Category Archives: Occupation

Which is better?

Posted on 06/21/2015 by Sherlock

“Which is better, one Israeli soldier dead or one thousand Gazans civilians killed?” (A common right-wing Israeli argument) Someone has to die. That’s what I’ve been told. Someone simply has to. Someone must die!.. Someone has to die on the … Continue reading →

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It does not offset

Posted on 05/02/2015 by Sherlock

The question is, why the Israeli government is sending aid and rescue delegation to Nepal? Nir Gontarz asks this question in his article “Quiet, flying” (The Seventh Eye, 28.4.2015, Hebrew), and Nir Gontarz answers that they do it for public … Continue reading →

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What are you prepared to do about it now

Posted on 03/18/2015 by Sherlock

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, announced loud and clear on election day that he will do everything in his power to block a Palestinian state, and the Israeli Jews supported him in droves. A serving prime minister denies the right … Continue reading →

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Stockholm is wonderful in winter

Posted on 02/01/2015 by Sherlock

So now I know that the difference between the Israeli Post-Zionist Nationalist camp and the Nationalist camp who still calls itself Zionist is who recycles more bottles and how much money they received in return. When the Clings to the … Continue reading →

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I don’t feel like

Posted on 11/23/2014 by Sherlock

They tell me that I have to condemn the killing of the worshipers in the synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem and they tell me I must condemn those who carried out the killing and they tell me that those who … Continue reading →

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An update in three hundred and fifty words

Posted on 09/02/2014 by Sherlock

The purpose of operation Shuvu Achim (Return the brothers) was not to bring back home the three yeshiva students who were killed in the West Bank, but rather to bring as many Hamas members back behind bars. And the goal … Continue reading →

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