Tag Archives: Australia

Australia and Israel trade counter-accusations about “Prisoner X”

Posted on 19 February 2013 by

Yesterday it was reported that Canberra was seeking answers from Israel over the “Prisoner X” affair – the secret arrest and apparent suicide of Ben Zygier in an Israeli jail 2 years ago. Australia has asked Israel to explain the … Continue reading →

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The strange case of “Prisoner X”

Posted on 14 February 2013 by

Israel woke up today to a story seemingly out of 1001 Arabian Nights. Even by the lunatic standards of Middle Eastern conspiracy theories this story ranks way above anything any of us could have imagined. And yet almost nothing definite … Continue reading →

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BDS Brigade devour their own

Posted on 14 December 2012 by

Professor Dan Avnon, an Israeli professor of civics, and the head of the “Center for Peace and Reconciliation” (From the Hebrew NRG article: המרכז לשלום ויישוב סכסוכים – h/t: Ido) has been boycotted by Sydney University’s Centre for Peace and … Continue reading →

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An Australian-South African wedding in Israel

Posted on 13 April 2011 by

It’s not often that one attends a wedding in Israel which is run in its entirety in English. In fact the last such wedding was probably our own, over 30 years ago!  But that is exactly what we found last … Continue reading →

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A little slice of life in Israel

Posted on 4 April 2011 by

  We went to a brilliant wedding last night, an Australian-Moroccan wedding. We were invited from the Aussie side but besides the bride’s parents (who are friends of my other half) we knew almost no one.  The Chuppah was an amusing … Continue reading →

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