Tag Archives: mayor barkat jerusalem

writing on the temple wall

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Dave

Hunger and anxiety at the Damascus gate. The Jerusalem Grabathon?… Of course, its all about what the future has in store. The fear of Israel is falling into a cycle of concession, sapping its vitality to endure challenges until the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Charles Frederic Ulrich, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Ridgeway Knight, Guy Deslisle Jerusalem, Jerusalem Day, john french sloan, mayor barkat jerusalem, meir margalit, Rudyard Kipling | Leave a comment

dirt cheap: 20,864 grains of sand

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Dave

Dirt Cheap. If you can’t steal the land, or appropriate it under the pretense of national security then just swipe the dirt from on top of it. I wonder if these religious settlers, and religious-Zionism is a very ambiguous and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Almon West Bank Settlement, Alpha Blondy, Dor Guez, Dor Guez Artist, Drone Aircraft Israel, Dror Etkes legal research, Jama'a al-Islamiya, Khairat al-Shater, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, mayor barkat jerusalem, Mohamed Salah Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, Nasrallah, Nir Barkat, Oct 13 No Bra Day, Ofra West Bank Settlement, Walter Benjamin, West bank Civil Adimistration | Leave a comment

olive trees and olive branches

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dave

Jerusalem. The city of peace. But not piece of mind. When someone says they are a moderate and middle of the road type and they come from Jerusalem they have to be bald-face liar. Maybe its what they called the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged a.m. klein, Arieh King, Aryeh King, Aryeh Zik, Guy Ben Hinom, Israel Land Fund, Jeff Halper ICAHD, Makor Rishon, mayor barkat jerusalem, meir margalit, Meir Margalit Meretz party, Mitt Romney Israel, Nir Barkat, Philip Zimbardo, Stanley Milgram, Teddy Kollek, Women in Black | Leave a comment

odd cellmates: turn, turn, turn…

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dave

Two different conceptions of peace. Both claim to be patriotic in ensuring and working for the security of jewish people. Two visions of a one state solution. A one state solution might be a one prison cell solution for both … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Efrat Orbach, ehud olmert, Free Gaza voyage, Gideon Levy, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Gush Katif evacuation, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, martin kramer, mayor barkat jerusalem, meir margalit, Meretz Party, NGO Monitor Gerald Steinberg, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, Razi Barkat, shimon peres, Steven Plaut | Leave a comment

it can’t happen here?

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave

Is Israel having its own version of the Arab Spring? Possibly. In its own inscrutable way, the divisions between Left and Right that are marking American politics are finding political similarities. In fact, status and invidious comparison in the Holy … Continue reading →