Tag Archives: Benjamin Netanyahu

democracy in fraction

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Dave

Israel has an electoral system based on nation-wide proportional representation. What that means is lots of fringe parties and never a majority government. Every government is a coalition. The number of seats which every list receives in the Knesset is … Continue reading →

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settlements: obstacle or necessary to peace

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dave

It seems like an inverted sense of logic, but to a not insignificant number, the most immediate step to solving the problem is to settle the entire land. That is, wherever there is an open space in Judea, Samaria, Gaza, … Continue reading →

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displacement and rashi: thanks for keeping the seat warm

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Dave

The Biblical argument is that for two thousand years,during which Jews wandered from country to country, Israel has remained the national home. From the beginning of the exile to this day, no matter how farflung his current host country might … Continue reading →

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beginnings without endings

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Dave

The world lives in fear of the “incident”- In Iran perhaps, or Saudi Arabia, or Egypt? —that will ignite the next great conflict; but if you look back on the Thirty Years War and take it as a template for … Continue reading →

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forgive and forget: back soon for more

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dave

Forgive and forget? The elusive search for the in-between space. The sweet spot between how much we are permitted to forget, to let drift off in a vaporous cloud, and how much we are incited, cajoled and have it beaten … Continue reading →

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stop the world: they want to get off

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Dave

Violent, excessive and racist. No, not the Pamela Geller ads on Manhattan buses that council choosing civilization over Jihad or Holy War. Civilization you say? How about an Israeli rabbi ordering his flock to burn iphones, which is a way … Continue reading →

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greetings on his day

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Dave

The anti-politician in many ways.Anathema to Israel’s liberal secular elite, who regarded him as totally lacking in the “aesthetics” of the “new jew”. Not exactly Abba Eban.  To some a terrorist, to others a true patriot. Not smooth,devoid of drama,majesty … Continue reading →

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cultural baggage: have genes will travel

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Dave

Its a hot potato and it opens up a long standing internal sore between Eastern European jews and the Western European Hebrew, basically left, secular and more powerful both politically and economically. The African illegal immigration, whether economic, or political … Continue reading →

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remnants of remnants

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dave

… the passing of Benzion Netanyahu, scholar, Zionist leader, and father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was 102.He saw a lot. He was termed a right wing nutjob and loathed by the bourgeois white liberal Israeli establishment. The problem … Continue reading →

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