Tag Archives: Meir Margalit Meretz party

jerusalem the olden, the golden and the stolen

Jerusalem Gangnam style.Horsey steps trotting through the paces. Even horses have to stop and sow oats occasionally. …. Something out of Ripley’s Believe it or rot: About a thousand  streets in East Jerusalem, if they can be identified between the … Continue reading

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forced shrinkage

That they tend to be narrow-minded, petty, self-righteous, sexist and parasitical is a notwithstanding issue. The point is the Haredim as they are called, the ultra-orthodox tend to be sprouting lie like proverbial tomatoes at the end of summer, falling … Continue reading

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olive trees and olive branches

Jerusalem. The city of peace. But not piece of mind. When someone says they are a moderate and middle of the road type and they come from Jerusalem they have to be bald-face liar. Maybe its what they called the … Continue reading

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cha cha cha: hora from them hilltops

…Livni said she didn’t regret the decisions that may have brought on her political downfall, saying she wasn’t “sorry for not backing down in the face of political blackmail, even when the price was staying outside the government, and for … Continue reading

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marduk chronicles

A society in transition. There are post-modern trends in Israeli society, but where they will lead and how one will arrive is an exercise in reading the grains of sand in the Negev for clues. At heart is can there … Continue reading

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