Tag: israel

Turmoil of the Middle East in our backyard

TORONTO – The latest pleas for action by (CIJA) the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (“This motion must be stopped” This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, www.cija.ca) is yet another signal that Israel is losing the public relations war in Gaza, and that the Jewish Diaspora may be its most significant victim. With few isolated exceptions, before October 8, 2023, the Diaspora could count on Western society’s virtually unconditional support for the State of Israel as a Jewish state. The events since then have been testing that “bond”. 

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My Real Israel: A Testimony of an Italian from Central Israel

Article by Lara Baumann

I don’t usually write about politics – especially Italian – and I don’t feel I have what it takes to be able to criticize the choices and votes of the citizens of a country where I haven’t lived for a long time and whose daily reality I no longer know. But these days, Facebook is full of criticisms and judgments towards Israel, also expressed by Jews, non-Jews, Arabs and anyone who thinks they know the facts because they have seen two minutes of the news. (more…)

Mi verdadero Israel: Testimonio de una italiana del centro de Israel

Articulo escrito por Lara Baumann – Video: Lisa Picerno

No suelo escribir sobre política, especialmente sobre italiano, y no siento que tenga lo necesario para poder criticar las elecciones y los votos de los ciudadanos de un país en el que no he vivido durante mucho tiempo y cuya realidad diaria que ya no conozco. Pero estos días, Facebook está lleno de críticas y juicios hacia Israel, también expresados ​​por judíos, no judíos, árabes y cualquiera que crea conocer los hechos porque ha visto dos minutos de la noticia. (more…)