What a great adventure!
Earlier this week, a resolution sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) passed calling for the University of California at Davis to divest from “corporations that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories.” … Read More »
There is a great article in the Weekly Standard by Lee Smith who interviews Joshua Muravchik related to his latest publication, Making David into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel. You can find the article at: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/heres-how-world-turned-against-israel_820532.html There are … Read More »
I’ve been having a tough time sleeping these last few weeks. There has been a sudden increase in violence in and around Jerusalem. Palestinians have been killing Israeli civilians in public venues, using cars and other tactics. This violence has … Read More »
A few days ago a highly sensitive article was written by Jeffrey Goldberg in the Atlantic, titled The Crisis in US-Israel Relations is Officially Here. The big focal point by news media around is that a White House/ State Department … Read More »
The days of awe (Yamim Noraim) are coming to an end. I have spent the last ten days thinking, mostly tossing and turning when trying to sleep. One night I got little to no sleep at all. Other nights, I … Read More »
My insides are completely twisted. I am finding myself trying to navigate friendships and the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The conflict is highly personal for me, I have lots of family who live in Israel and my mother’s family helped build … Read More »
I often hear about the root problem with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is settlements and Jews encroaching on Arab lands. Ten years ago, I agreed with the concept of pulling settlers from the West Bank and Gaza. Israel did so in … Read More »
It pains me to write this blog entry, as I voted for President Obama and was hoping that the obvious would come to a man of his background/ education. You may wonder what I am seething about. It is the … Read More »
Well June has been quite a busy month. Gabriel returned from Cal poly, Susie had her two month check-up, Pearl finished her first year of High School and we hosted our annual Summer Solstice party. Susie is feeling better, though … Read More »
It is official the peace initiative that was so earnestly restarted with vigor by John Kerry and President Obama has died with a bang. The Palestinian Authority (PA) signed up to join 15 international treaties and conventions, so Israel rightly … Read More »
It has been quite sometime since I’ve posted a blog entry. There’s no excuse for this, as there has been lots to write. Rather than writing about travel and other events in life, I recently read a very interesting article … Read More »
I just finished receiving a bunch of emails from friends around the world about how The University of Texas’ Center for Middle Eastern Studies has cancelled a book which was scheduled to be published this month. Most of the emails … Read More »
I’ve been reading a bunch of articles and seeing a few videos as they relate to the Middle East. With the impending push by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen of the Palestinian Authority) requesting statehood at the UN, I wonder … Read More »