Stories about Israel from April, 2007
Israel: Virginia Tech Shooting Cartoon
Israeli blogger Stephanie links to a cartoon on the Virginia Tech shooting here. “Poignancy once again at the talented pencil tip of Dry Bones’ Yaakov Kirschen. This time Kirschen takes to task this week’s killings at Virginia Tech versus Mid-East suicide bombers,” she writes.
Bahrain: Ambassador Attends Passover Dinner
Bahraini blogger Silver reports that his country's Ambassador attended a Jewish Seder dinner to mark Passover in Washington DC, US. He wonders what this gesture means. “(S)o is this building bridges? or going against our core beliefs ? anyone cares to comment,” he writes.
Syria: Israel Ready for Peace
Syrian blogger Sasa links to an article which says that Israel is ready to negotiate peace with Syria.
Egypt: Remembrance Day for PoWs
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia calls for commemorating the lives of Egyptian PoWs in the 1967 war with Israel just like the Israelis mark April 16 as Yom HaShoah or The Remembrance Day for the Holocaust and Heroism.
Palestine: Israel Torturing Child Prisoners
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah links to an article which claims that Israel is torturing Palestinian child prisoners.
Israel: Jewish Blog Awards
Israeli blogger Danya Ruttenberg announces that the Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards are taking nominations until Thursday. “You read Jewish blogs; tell them which ones you think are the best,” she adds.
Israel: Hugs are Holy
Hugs are holy, writes Rabbi Yohana. “We can have men hugging men and women and hugging women. We can have mixed hugging for those that want that. We can have kids hugging kids. Hugs are holy,” he explains, after posting a video of the Free Hugs movement, started by Juan...
Israel: Second Holocaust Survivors
Israeli blogger Stephanie talks about the trauma second generation Holocaust survivors suffer from.
Israel: Last Day of Passover
Jerusalem Wanderings posts about her last day of Passover: “I decided to join my messianic Jewish friends in a much more subdued Easter Sunday service at the Garden Tomb – where Protestants believe Jesus was buried. They said it was an evangelical service in Arabic, which I thought was gonna...
Algeria: Future Arab Alliances with Israel?
The Moor Next Door talks about the Arab states and future alliances with Israel and against Iran: “A long road must be traveled until the major Arab states can win Israel's confidence. When I argued earlier that an alliance of Arab states be formed against Iran, I said that Israel...
Israel: Easter in Jerusalem
Israelity offers Easter wishes and covers the celebrations in Jerusalem.
Palestine: Debating the Refugee Issue
Daoud Kuttab discusses bearing responsibility for the Palestinian refugee problem.
Israel: Gaza Predictions
Based off of recent statements from Abbas, Aliyah advises: “Palestinians should also hold onto their hats –and find some basements to hide out in –because I’d wager that the gun battles and assassination attempts going on in Gaza without cease already between Fatah and Hamas, clan against clan, will also...
Israel: Knesset Predictions
Israeli blog Shiloh Musings muses on the predictions given by MK Dr. Arye Eldad, MD, an Israeli Knesset Member: “In Israel, the wars come when they're not expected, and, with the exception of Ehud Barak, rotten governments stick to their seats longer than anybody in their right mind would want...
Israel: Erasing the Holocaust?
Life of Rubin classifies the news as “terrifying” when learning that some UK schools are refusing to teach about the Holocaust in order not to offend Muslims.
Israel: Animal Domestic Abuse
Stefanella's Drive Thru shows us strange footage of animal kingdom domestic violence at an Israeli zoo.
Jordan: Perceived Anti-Semitism
Jordanian blogger The Black Iris of Jordan points out how using the term “Jew” can feel like it is Anti-Semitic; as well as words like Judaism and Israel. “It is the strangest feeling but it’s like there is an anti-Semitic radar in my head that starts to beep wildly whenever...
Israel:Canadian Jewish Community Center Bombing
Israeli blogger Yael on Aliyah! criticizes the Canadian government for not considering the bombing of a Jewish Community Center during Passover as a hate crime, “if a church got bombed on Easter or a Mosque got bombed during Ramadan it would also be a good bet that it was a...
