Meyer Rothberg

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Jul 5, 2015, 8:05 AM

The settlers are winning, the settlers are winning!

Having read "Walking the Green Line: 48 Years of Occupation" by Nir Baram, I've come to see that the settlers are winning. They have control of the Government, the active support of the IDF, and "facts on the ground;"...

Oct 5, 2014, 6:54 PM

Jews, living in Israel and in the diaspora

Israeli Jews are often inclined to discount the opinions of Jews, no matter how Zionistic, as not knowing what they're talking about because we don't live there. My experience, however, is just the opposite in many cases. In my...

Jun 23, 2014, 1:23 AM

Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister

“We must change the way of life for the residents of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Shut off the power for a few days and you’ll see that suddenly all the world leaders will come and ask: ‘Why...

Jun 20, 2014, 9:33 PM

Where are the three teens?

There's a number of places in the west bank where the IDF has not looked. Where you ask? In the settlements, of course! There is a distinct possibility that these teens were "abducted" by lunatic right-wing settlers of which...

Jun 19, 2014, 10:28 PM

Hitch hiking/trempim in the West Bank

Many of us American Jews were/are taken aback by this phenomenon of hitch hiking by children of the settlers in the west bank. The danger is clearly recognized and presumably neutralized by these kids' studying of the look (NO...

Mar 16, 2014, 4:26 PM

Israel is a Hebrew state

Although I am not a fan of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, I support his demand in these current peace talks -- and that of a large majority (73%) of Israeli Jews -- that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a...

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About Me

Meyer is a 78 year old Clinical Psychologist living in NY state. Married, happily, for 52 years. Father to a son who served in the IDF/Gaza and grandfather to 3 grandsons. Frequent visitor to Israel for the past 35 years.