Howard Burns

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Jan 29, 2023, 6:36 AM

The demonstrations in Israel

The demonstrations all over the country are not exclusively anti-Netanyahu. He has succeeded in creating a majority in the Knesset by selling his soul, even more, to the devil by making his coalition with such extreme right wing parties...

Dec 31, 2022, 11:24 PM

This is a time for retrospection. It’s a time for learning lessons from the past year and making plans for the new. It’s a time for a ‘New Year resolution’ (or two). It’s a time to celebrate. It’s a time to regroup. It’s a...

Mar 4, 2022, 2:23 PM

Stop President Putin

9 days into the most talked about war, in real time, in history and the most common word bantered about in every language imaginable is this : STOP. This seems to be the message of the world to and about...

May 22, 2021, 12:42 AM

Sinking feeling

So it looks like we have a ceasefire that has lasted 24 hours so far. Yes, that's great, however, the Hamas have declared today a 'day of fury'. In Jerusalem, the rioting has already started even before the sun has...

May 19, 2021, 3:12 PM

Stop and listen!

Being an Israeli should be a privilege not an curse but, just lately, this seems to be a really dubious privilege. I have no intention of bemoaning what has been lost or has been failed to achieve, especially in the...

May 18, 2021, 12:06 AM

8 days ago the Hamas once again started firing rockets into Israel, non-stop barrages, hundreds of rockets, random targets. Israel began retaliating claiming that this time they wouldn't stop until there would be no more capability to launch attacks. 8...

May 14, 2021, 2:53 PM

To anyone concerned with the situation

To anyone concerned about the current crisis here in Israel, I want to give anyone who's concerned a brief and personal update which unfortunately isn't too optimistic: The situation here is bad and it's going to get worse. We're not only facing the Hamas...

Apr 3, 2020, 7:31 PM

Everything's gone topsy turvy and it's right that just a short time ago who would have or could have invented, in the wildest creative scenario of a fantasy or science fiction script that what was once in the minds...

Dec 12, 2019, 6:06 PM

I woke up this morning read the news and wrote this poem: I had a dream It was happy and sad I was flying falling Laughing hysterically crying torrentially having so much fun That was no dream it was a nightmare I had a dream It...

May 12, 2019, 11:05 AM

No time for whining. No place for recrimination.

This week is the week of the Eurovision Song Contest. I am really proud that Neta has brought this event to Israel. Her amazing talent not only overcame the oposition at last year's competition but also exhibited to the...

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I am 67 live in Haifa with my wife of almost 40 years and our dog Mama. I have 2 grown up children and a granddaughter. I made Aliya at the age of 22 from London, England. Since the onset of the Pandemic I have been teaching exclusively online as a personal coach and language trainer for business executives, government and municipal officials and medical professionals in Israel and all over the world..

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