I used to. There isn’t a demonstration connected to Eretz Israel that some representive of our family hasn’t participated it, at least since our return in 1992. The reason I personally no longer participate stems from two separate reasons. The first is self evident. It is a waste of time. Over two hundred and fifty thousand people crowded around the Israeli Kenesset building on the eve of the vote in favour of the Oslo...
Inspired by an article by Yehudit Desberg, published in Makor Rishon, 20.02.2009 In my old age I no longer have the energy or the patience to philosophize for hours at a time, searching for the essence of a concept or in a futile attempt to identify the differences between two opposing views. Today I’m much more likely to read or hear someone else’s moment of clarity and tap into it for the tools I...
Israel Prize winner Professor Ze’ev Sternhell was lightly wounded after a small pipe bomb at the entrance of his home in Jerusalem exploded overnight Wednesday. He was taken to a Jerusalem hospital early Thursday. (JPost.com Sept 25, 2008) It of course is fascinating to see how the Left fights for the rights of the Arabs dedicating to destroying Israel, yet when someone supposedly attacks them, you should see the gloves come off!
In April of 1906, Roosevelt said, “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government (plutocracy) owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of statesmanship of the day.” My critics have often chided me on my “paranoia”. For years I have described Israel’s political process as “the illusion of democracy”. Israel’s...
