Caitlyn Martin

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Feb 10, 2020, 7:50 PM

American Jews Are Deeply Connected to Judaism

Minister of Diaspora Affairs Tzipi Hotovely meets with Chabad on Campus rabbis and rebbetzins on January 21, 2020. (Laura Ben-David/Times of Israel)

Last Wednesday, Laura Ben-David published a wonderful blog post about her work as a writer and photographer in Israel. She wrote about being "hired, last-minute, to photograph a special meeting in Jerusalem between new Minister of Diaspora Affairs Tzipi...

Jun 13, 2019, 7:05 AM

On Pete Buttigieg, Israel, and Annexation

A Times of Israel news article published on Tuesday reported South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg's comments about Israel from his first major foreign policy speech and provided related information about the Trump administration's position on annexation of part...

May 28, 2019, 9:20 PM

Understanding the Underlying Cause of Racist Attitudes

An article today (May 28) here in the Times of Israel describes how an undercover reporter from channel 13 investigated hospital maternity wards. She asked that, after giving birth. she be given a bed without an Arab roommate. Five...

Apr 2, 2019, 11:43 PM

Denying Palestinian Identity is a Losing Strategy

The posts I see on social media by Zionists defending Israel are amazing. Some are amazingly good. Some, written by people who mean well, are unhelpful at best and self-defeating at worst. A prime example of a self-defeating idea...

Nov 15, 2018, 10:57 PM

My Response to a Palestinian (Or Strong Supporter)

Every so often, I take the time to respond to posts on social media attacking Israel. In the case today the person I was responding to, who I believe is a Palestinian living in the United States, accused Israel...

Jun 9, 2018, 11:34 AM

“Look at a map of Palestinian territory in 1949” – A Response

I responded today to someone on social media who was attacking Israel, someone who accepts the Palestinian narrative and talking points as fact. After accusing Israel of driving the Palestinian people out of their homes and businesses and stealing...

Apr 19, 2018, 2:12 AM

So You Want to End the “Brutal Siege” of Gaza

I love a good story that tugs at the heart strings as much as anyone. I also love the idealism of some of my friends on the left even if, at times, I feel it clashes with reality. Anyway,...

Apr 12, 2018, 11:24 PM

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

Over a year ago I predicted that then newly elected President Trump would not be good for Israel. I didn’t believe he’d keep his promise on moving the embassy, a promise the last Republican president, George W. Bush, had...

Mar 28, 2017, 11:24 PM

Right Wing Israelis and Supporters of Israel Will Be Disappointed in President Trump

In the days and weeks following Donald Trump’s election victory last November social media was full of pronouncements from supporters explaining how much better the new administration would be for Israel. Last month Ambassador Dennis Ross, who has served...

Jun 30, 2016, 7:47 AM

All Settlements Are Not Created Equal

Media outlets in the West as well as many mainstream and liberal Israeli media outlets refer to any and all Jewish communities over the green line, the area occupied by Jordan from 1949 until 1967, as settlements. Depending on...

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About Me

Caitlyn Martin is an American Jewish IT professional currently working as a security engineer for a very large and well known technology company. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Caitlyn's father was Israeli and fought in the 1948-49 War of Independence. She maintains strong family ties to Israel and hopes to make aliya in the not too distant future or, at the latest, when she retires.

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