Tag Archives: Jerusalem

Good News Friday

Posted on 10 May 2013 by

Once again, despite the amount of bad news in the media, there is always a spot of good news to be found if one only looks hard enough. (And believe me, I looked very hard this week!). So here is … Continue reading →

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Yom Yerushalayim 5773 – Jerusalem Reunification Day 2013

Posted on 8 May 2013 by

Yom Yerushalayim began tonight, marking the 46th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, as well as the liberation of Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights (and the Gaza Strip but that’s another story) in the 1967 Six Day War. The … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 3 May 2013 by

Once more a Good News Friday post appears after some tragic news.  But just as the celebrations of Independence Day directly follow on from the solemnity of Memorial Day, so Israelis feel the necessity in general to recover quickly from … Continue reading →

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French court sees the truth where others can’t: Israel is not illegally occupying land

Posted on 28 April 2013 by

In a fantastic win for Israel and her supporters, and a devastating reversal for the BDS lunatics, who have used intense efforts to get Veolia to withdraw from building the light rail line in Jerusalem, a French appeals court has … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – Pesach edition

Posted on 29 March 2013 by

Welcome to this week’s special chametz-free Good News Friday Pesach edition. We start with the wonderful news that over Pesach the number of Jews living in Israel crossed the 6 million mark, making Israel the largest population centre of Jews … Continue reading →

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Roundup of Obama’s visit

Posted on 22 March 2013 by

Apologies for having been offline almost the whole week. I’ve been extremely busy with Pesach preparations, plus babysitting for my grandkids while my son and very pregnant daughter-in-law (she’s in her 10th month…) went to hospital – only to be … Continue reading →

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