Category: palestinians
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Genghis Kahn wouldn’t be happy…
… but I am very proud and glad to be part of the country and religion that saves lives. I’m glad that we are not barbarians. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4043536,00.html IDF forces and local paramedics helped save the life of a Palestinian woman and her newly born infant Wednesday, at the settlement where Fogel relatives are sitting Shiva… Read more
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Near Miss
Phew! That was a close thing! Cyber pirates tried to hack into an Israeli website, but accidentally hijached the website of a stately home in Israel, according to the Daily Telegraph. I hope this is another encouraging sign for the peace process. If the Palestinians (or Algerians in this case) are happy with stately homes… Read more
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Alan Johnston’s answers
Alan Johnston is a BBC reporter who was held hostage in Gaza for 114 days. On the BBC website he answers readers questions in (what seems to me) quite a fair, honest and evenhanded way. Of course his kidnapping led him to a higher opinion of Palestinians in general (it was only the hostage takers… Read more
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Looking Bad(ly)
Last week we read the Torah portion of the spies. They were punished for bringing back a bad report about the land of Israel. As a result of this report and its acceptance by the people, the Israelites had to wander in the desert for 40 years (corresponding to the 40 days the spies were… Read more