David Silon

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Oct 13, 2024, 11:58 AM

Zionism revisited

Many people have read my articles on this blog and have commented to me personally, not usually on the articles themselves, but on my bio at the bottom which states that I am anti-Zionist and pro-Israel - and they...

Oct 11, 2024, 6:06 AM

Lebanon isn’t what Israelis think

The war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has been going on for over a year. Only a month or so ago, did the Israeli leadership have the revelation that they had had enough of Hezbollah rocket fire and that...

Jun 26, 2024, 1:45 PM

As with everyone else in the world, I also watched closely the events that took place on the 24th, at the Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico/Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. This follows on the heels of other "protests"...

Jun 15, 2024, 4:48 PM

Israel and Ethiopia

Since the massive aliyah from Ethiopia in the mid-80s, the governments of Ethiopia and Israel have maintained close diplomatic relations. Even in spite of all the events since October 7th, relations are still close. And now, Jews are able...

Jun 6, 2024, 10:20 AM

There was a rare piece of exciting news from the Diaspora this week - the election of Claudia Scheinbaum as the next president of Mexico, not only the first woman, but also the first Jew, to become president of...

May 21, 2024, 7:49 AM

Lincoln(shire)/Israel/Jews

The Jewish community of Lincoln, county seat of Lincolnshire, is a small but close-knit community, one of the few in the East Midlands region. Since October 7th, it has seen a sharp uptick in anti-Semitic incidents as in many...

Apr 15, 2024, 8:18 AM

The occupied territories

For these many decades of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and now with the mullahs in Iran and their Islamist proxies, Israel finds itself in a very precarious situation. But in truth, Israel will always find itself in precarious situations, and...

Apr 6, 2024, 3:10 PM

Colchester/Israel/Jews

Since the beginning of the war, antisemitism throughout the UK has exploded like a volcano, with violent anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations occurring weekly. And London isn't the only city experiencing this. In Colchester, for example, the city council, from...

Apr 3, 2024, 11:08 PM

Gaza’s ignored history

The last Shabbat in November was designated by the Israeli government as a day to commemorate the ethnic cleansing of Jews from Arab countries as well as to honor their burial places. But we should also remember that, 20...

Dec 4, 2016, 6:51 AM

Jordan is Palestine! Jordan is Palestine?

One day, during those exceedingly rare moments that I didn’t have anything to do, I was contemplating the concept of “Jordan is Palestine”. And this is what I contemplated. According to the Zionists, the territory of present-day Israel and...

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About Me

David currently lives in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles pursuing many interests. He is a pro-Israel blogger who also blogs about the histories of the other Arab-occupied indigenous peoples of the Middle East and North Africa (see IndMiddleEast.blogspot.com). His booklet, The Occupied Territories [by David Marc], about these indigenous peoples, is currently sold on Amazon.

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