palestinian postal banks to circumvent the Israeli prohibition on West Bank commercial banks’ involvement in terrorism-related activity. Israel and the...

Time to start polishing the crystal ball

With elections pending (again) and other developments which impact Israel, this would seem to be a propitious time to dust off the old crystal ball and give it a good polish. The only trouble with...

They are off and running

As every Australian and New Zealander knows the second Tuesday in November without fail is the date for the running of one of the most famous horse races, the Melbourne Cup. I remember that without...

Hezbollah’s Advanced Missile Targets Israeli Drone as Israel Rethinks Purpose of Future War

Hezbollah’s decision to fire an advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) at an Israeli intelligence-gathering drone over Lebanon on February 3, is an acute reminder of a daily, high-stakes cat-and-mouse game between a democratic state and a terror...

University as Income Provider to Radical Academic-Activists

University as Income Provider to Radical Academic-Activists  Israel Academia Monitor  כללי  17 בDecember 2020 17.12.2020 Editorial Note Palestinian activists have recently launched a campaign to recruit Israelis to promote what they call a “single democratic state”.  Among those who signed...

Covering JFK’s Assassination for my school paper, at age 13.5

When you undergo a traumatic experience, especially at a young age, you remember  details of that experience for the rest of your life. And so it was for so many on the day of the...

Misplaced euphoria and deceitful deceptions

As though battling COVID 19 was not enough of a challenge, Israelis are now faced with a further two assaults on their equilibrium. The first is an avalanche of euphoric hyperbole surrounding the effects of...

Face Masks Mandated by UK Government Specifically Say They Don’t Protect Against COVID-19

The same type of face masks that the UK government is mandating people wear in shops from July 24 onwards to protect against the spread of coronavirus specifically state on their packaging that they...