Tag Archives: israel politics

voted most likely to displease

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Dave

One could pose the question that if Israel did not exist, what would many in the world do? There is literally an industry of PR and punditry, press that is dependent on Israel’s existence including social networks, fund raising, activism … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged BBC Country Ratings Poll, Ben Dror Yemini, Bosch Garden of Earthly Delights, Charles Le Brun, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Hieronymous Bosch, israel politics, Israel Public Opinion, Jonathan Zausmer, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Tom Lehrer | Leave a comment

annie oakley: happiness is a warm gun?

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Dave

From a piece in the New York Times on a woman’s account of her experience with religious men in the Israel Defense Forces; its the kind of pieces the NYT specializes in. Demonizing and creating an “other” and then building … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barry Chamish, Chabad israel, ehud barak, Eliezer Moses Deputy Education Minister, Eritrean refugees Israel, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Haredi in the IDF, IDF women, Israel Democracy Institute, israel politics, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, paul schutzer photography, Steven Plaut, Tal Law israel, Transfer Agreement, Yossi Sarid, Zionism, Zoltan Kluger | Leave a comment

will the real terrorists please stand up

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave

Is this the 1960′s redux? Is the West entering a political phase similar to Europe of the nineteenth-century? Again. A world of social conflict and possible political upheaval and at least fragmentation. Are we willing to look into the dark … Continue reading →