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Good thing I remembered it this morning! Well, my Mom had to ring me and remind me, really. There’s a national drill today – something at a scale I don’t remember ever being done before. They’re going to sound the sirens at 11 AM today and we’re all expected to play along and, ummmm, seek [...]

I get asked this very question online all the time these past few days. Everyone is sure that Tzipi Livni has won, but then why do so many Israelis believe that Netanyahu will be the next Prime Minister of Israel? Let’s try and shed some light on the situation. The Israeli parliament, i.e. the Knesset, [...]

And I still don’t know who to vote for… Pretty confusing this year, for me. I like Tzipi Livin, but that’s mostly my feminist bias there. In terms of pure ideaology, I should vote for Meretz, but is that vote going to be meaningful when everyone knows they don’t stand a chance at getting into [...]

So, Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire and Hamas grumbled along about halting their own activities for a week (why just a week, I wonder, but with these guys, even a week comes as a pleasant surprise). I really hope Hamas will use this ladder to get off their high tree and maybe, just maybe, turn [...]

An online chat I had with my Palestinian former-friend and former-peace activist whom I met on a peace making board made me wonder though. This guy, who used to tell me how he is pro-peace and against Hamas, bought into all of their propaganda, obviously. Angry (which I can understand), he informed me that he’s [...]

I know I just blogged about Lisa Goldman’s latest blog post, but I just had to relate to another aspect of her very long post here. Bouhamza mentioned in a comment here that he cannot condemn Hamas, because of all that they do for the Palestinian people. Well, not only is Lisa more articulate than [...]

Lisa Goldman wrote a great post about the situation here. Lisa is an Israeli who strongly opposes to the war. She mentioned many Israeli bloggers who share her views, and was kind enough (I think?)  to mention my blog, along with Liza Rosenberg’s as bloggers who “justify” the war. I started formulating my reply to [...]

I’m writing this post, partly in response to some comments which I received. First, I wish to address the touching comments, some with links to horrendous videos depicting the plight of the people of Gaza. Not a day or an hour goes by that I don’t have the people of Gaza on my mind. My [...]

Mo-ha-med wrote two long interesting posts about “debunking Israeli arguments”. First part is here and the second part is here. There were so many things he’s written there that I see as wrong, I was all set and ready to write a long post debunking his post. Then I read his disclaimer here where he [...]

Same deal as we had during the Lebanon War of 2006. Middle East bloggers are debating all over the place. My blog has been mentioned in a few places, albeit I’m not sure it was in a positive light I am not being sarcastic either, sometimes I just couldn’t tell. Zeinobia from Egyptian Chronicles even [...]