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Jan 15, 2018, 10:47 AM
A Call to Pragmatic Palestinians, CC: Mahmoud Abbas
When I posted my piece  yesterday I did not, of course, expect for a moment that Mahmoud Abbas,chairman of the Palestinian Authority, would read it, or even hear of it. I do not speak Arabic, so rely on what I...
Jan 14, 2018, 12:37 PM
A Call to Pragmatic Palestinians
Pragmatism. I offer the following definition, eminently suited to my reflections here: “the quality of dealing with a problem in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules:” -the Cambridge Dictionary...
Jan 9, 2018, 7:58 PM
Privileged, Proud and Prepared
I was born in England but I have lived in Israel since 1974. I am privileged, proud and prepared. I am privileged to be taking part in a modern miracle- the physical and political rebirth of a sovereign Jewish nation in...
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About Me
David Thomas is a fervent Zionist. Born in UK in 1948, he joined Poalei Zion as a teenager, came to Israel as a volunteer in June 1967, and made Aliyah in 1974. Kibbutz member (trained as cook and then kitchen manager) until 1986, when he and his wife moved to Kfar Saba, where they opened a private day nursery. David was the cook, handyman, bookkeeper etc. until he turned 67. In 2015/16 he studied at Beit Berl to qualify as an English tutor and now teaches English privately to primary school pupils.