The first sentence in the 2nd passage of a Reuters/Guardian story about Israel’s decision to return the bodies of 80 Palestinian suicide bombers who murdered dozens of Israelis to the PA, Israel returns […]
H/T Snoopy the Goon “…what was this audience thinking [watching the Israeli production of ‘Merchant of Venice’]? If it is simply an antisemitic play, why would we be watching it, why is […]
The following was produced by HonestReporting, and is posted at CiF Watch with their expressed permission. Upload01 120529023742-phpapp02 View more PowerPoint from Adam Levick Related articles Honest Reporting celebrates 15th ‘Inside Israel’ […]
A guest post by Gidon Ben-Zvi, an Anglo-Israeli freelance writer As the Guardian’s Julian Borger recently reported (Iran nuclear talks: Settling for confusion in Baghdad, hoping for clarity in Moscow, May 29th) Iran […]
Below the line of Peter Beaumont’s ‘Comment is Free’ piece on May 29th, The Houla massacre shows how killing can become normal, there was this off-topic comment, on Israeli Jews’ sad moral […]
H/T Dave Fresh from her blatant lie about the number of Palestinians in Gaza disabled by IDF military operations (which even the Guardian acknowledged has absolutely no basis), Harriet Sherwood turned to the […]
In a new campaign (#justoneminute) Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon, calls on the International Olympic Committee to dedicate a minute of silence, at this summer’s London Olympic Games, in memory of the […]
Cross posted by the indispensable Richard Millett I really enjoyed last night’s performance of Habima’s The Merchant of Venice at The Globe on the south bank of the River Thames on a beautiful summer evening in […]
The following represents the most unusual interview I’ve ever given. While the bulk of the questions themselves were not especially unusual (which included topics such as Zionism, my life in Israel, and […]
Today’s ‘ Comment is Free’ piece “Open Letter: We are all Greek Jews” of May 28th, signed by Benjamin Abtan, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Elie Wiesel, Amélie Nothomb and others called on Europe to reject […]
As a near absolutist in my belief in freedom of expression, I am very wary about judging people based on religiously inspired customs or attire. As such, women who freely choose to […]
On May 23rd, we commented on a Guardian report by Harriet Sherwood titled “Palestinian Paralympians visit Jerusalem holy site”, May 21st, about disabled athletes from Gaza (who are going to compete in the Paralympics in […]
Last month we published a review of the Guardian’s coverage of events in Israel during April, highlighting the subjects it chose to address and – no less important – those it did […]
Wishing all our readers celebrating Shavuot a happy holiday. Here’s a special version of the traditional song ‘Our Baskets on Our Shoulders’ to go with the greeting: Saleinu al Ktefeinu by Shevet Yehuda. […]
This week we witnessed a much reported demonstration in south Tel Aviv pertaining to the subject of the influx of illegal migrants into one of the poorest areas in Israel. As ever, […]
The festival of Shavuot, which will begin on Saturday night after sundown, is also known as ‘Hag HaBikkurim’ – the festival of the first fruits – and commemorates the bringing of the […]
This is cross posted by Jonathan Schanzer at Foreign Policy magazine. Schanzer is vice president of research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies A war is brewing on Capitol Hill. And while wars […]
The Guardian’s coverage of the incident which occurred on May 31st 2010 on board the Mavi Marmara – an organized effort by the Islamist organisation known as the IHH to break Israel’s […]
Cross posted by our friend, Richard Millett Last night 50 Palestine Solidarity Campaign protesters marched through Brent Street in Hendon, an area of London where many British Jews and Israelis live, before […]
Gidon Ben-Zvi, in a guest post on these pages yesterday titled “Growing pains: The birth of Israel’s illegal immigration crisis” made a few important points: Israel’s illegal African immigration challenge is a […]
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