Yom Ha’Atzmaut Meanings aka: How Israelis celebrate their right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of barbecue In Israel, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, the Hebrew name for Independence Day, means a lot of different things to just about everyone you speak with. To cows, sheep and chicken, it mainly means a lot of dying and feeding hungry […]
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Keep taking the tablets … yea, e’en unto Passover aka: How Ye Olde Hebrews survived Passover in the Sinai If you take the Torah at its word (which most archaeologists don’t), then it is a fact that the biblical tribes of Israel escaped the bondage of slavery in Pharaoh’s Egypt by crossing the Sinai Peninsula, […]
To bribe or not to bribe, that is the question Bribery is alive and well thanks to two Middle East democracies Olmert: Convicted of bribery and corruption on a scale previously unknown in Israel. Erdogan: Facing his own accusations of bribery and corruption at record levels for modern Turkey. Casual News Reader: Thinks these charges […]
Israel accusing Iran is hardly newsworthy anymore. The thing about poor journalism in the Middle East You can take a press pool to an Israeli-captured cargo ship full of Iranian missiles and other ordinance headed for terror cells in Gaza, but you can’t force them to report it as any kind of big deal. This […]
Need A SlickLogin? Enter the Google. Why the Valley loves the Wadi when it comes to hi-tech ventures 3. Google bought Israeli start-up SlickLogin because they want one password to rule them all, and they want it to be so easy to use, that you don’t even know you’re using it. Life Changing effect: You […]