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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...

Gone With The Wind

Surveying the chaos currently enveloping many countries one can only conclude that insanity has become the new norm. Rational discourse leading to positive rectification of human rights abuses has instead in many cases been replaced...

Seismic Rumbles

Instability amidst signs of upheavals, eruptions and impending chaos seem currently to be the order of the day. Wherever one looks in the world insanity has arrived and mobs are running riot. Even in countries...

The Strategic Importance of Jerusalem

Introduction This memorandum analyzes Jerusalem’s importance from a strategic security perspective and its contribution to the survival of the Jewish state. 1  Jewish control of the hilltops in the Jerusalem area has major strategic implications for...

Unfinished business

Fifty-three years ago on the 28th Iyar of the Hebrew calendar the old city of Jerusalem was liberated from illegal Jordanian control. This week we celebrate that miraculous event as well as the reclaiming of Judea...

Courting controversies

With the coronavirus crisis in Israel at the moment seemingly under control, attention is now focusing on several other developing dramas. In no particular order of importance, these are the International Criminal Court, Israel’s Supreme...

A deal you can’t refuse?

The quote “beware of Greeks bearing gifts” came to mind as President Trump’s “deal of the century” was unveiled amidst much pomp and ceremony. This time however it was not Greeks offering up a Trojan...

Parallels between Nazi and Islamist Anti-Semitism

The first half of the 20th century witnessed the emergence of two distinct strains of especially virulent hatred for Jews, the “scientific,” pseudo-Darwinian racism of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, and the theological anti-Semitism...

Covering JFK’s Funeral 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...