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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...
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...