Category Archives: Israeli Society

Resolution 2334 and the Women of the Wall

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

I watched the Israeli TV news last night, which showed excerpts from the funerals of the four young people who were run down by a terrorist (a Jerusalem Arab) driving a large truck, who then turned around and took another … Continue reading →

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The Azaria verdict

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

At 10 AM on Wednesday, a military court handed down the verdict in the manslaughter trial of Sgt. Elor Azaria, called by the media “the soldier who shot in Hevron.” 10 months ago, Azaria shot and killed an Arab terrorist … Continue reading →

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Skirmishes in the cognitive war

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The struggle against Jewish sovereignty in the Middle East, which has been going on for at least 100 years, has lately been characterized by alternating diplomatic/psychological assaults with violence in the form of small wars and terrorism. The past year … Continue reading →

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A national purpose

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

ERETZ-ISRAEL was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of … Continue reading →

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The Reform Movement vs. Bibi Netanyahu

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Last week saw a protest by Reform and Conservative Jews, both American and Israeli, in support of the Women of the Wall, at the Kotel (Western Wall).  The demonstrators were protesting the fact that an agreement that the government, the … Continue reading →

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Who’s afraid of the Minister of Sport and Culture?

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Recently, as seems to happen on a regular basis, rumors spread about the Yitzhak Herzog’s Zionist Union (Labor + Tzipi Livni) party joining Netanyahu’s government. Supposedly there were negotiations over the Rosh Hashana holiday, and the deal was said to … Continue reading →

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Foreign leaders eulogize Peres – for the wrong reason

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

As I write, the funeral for Shimon Peres is in progress at Mt. Herzl in Jerusalem. Numerous “world leaders” like Barack Obama, Prince Charles, Justin Trudeau, Francois Hollande, Bill Clinton, Ban Ki-Moon, Tony Blair, the EU’s Donald Tusk, and many … Continue reading →

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Don’t worry, it will be OK

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

On Monday morning, an underground parking lot being constructed in Tel Aviv collapsed into itself, killing at least three workers and injuring some 20-odd others. As I write (Wednesday) there are still several workers unaccounted for, probably buried underneath piles … Continue reading →

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