Posts from ‘May, 2008’

It’s actually my own private family who’s trying to set the fire. So far without success
I need a break from politics, all family now. I will say a few words on why, though. When I write this blog, I also take the time to browse around and find other blogs about the Middle [...]

I was talking on Skype to a Syrian student in Damascus a couple of years ago. It was fairly exciting (and I’m not even sure how legal, for either of us). We discussed current events in the Middle East, and the prospects of peace between Israel and Syria. At some point, my newfound Syrian buddy [...]

Just read this post by Liza Rosenberg -
The Little Ass that Could
Eloquent as always, Liza expresses a common view in Israel these days: that the entire peace initiative vis-a-vis the Syrians is nothing more than a media spin produced by Olmert to save his seat -
Under normal circumstances, I would probably be guardedly thrilled at [...]

We’ve had the big Lag Ba’Omer bonfire night on Friday, which was a huge success. About 50 people all in all (well, half of them were kids), lots of food and conversation. My feet were killing me by the end of the evening though - I don’t think I had a minute rest through out. [...]

The news just broke out on the radio. It’s official now - Syria and Israel have been negotiating for three days now. The negotiations are facilitated by Turkey, bless them. I am pretty excited about this!
I’ve been saying for a couple of years now that peace with Syria, is IMO, the key to peace in [...]

We barely had a full normal week and wham, the next holiday is upon us! At least this one is a fun one, and celebrating it has turned into a small tradition in our family. Lag Ba’Omer is about some ancient revolt of the Jews against the Occupying forces (the Romans in that case). Their [...]

It’s been almost two weeks by now, but better late than never! It’s not a whole lot of pictures anyway, but it does give me a chance to try out the new gallery plugin I installed
I am still going to post more about the Nakba seminar I attended on the very days these [...]

I’m so excited! Finally, moving my blog from the blogger free hosting service to my own domain and hosting -
IsraeliMom.org
The thing I’m most thrilled with is having a shorter domain name. That .blogspot.com thing was a bit cumbersome. I’ll also get to play with some plug-ins now that I’m running the blog on Wordpress!
Give me [...]