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Feb 29, 2024, 12:28 PM

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet! But …

Despite being scientifically inaccurate, Paolo Coelho says in his bestseller novel “The Alchemist”: the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn. Israel is not there yet, but it is rapidly heading towards Vantablack. And for my...

Feb 22, 2024, 10:03 AM

The Absolute Victory of Hamas

I do not know if to start with “fortunately” or “unfortunately”, but the present war unveiled the true face of the Jewish-Israeli society and its army. No more pretending and propaganda. For our horror, the terror organization of Hamas...

Feb 15, 2024, 7:06 AM

Miserable, Hypocrite West (and We)

I suppose that most of my readers are Westerners, do not speak Arabic and probably are not really familiar with Arab culture. I hope I am wrong but I doubt it. So, for the sake of those, and even...

Feb 8, 2024, 9:56 AM

National Elections, Now

It was crystal clear that the state of Israel will not survive the Ben-Gvir-Smotrich alliance. When lead by Netanyahu who is desperately seeking personal survival, the levels of racism, fascism, hate and violence that this coalition produce, are way...

Jan 25, 2024, 3:24 PM

Europe Is Waking Up

Lo and behold! Good morning, Europe. Did you sleep? Or shall we more accurately say, did you hibernate? “Word has grabbed my royal ear” as King Louie said, that foreign affairs minister of the EU Josep Borrell said that “Israel...

Jan 18, 2024, 3:24 PM

ALL-for-ALL, NOW!

The October 7th 2023 attack on Israel by the terror organization of Hamas is far from fully understood. It will take years or even generations for that matter. Moreover, the pain that this attack and the war that Israel...

Jan 11, 2024, 3:34 PM

Antisemitism Revisited

This post is written just a few hours before the opening of the lawsuit of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (Hague), for the allegation of genocide of Gazans in the present war. During the...

Jan 4, 2024, 2:16 PM

אגם or سلسبيل ?! HOPE !

Agam or Salsabeel? Both! Because hope is undividable. Because peace is for all. Because when HUMANS talk, rifles must be muted. In this post I am very cautiously optimistic. Three or maybe four beams of hope that will inevitably intensify...

Dec 28, 2023, 10:05 AM

From the river to the sea?

I want to start this post with a private story. In June 1987, I arrived for the first time in the USA to work in a summer camp. This was before the first Palestinian Intifada (uprising). Calm world, and...

Dec 21, 2023, 5:13 PM

The Day After – Part II, Israel

The state of Israel is doomed. I can hardly imagine it surviving the next decade and almost sure it will not celebrate its 100th birthday. I am aware of the fact that the opening statement is not easy, to say...

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About Me

Dr Abed L. Azab was born and lives now with his family in A’ra, Israel. He completed his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is an educator, teacher, social activist and column writer.