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Guest Post: Good News Friday

Posted on 15 January 2016 by

This week’s Good News Friday installment was written by reader and frequent contributor Brian Goldfarb {with occasional comments and additions from me). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just like pretty well all the readers of these pages, I look for good news from the … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 9 October 2015 by

I can’t believe a week has gone by since last Friday, yet the news does not seem to be improving. The only small comfort we can take from this latest wave of terror attacks is that so far (בלי עין … Continue reading →

Posted in Boycotts and BDS, Culture, Arts & Sports, Israel news, Slice of Israeli life, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Israel assists the Middle East through oil and trash

Posted on 26 August 2015 by

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 →

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Midweek Schadenfreude

Posted on 7 January 2015 by

I know the Torah tells us not to rejoice at the downfall of our enemies, but it’s very hard not to feel at least slightly gleeful at the misfortunes of our worst enemies. So, in the hope that I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Are Gaza rockets targeting Kurdish oil route to Israel?

Posted on 30 June 2014 by

Over the last month the rocket fire into southern Israel from Gaza has been steadily increasing, and with increasingly severe results.  On Saturday night a factory in Sderot took a direct hit and burnt down, while other factories in the … Continue reading →

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The ISIS Jihadist war in Iraq – only the Kurds and Israel benefit

Posted on 24 June 2014 by

With ISIS sweeping across Iraq, capturing major cities and even taking control of an Iraq-Syria border crossing, there is huge concern of an escalating sectarian war exploding in the region.  Here is a selection of some commentary and analysis about … Continue reading →

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