HolyExposures Note: Shalom Lerner is on the Bet Shemesh City Council, and was the ‘other’ (e.g. non haredi) candidate in last year’s mayoral elections . This open letter sent by Shalom to both the Bet Shemesh and Ramat Bet Shemesh lists, in English, is presented in its entirety for your viewing pleasure. I find it [...]
Nadav Shragai does a good analysis in today’s Haaretz of how Jerusalem is the key to the entire Mid East peace process.
When it comes to Jerusalem, there is no need to mention either natural growth or natural development; what is at stake is nature itself, the nature of our connection to this city and the [...]
Breaking News from the World’s Gone Upside Down Department
Carter was granted special waivers by the U.S. Secret Service allowing him to enter Gaza. Employees of the U.S. executive branch are not allowed into the strip since a roadside bomb killed three U.S. security personnel in 2003.
Taji writes on Al Jazeera’s message board:
“HAMMAS is a terror [...]
I still can’t believe that headline!
– Satire begin
Those crazy Palestinians. Look how far this has gone. Now when you offer them a state of their own, not only don’t they take it, but they get angry at you for offering it! It reminds me of the typical Jewish mother. Guilt, [...]
Harav Shlomo Aviner, one of the leaders of the National Religious Movement, a settler himself, a Posek (halachik religious authority), and head of Yeshivat Ateret Kohanim in the Mulstim Quarter of the Old City, wrote in this week’s Torah pamphlet “Mayney Heyeshua” that the law is most important for a healthy society. He went [...]
“Arabs did to Israel what Borat did to Kazakhstan” is what Ido Aharoni, head of the Brand Israel project told the Knesset Defense and Security Committee on Tuesday. Brand Israel will attempt to cut into the heavy losses Israel has already suffered in public relations over the past years.
The reference to [...]
File this in the “Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse” category:
France’s comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala has created a political party to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The French high court threw out a petition to ban this party from running in the elections as a racist party.
Their platform essentially states the [...]
The word on the street in Israel is varied after Obama’s monumental speech in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. President Netanyahu is now faced with a monumental dilemma of choosing between his coalition and relations with the United States.
The United States symbiotic relationship with Israel is not in jeapordy, however without Israel’s obeying Obama’s new policy shift, [...]
Tear Down the wall says Roger Waters, former band member of Pink Floyd. Mr Waters visited Israel in 2006 and played a single concert to a sold out makeshift open air stadium of 50,000 (paying) Israeli Jews. He also found time on his whirlwind visit to hop over the fence (or over the big bad [...]
“A United Nations team headed by a veteran war crimes prosecutor has begun its probe into possible war crimes by Israel and Hamas militants during Operation Cast Lead. ”
Israel has not accepted this probe and questions the validity of a UN-led team, with its known anti-Israel bias.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yigal Palmor said “This committee has [...]
