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May 14th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized

1. Ibn Ezra: An American peace activist in the West Bank.

2. May: Jewish-American Heritage Month.

3. Israel’s Arab Citizens and the State.

4. Injustice.

5. For serious Jewish women.

6. Facebook Founder’s Roommate (and a mate of mine – Happy Birthday Ari!) 

7. Drogba Rap.

8. Hawking on Palestine.

9. AIPAC in under five minutes.

10. Intifada! Intifada!

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7 Comments so far

  1. ibnezra May 14th, 2009 12:55 pm

    I am both an American and an Israeli.

    I live in Israel, I have Israeli citizenship and I am working as an Israeli.

    It is important people know that there are Israeli doing this stuff.

    Thanks for post

    all the best

  2. Avram May 15th, 2009 7:31 am

    Ibn Ezra – you were recently linked to Phil Weiss’s blog too, when he claims you write in your blog that Olim get 5k to 30k, depending on where they live in Israel. Most of my American ‘olim’ friends got less than 5k (singles) and the families got far far less than 30k, and some of them do live in the territories now. Can you prove your allegations?

  3. Gert May 15th, 2009 6:31 pm

    Alex, what’s with the Intifada! Intifada! rock song (great find, I’ve put it up – who are this band? They sound like The Offspring). Wouldn’t have thought this was your cup of tea…

  4. Alex Stein May 16th, 2009 9:14 am

    Well I don’t think sounding like The Offspring is a good thing. I think the song is rather amusing, particularly the lazy sloganeering. All good fun though.

  5. Gert May 16th, 2009 5:33 pm

    Why not? The Offspring are great! (no, really, they are).

    As regards lazy sloganeering: it’s a bit difficult to write a nuanced essay in that format, don’t you think? Al good fun, like you said.

  6. Gabriel May 16th, 2009 6:39 pm

    Odd, Ari is a friend of a friend of mine and I met him a few times last year. I guess the Anglo community in Israel is small.

    I don’t think there is any need for the Jewish-American heritage month, actually I think it’s completely pointless and don’t even see why it was done.

    The position of the Palestinian Israelis is one of the most facinating ones and something I have had first hand experience with. While treatment of the Palestinians in the WB and Gaza can be rationalized by many on security grounds, the unequal treatment of Palestinian Israelis cannot. Israelis will say “well they don’t serve in the army” but of course, neither do Haredim and they get preferential treatment. I heard one Palestinian Israeli put it best “we are caught in a war between our people and our nation” which is an impossible position to be in. The stupid thing about it is that if Israel were willing to give Palestinian Israelis equal, or at least much better treatment, it would lead to much less resentment, less religious extremism, and lower birth rates all things that the right in Israel would support.

  7. Elana May 19th, 2009 9:52 pm

    Thanks for the plug!
    I’m enjoying your contradictions…
    Elana

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