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Parshat Eikev The Blessings of Love – Reflecting on Pain and Weakness

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:28:04 +0000

Today is special considering that Arie is successfully recovering from quadruple by-pass surgery. Commentary by Ariel Ben Avraham of Safed, Israel. Reflecting on pain and weakness Immediately after posting my commentary on last week’s parshah (July 15), I underwent a quadruple by-pass operation at Rambam hospital in Haifa. Everything happened very, very fast and this [...]

Israel’s first female Arab combat soldier

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:09:55 +0000

Cpl. Elinor Joseph, a young Christian Arab woman from northern Israel, has won herself a place in a respected infantry unit, making her Israel’s first ever female Arab combat soldier. Joseph will serve as a combat medic in the Karakal Battalion, after more than a year of battling misconceptions that she was too weak for [...]

Palestinian Boycotting Israel Only Boycotts Palestinians

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:18:19 +0000

A wonderfully delightful article by Walid Shoebat on the Arabic press reports on the “Israeli boycott” by the Palestinian Authority. Admitting error is rare when Anti-Israel media writes in English, but perusing the Arabic yields treasures beyond your wildest imagination, even confessions on how screwed up this anti-Israel campaign is that is being perpetrated against [...]

Why Are the Palestinians Opposed to Ending the Occupation

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:10:22 +0000

By Jonathan Dahoah Halevi Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is a co-founder of the Orient Research Group Ltd. and is a former advisor to the Policy Planning Division of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]

India Israel Relations Facts and Figures

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:34:09 +0000

With a population of 1.2 billion people, India is the world’s largest democracy[1] and has upgraded its relationship with Israel significantly in the last two decades. As democracies surrounded by mostly authoritarian neighbors, the two countries have improved cooperation in areas of mutual interest and concern. India and Israel have joined together in counterterrorism efforts [...]