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Good News Friday
We turned the clocks back last Saturday night so Shabbat now comes in just after 4.30 pm! It’s very weird to be on winter time with early nights while the days are still (mostly) sunny and warm. In any case … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Slice of Israeli life, Technology
Tagged hospital, hygiene, Kurds, Sheba Medical Center, vitamins, wine
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Good News Friday
The chagim are finally over and it’s back to normal programming at last, so I’m happy to post my first “regular” Good News Friday installment for this year. Since the latest news concerned the US withdrawal from UNESCO, signifying support … Continue reading
Posted in Media and journalism, support Israel
Tagged Australia, Good News Friday, journalist, Judea and Samaria, Kurds, support Israel
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Hypocrisy: A state for the Palestinians but not for the Kurds or Catalonia
The Kurds are a nation scattered across the Middle East while their national territory was divided up by the ruling powers of a century ago and split amongst several nations, all in a manner similar to the fate of the … Continue reading
Posted in indigenous rights, Mideast news
Tagged Catalonia, Independence, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Israel, Kurds, Palestinian state, Peshmerga, Spain, Syria, Turkey, two-state solution
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Good News for the end of the year
I missed my Good News Friday post last Friday because I ran out of time before Shabbat. This Friday will be the second day of Rosh Hashana so I won’t be posting a good news installment then either. So I … Continue reading
Britain’s rush to warm up relations with Iran
From being one of the more cautious members of the P5+1 signers of the Iran deal, Britain has suddenly sprung into action in rapidly warming up its ties with Iran, up to and including a visit of the Foreign Secretary … Continue reading
Posted in Defence and Military, International relations, Iran, Mideast news
Tagged Britain, Iran, Kurds, nuclear deal, Philip Hammond, sanctions, UK, US
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Israel assists the Middle East through oil and trash
A couple of stories caught my eye this week through which a common thread runs – that of Israel being able to provide a solution to assorted Middle Eastern problems. Lebanon is in the throes of a trash crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in energy sources, Israel news, Mideast news, Technology
Tagged biogas, cleantech, Hezbollah, Israel, Kurds, Lebanon, Obama, oil, trash, US-Israel relationship
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