Anyone who loves Israel needs to read this Op-ed from from Time Magazine Commentary On this Shabbat, the fifth of the seven days of Passover, I turn Around the Block over to Doron Weber*, whose essay in Time so mirrored my own thoughts and opinions of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “Bibi,” that I canContinue reading “Exodus from Bibi”
Category Archives: Israel
Thoughts on the war in Gaza
Commentary After a three-plus week break, Around the Block is back I haven’t posted a column since March 13. Up until then I was on something of a roll, posting one story on March 12, Jimmy, Oscar and Donald, and two on March 13, I can’t get “20 Days in Mariupol” out of my headContinue reading “Thoughts on the war in Gaza”
Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th – Part 3
Commentary “The Gaza Envelope” This is the final of three essays by my friend, Mickey Golbus, documenting his recent trip with his wife, Toni, to Israel. I am publishing these essays in Around the Block with his permission. (In the event you did not see the first two posts, here are the links to theContinue reading “Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th – Part 3”
Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th – Part 2
Commentary “The Day After” This is the second of three essays by my friend, Mickey Golbus, documenting his recent trip to Israel. I am publishing these essays in Around the Block with his persmission. (In the event you did not see the first post, here is the link to the first essay, “The Hostages.” https://around-the-block.com/2024/02/06/experiences-and-thoughts-from-israel-post-october-7th/Continue reading “Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th – Part 2”
Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th
Commentary First in a series of three essays from friends traveling in Israel Two of my best friends from California, Toni and Mickey Golbus, have been traveling in Israel over the last week or so visiting family and friends and attending to other family matters. The Golbuses are frequent travelers to Israel (they even madeContinue reading “Experiences and thoughts from Israel post-October 7th”
A letter to Biden from five centrist Democrats re: the Israeli-Hamas war
Commentary Netanyahu’s strategy, Biden’s acquiescence, and the existential crisis to Israel, Jews and America I thought you’d like to read an email I sent to my Congresswoman’s chief of staff, Felicia Goldstein. Since I’ve corresponded with Felicia in the past, I thought this email would have a greater chance of a response/action than if IContinue reading “A letter to Biden from five centrist Democrats re: the Israeli-Hamas war”
With no short-term end to the conflict in Israel and Gaza …what to do?
Commentary I turned to Thomas Friedman and Sir Martin Gilbert – but received little solace. As Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza continues, with the prospect of a two-front war with Hezbollah in the north or even a three-front war as anti-Israel activity begins to move from a simmer to a boil in the WestContinue reading “With no short-term end to the conflict in Israel and Gaza …what to do?”
The fog of war, war’s effect on children, antisemitism, when is enough, enough?
Commentary 78 years ago the events of a bombing mission over Copenhagen is eerily similar to the conflict in the Middle East. I recently watched a Danish movie on Netflix, “The Bombardment.” (The film’s original Danish title is, Skyggen i mit øje or “The Shadow in My Eye.”) The film deals with, among other things,Continue reading “The fog of war, war’s effect on children, antisemitism, when is enough, enough?”
Trump blames Biden for Hamas’ terrorist attack
Commentary Criticizes Netanyahu, calls Hezbollah “very smart.” Biden says, “We’re with Israel. Let’s make no mistake. “ Predictably, former President Donald Trump on Wednesday placed blame on President Joe Biden and his administration for Hamas’ deadly assault on Israel and insisted that such an attack would never have happened if he were still in the WhiteContinue reading “Trump blames Biden for Hamas’ terrorist attack”
THIS IS NOT A WAR!
Commentary A Horrific, Savage, Barbaric, Massacre– that’s what it is! I haven’t commented on the horrific Hamas attack on Israel. While media reporting keeps referring to the situation with headlines like “War in Israel,” make no mistake, this is not a war. This is a terrorist attack, pure and simple. Hamas has savagely slaughtered manyContinue reading “THIS IS NOT A WAR!”
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