May 21, 2013
10:43 pm

Truth be told about the misinformation assault on Israel

At a panel discussion last week on "The global media assault on Israel", the limelight was stolen by five Ethiopian students who are studying at the ...

May 12, 2013
2:33 pm

Stephen Hawking’s decision and Haaretz — giving credit where credit is due

Haaretz deserves due recognition for its major part in motivating Stephen Hawking's negative attitude to Israel. After all if I lived abroad and my knowledge......

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April 10, 2013
3:33 pm

Follow up to open letter to B’Tselem and Gideon Levy

The following correspondence follows my open letter to Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy and B'Tselem spokesperson Sarit Michaeli, published in Times of Israel on April 2,......

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April 2, 2013
1:50 pm

An open letter to B’Tselem spokesperson Sarit Michaeli and to Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy

From Maurice Ostroff April 2, 2013 Dear Sarit Michaeli and Gideon Levy I am writing to seek your advice. In the March 31 Jerusalem Post article "IDF releases......

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March 8, 2013
8:57 am

The apartheid epithet and BDS

What BDS Organizers should have told us but didn’t With "Israel apartheid week" (IAW) currently spreading its hate message around the world, it is timely to......

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February 13, 2013
4:13 pm

Electoral reform part 2 – Regional vs proportional representation

Unlike FPTP, PR ensures that every vote in the country has equal value If it ain't broke, don't fix it Electoral reform is......

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February 4, 2013
12:13 am

Electoral reform part 1 – Trimming our obese cabinet

Although, OBESITY, with its contribution to diabetes and heart disease, is recognized as a drag on the economy, Reuters reports that the 2013 annual conference of......

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January 27, 2013
11:03 pm

The 2013 election results and the importance of raising the election threshold

The total number of registered voters in Israel is 5,656,705. After more than 99% of the votes had been counted it became apparent that......

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January 14, 2013
10:38 am

Welcome to the forthcoming S. African parliamentary visitors

As a South African living in Israel, with strong emotional ties to my former home, I'm very pleased to learn of your planned visit to Israel. I welcome you and......

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December 31, 2012
12:20 pm

An open response to Rabbi Rosove of Temple Israel, Hollywood

From Maurice Ostroff ...

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December 30, 2012
4:01 pm

A modified grand jury could fix our broken justice system

The long drawn out Liberman and Olmert cases are but two of many that have provoked severe criticism of the office of the attorney general (AG). Current AG......

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December 17, 2012
4:07 pm

The UN Palestine resolution was void from the start

The article by Raphael Ahren "Is Palestine a state?" raises the very relevant question as to whether the November 29 UN resolution A/67/L.28 that granted observer status......

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December 7, 2012
5:28 pm

Letter to the editor, NY Times re E1

The editor, NY Times December 7, 2012 E1 and the two state solution This letter is intended neither to oppose nor to support the recent much publicized announcement by Israel......

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December 1, 2012
6:18 pm

Pillar of defense – what now?

Prosperity can breed peace: robust industrial, commercial and even cultural relationships between the Palestinians and Israelis can lead to durable peace, mutual acceptance and understanding. It has......

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November 13, 2012
4:29 pm

The flip side of the Israel apartheid poll

Believe it or not, contrary to recent sensational headlines, if the highly publicized poll on purported apartheid in Israel is examined objectively, Israelis can be proud of the results. Directly......

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