Tag Archives: suicide bomb

Antisemitism updates

Posted on 1 June 2017 by

The celebrations and festivities are over (for now) and it’s back to normal programming. I’ve not been online much these past few weeks (family stuff) so it’s time to catch up on all the horrible stuff out there (not necessarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Antisemitism, Incitement, Lawfare and Delegitimization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

How children are treated in the Middle East: compare and contrast

Posted on 25 August 2016 by

In recent days there were some wonderful stories and some horrific stories concerning children, emanating from the Middle East. The bad news first: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a wedding party in Gazientep, Turkey, killing … Continue reading →

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The world’s gone mad – attacks all over Europe and beyond

Posted on 26 July 2016 by

It has come to the situation where you wake up in the morning and are scared to turn on the news for fear of hearing about yet another ISIS-inspired atrocity, a mass shooting, hostage taking or worse. Europe is under … Continue reading →

Posted in Incitement, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The rush to judgement and trial by (biased) media

Posted on 28 March 2016 by

The IDF has a central ethic of never abandoning a soldier in the field, however badly he is wounded. But on Saturday in Hebron, the moral equivalent of such an abandonment occurred. It all started when 2 terrorists attacked and … Continue reading →

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3 Israelis killed in terror attack in Turkey, several injured, amid rising antisemitism in Turkey

Posted on 21 March 2016 by

On Shabbat a suicide bombing, committed probably by an ISIS terrorist, killed 3 Israelis as well as an Iranian national, and severely injured several others. IDF, ZAKA, Magen David Adom personnel flew out immediately to identify the dead,  treat the … Continue reading →

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Lt. Hadar Goldin declared dead by the IDF, his funeral to be announced at a later stage

Posted on 3 August 2014 by

After Shabbat I nervously turned on the news and was dismayed to hear that the cabinet was discussing a pullout of troops from Gaza and the drawing to an end of Operation Protective Edge (to be discussed in a later … Continue reading →

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