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Aug 14, 2012, 11:00 AM

Morsi’s maneuvers

The one thing that is certain in the Middle East is uncertainty. Just yesterday I was praising the actions of the new Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi of Egypt for cracking down on the terrorists in Sinai. But today I...

Aug 13, 2012, 8:03 AM

Here is a series. Complete the final item: Abidine Ben Ali, Ahmed Saleh, Muammar Qaddafi, Hosni Mubarak, ....If you said Bashar Assad you are right, but you get no prize, because it's obvious that after all the other Arab...

Aug 12, 2012, 7:20 AM

Life without air conditioning

OK, here's an easy question. Why does the air conditioning always go out in August? The answer of course is because it's the hottest month. I am writing this with a wet flannel on my head. This is not...

Aug 10, 2012, 8:57 AM

Noted Olympic contrast!

A sharp contrast is evident at the Olympic Games in London, almost all the sprinters are black and almost all the swimmers are white. The undeniable fact is that all the ten fastest runners in the world are black...

Aug 9, 2012, 7:41 AM

Attack in Sinai

A serious terrorist incident occured at the Sinai border crossing between Israel and Egypt on Sunday that that has major implications. The incident took place in several stages: First, a group of ca. 36 terrorists dressed in Beduin garb...

Aug 8, 2012, 8:37 AM

Munich Olympics myths and realities

On Sunday at the AACI Netanya we went to hear a presentation by one of the Israeli athletes who survived the massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Yes, although a total of 11 Israelis were killed,...

Aug 7, 2012, 9:14 AM

The Jews of Libya

We visited a small exhibition held at the Netanya City Museum on the Jews of Libya. Why Libyan Jews in Netanya? Because soon after the founding of Israel the Jews from Libya were a majority of immigrants in Netanya....

Aug 6, 2012, 7:36 AM

Palestinian inequity

On the basis of long experience do not expect the Palestinians to show gratitude to Israel for making concessions. In line with Pres. Obama's pressure on Israel to make goodwill gestures towards the Palestinians to persuade them to rejoin...

Aug 5, 2012, 7:56 AM

Middle East war?

The disturbing news is that Russia is sending three warships to its port facility in Tartus, Syria. This is their only warm water port in the Mediterranean and was leased to them by Pres. Assad, and they will not...

Aug 1, 2012, 8:16 AM

Jerusalem is Israel’s capital

Each country gets to pick its own capital. Israel is a sovereign country whose capital is Jerusalem. But, only in the case of Israel does the world not recognize it's capital because of the influence and threats of the...

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About Me

Jack Cohen was born in London and has a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge University. He moved to the US and worked at the National Cancer Inst. and then Georgetown Medical School. In 1996, he Moved to Israel and became Chief Scientist of the Sheba Medical Center. He retired in 2001 and worked as a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University Medical School for 5 years.