Israelis and Iranians reach out to one another on Facebook
Israelis and Iranians reach out to one another, using Facebook as a means for communication. One Iranian writes: “We are 2 civilizations with more than 2,500 years of friendship. Why should I hate Israel?” With the war drums between Israel and Iran beating at a fevered pace, an Israeli couple has launched an online campaign with the hope of reaching out on a personal level to the people of Iran. Ronny Edry, 41, said that he and his partner Michal Tamir, 35, both graduates of Bezalel...
Read MoreAn Israeli novelist gets a legal writ of divorce between Jewish ethnicity and religion, others wish to follow in those footsteps
Yoram Kaniuk, a prominent Israeli novelist, is now officially a Jew of no religion. This historic case has inspired hundreds of other Israelis to get divorced from the Jewish religion. Israel is 15-37% atheist, so this comes as no surprise. The less religious people are in the middle east, the greater the chances are for an end the violence. If only more people of “Muslim” countries came out as atheists (or nonreligious), we could be closer that goal. Kaniuk’s case has been...
Read MoreTens of Thousands Chant “Revolution” as protest breaks out in Israel
Recently seen at Alternet: Approximately 30,000 protesters marched in Tel Aviv last night, with social justice activists blocking central streets and chants of “Mubarak. Assad. Netanyahu” filling the air. Tel Aviv police arrested 42 activists, which is an extremely rare number, “if not unprecedented,” according to +972 Magazine, which has been closely following the circumstances surrounding the sudden rise of Israel’s progressive left. … These protests, which...
Read MoreAmerican Jew was not allowed to enter Israel on suspicion of converting to Islam
Wait, what? Refused entry because he was suspected of not being Jewish anymore? Oy Vey! With regard to a young American Jew named Harald Fuller-Bennett, the Taglit-Birthright project to some extent achieved its goal. The project brings young Jews from around the world for a trip in Israel “in order to diminish the growing division between Israel and Jewish communities around the world; to strengthen the sense of solidarity among world Jewry; and to strengthen participants’ personal...
Read MoreHelen Thomas: You can call the President anything you want but you can’t say anything against Israel
You should be able to criticize any country if you feel the need to. We value speaking freely, whether we agree or not. I didn’t agree with her statement that all the Israelis should just give the land back to the Palestinians. But I see her point. The way I see it is that the Palestinians were there first but Israelis who’ve been living there; it’s their home. I agree that there should be a two-state solution of some type. I also agree that the way the Palestinians are...
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