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Irina Tsukerman

Jul 5, 2018, 10:57 AM

Is there a connection between an Israeli ex-Minister turned Iranian spy and Equatorial Guinea’s corrupt dealings with Russia, China, and Iran?

At first glance, the story of Gonen Segev, the former Israeli minister of energy and infrastructure, turned Iranian spy, may sound stereotypical. The disgraced former minister got in trouble after various nefarious criminal schemes aimed at sating his greed and debts...

Jun 23, 2018, 11:41 PM

A Message to the IfNotNow Folk

Hi there. I understand that you distributed granola to Birthright participants at JFK airport last week and then presented them with material criticizing Israel's military occupation of the West Bank. The purpose of Birthright is to encourage young people to...

Joanna M. Saidel

Jun 20, 2018, 9:08 PM

Does anyone remember the Altalena after 70 years?

TODAY IS THE 70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE IRGUN SHIP, ALTALENA. This incident marked the point of no return in the controversy between fledgling political parties at the time of Israeli statehood. Its repercussions reverberated for decades....

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 20, 2018, 3:57 AM

The little ugly Zionism

Once upon a time, there was a very ugly lady. It's not nice to say but she really looked not so hot. No one liked her in any way whatsoever. At least, that's how it seemed. One day, however, it...

May 8, 2018, 7:14 AM

The tragic hike that should change Israel forever

“Arise and walk through the land in its length and breadth, for to you I will give it.” - Genesis 13:17 קום התהלך בארץ לאורכה ולרוחבה This command from God to Abraham in the Torah is widely held as a core...

Apr 30, 2018, 1:19 AM

There will be peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis

Someone asked me if there will ever be peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. The answer is yes, most freakin’ definitely. I’m absolutely sure that one day there will be peace. Am I being naively optimistic? No, ladies and...

Apr 27, 2018, 9:11 AM

BDS Is Anti-Semitic: A Response to the 2005 “Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS”

The BDS movement was started in 2005 by Omar Barghouti, ironically, while he was a student attending Tel Aviv University. Clearly the apartheid that is claimed by Barghouti did not exist for him since he attended the university amongst...

Apr 18, 2018, 12:47 PM

Independence Day, to me, is a time of reflection.

It is difficult, I think, not to look back at how things were and how things are now, on any anniversary - let alone the anniversary of my nation. But when I look at how things are now, I can't...

Michael Aarenau

Apr 10, 2018, 8:27 AM

How an Afternoon with the Palestinian Ambassador to Canada Opened My Eyes to the Near Impossibility of Peace

I've always been a firm believer in the power of dialogue, so around this time last year when I was invited by the Carleton University International Relations Society to attend an intimate meeting with Nabil Marouf, the Ambassador of...

Nov 9, 2017, 10:54 PM

Rabin means nothing to millennial Jews (and whats up with that)

I don’t remember Rabin’s assassination because I didn’t exist until two years later. I don’t remember “hope” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process because I grew up with a succession of IDF operations in Gaza and the same corrupt prime...

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