Saturday 7 October 2023
What "The Protest" is all about (Draft)
Friday 6 October 2023
Ben Gurion's prescience about the religious divide in Israel (draft)
Monday 2 October 2023
Religious Culture wars
It's all because of 4 ministers in the government TBC
Just as the US Admininstration has recently (30 Sept 2023) beeh held to ransom by 12 rebel Republican senators, so the Israeli government is held hostage by 3 ministers in Netanyahu's government and one Knesset committee chair
They are
Yariv Levin, Minster of Justice
Bezalel Smotrich
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security (equivalent to Homand Security in the USA)
Simcha Rotman
None of them held any official or ministerial posts in Israel previosu to the current Netanyahu government , which has only been in power since November 2022
Judicial revolution 2023 - this blog awakens TBC
After many years of dormancy, it's time for David to talk about whats' going on in Israel. The trigger for this is the so-called "Judicial Reform" or "judicial Revolution - depending on whom you ask.
It was started by Israel's Justice Minister in the new (November 2022) Netanyahu government. His name is Yariv Levin , he's a lawyer and for at least 10 has tried to advance an agenda of major changes to the judicial system in Israel , most of which would severly curtail the power of the courts in favour of givimg much more power (and freedom to act indiscriminately) to the government of the day and the Knesset (israel's parliament).
More soon
David
Tuesday 30 June 2009
The King is Dead
But who will inherit Michael Jackson who is here commemorated on the front page of Maariv , an Israeli daily newspaper? The last time I can remember that people spoke in Israel of a king was in the cries of support for Ariel Sharon, the now-comatose ex-Prime Minister. His supporters used to cry "Arik, Arik [his nickname], King of Israel". How the kings are fallen....
Wednesday 6 August 2008
Waiting for an interview
Here we are in an apartment in Rehavia with Einat waiting to be interviewed.