NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM? July 23, 2000 Am Yisrael is presently marking what is called “the three weeks,” an annual period of mourning for the destruction of the first and second Temples, the “Beit HaMikdash.” The mourning reaches a climax on the day known as “Tisha b’Av,” the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av, the day on which […]
Read moreProfessor Leech October 20, 2000 What is a leech? A leech is, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a bloodsucker. A worm. A leech is a type of parasite, sucking the blood of another being, living off of his blood, sucking his life, without giving anything in return. For example, the Prime Minister of Israel. Ehud Barak prides himself on being […]
Read moreMoving Targets October 5, 2000 At nine o’clock last night several of us met to practice safety procedures for use in times of emergency. We set up a makeshift medical center for emergency treatment. It took about an hour and when finished, we began to clean up and return all the supplies to their storage closets. Then, at exactly 10:00 […]
Read moreRed Light, Green Light October 3, 2000 Purim, March, 1997 – three and a half years ago, just 2 months after implementation of the abysmal Hebron accords, then Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu “opened” the tunnel in Jerusalem. So began the first open warfare between Arafat’s Palestinian Authority and the State of Israel. Arafat’s henchmen, dressed up as soldiers, and recognized […]
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