Tag: <span>Israel</span>

Upgrade: Israel’s Ashalim Solar Power Plant is More Powerful than Ever

American Eric Loyle did Israel a huge favor when he parlayed his engineering expertise into making improvements at the world-famous Ashalim Solar Power Plant in the Negev. A high-ranking member of General Electric’s team of problem-solvers, Eric had conducted a brief assessment of the site in November 2019. He was …

Our IN Shabbat

I do have a confession to make.  At the risk of sounding terribly corny, I really do love my family. Really. I do. That shouldn’t come as quite a shock because, well, my wife and I have been married for 29 years and we have 4 adult sons together that …

Confessions of a Common Reader of Confessions of a Common Reader

As a book reviewer, I often read books that are not of my own choosing. Even when I have a choice, and I am intrigued by a title, author, or description, I am often disappointed. So imagine my delight when I chose a book that I am thoroughly enjoying: Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman (Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1998).

Myth #6: Zionism Versus Nazism or Hamas – They’re [Somehow] Really the Same

This article is part VI of the Response to “Hate Mail” from an Israel-Hating Conspiracy Theorist series dealing with many of the biased and incorrect claims made against Israel in its fight against Hamas. This one responds to the following: “Wake up and realise that you are selling yourself short, to a cause …

It’s [Not] the Economy, Stupid; It’s the [Arab & Islamist Supremacist] Ideology

If we want to stop the violence, then making Hamas and its acolytes richer and enabling them to import more weapons will not serve that purpose. No more so than making the Nazis and their supporters in Germany richer would have made Germany less violent. The core of this conflict is, and has always been, ideological.