Alan P. Gross, at The Blogs

Mar 4, 2023, 10:04 PM

You’re either in control or you’re out of control.

TOI Blog #4 - Mr. Netanyahu . . . You are either in control or you are out of control. Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, I have been following your illustrious career for the better part of 40 years. There have been...

Jan 19, 2023, 5:59 AM

Who does the Knesset actually represent?

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionism party, says, “My voters don’t care if I’m a homophobe or fascist” (Times of Israel, 16.1.2023). Less than 11 percent of voting Israelis voted for his party. Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit,...

Jan 17, 2023, 9:09 PM

In Plain Terms – The Chaos of Israeli Elections

TOI Blog #2 In Plain Terms - The Utter Chaos of Unrepresentative Israeli Elections As an oleh, I am finding that Israel has an interesting way of electing it’s parliamentary form of government. Some think the system of electing Knesset members...

Jan 12, 2023, 7:24 PM

My Love of and Commitment to Eretz Yisrael Transcend Governments…

And that is a good thing, otherwise the intensity of that love and commitment would vary based on who is prime minister and what comprises the ruling coalition. To me, Israel is so much more than just a government,...

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Throughout more than 40 years working globally as a management and economic development consultant, I only got into trouble in one country. In 2009, I was taken hostage by the government of Cuba and wrongly accused of working for American and Israeli intelligence services. In reality, I was working on a humanitarian project to improve wireless access for small communities across Cuba. Released on the first day of Chanukah in December 2014, I openly praise the roles my wife and lawyer played, as well as the roles of social-and- Jewish-activism.

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