The reports last week of the return to Egypt by former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammed ElBaradei, caught my attention. During his 12 years as the head of the IAEA, he was a public figure and, particularly in connection with his work on the Iranian nuclear program, captured many world headlines. [...]
Categories: Arab World, Gaza Strip, Security
Welcome Haveil Havalim Readers! Please subscribe to our RSS feed through a reader or Subscribe to The Israel Situation by Email to make sure you get our updates in the future. I love Adar! I can’t help it. Something about this month just makes me jovial. Could it be the hamentashen? Could it be the [...]
Categories: Internet, Judaism, The Israel Situation
Matisyhau, your favorite Hasidic Reggae Superstar, took a trip to Vancouver to represent the Jewish people at the Olympics. If you are board by the interviews, skip forward a bit to see a fun performance.
Toameh gives several examples of Mahmoud Abbas stealing from the Palestinian people. Here is just one example…
Categories: Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
This is kind of fun if you are a fan of Olympic figure skating. Via Heeb.
Categories: Athletics
A group of 35 Israelis, led by MK Michael Ben Ari of the HaIchud HaLeumi (National Union), were stopped by IDF border guards at the entrance to the ancient city of Jericho, possibly the oldest city in the world and a major city in Jewish history. The marchers waited patiently for several hours for IDF [...]
Categories: Judaism, Judea and Samaria
A new immigrant to Israel has many cultural changes and challenges to contend with. Many of these, such as the typical Israeli aggression and impatience, and the horrendous driving on the roads are fairly well documented. Due to the fact that these cultural changes are better-known, it is easier to prepare for them and to [...]
Categories: Culture
The fallout from the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai continues to build. On Monday Dubai authorities released names and passport pictures of 11 suspects who they claim were involved in the hit on Mabhouh. Some of these names correspond in a way which is more than coincidental to those of recent immigrants [...]
Being both liberal and pro-Israel, I sometimes feel like the only Jew on Christmas. The situation between Israel and its neighbors violates the traditional ethical and political boundaries within which I’m accustomed to understanding politics. Israel seems to have an impossible balance to strike. Israelis have the right to be free from fear of rocket [...]
Categories: Non-Profits and NGOs, Politics
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