It’s been a while since I photographed dead bodies. The last time I remember clearly was the murder of Yossi Shok from Beit Haggai who was shot and killed similarly on a Friday afternoon a few years ago. That attack entailed a few miracles. I recall that there were others in the car, teenage girls, who miraculously weren’t hurt. But […]
Read morePart 1. Direct talks The United States: Welcome to resumption of direct negotiations between Palestine and Israel. The goal of these talks is establishment of a Palestinian State, the borders of which, to be agreed upon during negotiations, will be established according to the pre-June 4, 1967 boundaries. The sides will have an unlimited opportunity to express their opinions and […]
Read more(As printed in the Jerusalem Post-http://goo.gl/p4RZ) A couple of months ago I had a little shouting match with some of the border police next to Ma’arat HaMachpela, the tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs. After a little while – when we had reached a dead-end – one of the regular police, a little older than the others, came over put […]
Read moreWelcome to IsraelAv 25, 5770, 8/5/2010 I’d already spent two years in Israel when I came back officially as an Oleh Hadash, a new Israeli immigrant. I remember it fairly well. January, 1978. Having finished university and done a stint on Kibbutz, the time had come to get serious. The plane landed sometime in the early evening. I was by […]
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