Noru Tsalic, at The Blogs

Dec 22, 2024, 3:02 AM

BBC's International Editor Jeremy Bowen is paid c. £250,000 a year for onerous jobs such as 'gently interviewing' the likes of Bashar Al-Assad and Abu Muhammed Al-Jawlani.
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About two weeks ago, seemingly out of the blue, an army of Sunni Islamists and fellow travellers spilled out of Syria’s Idlib region. Their offensive met with little resistance – the ‘official’ Syrian Army (whose soldiers are majority Sunni,...

Sep 28, 2024, 3:56 AM

It’s the Holocaust, stupid!

The Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz! Zvi Rex, Israeli psychiatrist On 5 July 2024, King Charles III approved the appointment of Rt Hon Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. Rt Hon David...

Feb 9, 2024, 12:17 AM

Of genocide and Doritos crisps

ICJ President Joan E. Donoghue delivers the ruling {YouTube screen capture}

Arrest the Common Sense – it broke the Common Law! Here’s a quote from James Clavell’s most famous novel: “The law may upset reason but reason may never upset the law, or our whole society will shred like an old tatami....

Dec 21, 2023, 7:41 PM

From Ben to Benjamin

Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP {by Simon Dawson, image licensed under OGL), OGL 3, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=134486990}

On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, I found myself in a West Midlands town, delivering a presentation on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in front of the local CLP (Constituency Labour Party). Towards the end of my presentation, there...

Nov 10, 2023, 5:26 PM

How not to save Gaza’s innocents

Since 7 October, Egypt has closed its border with Gaza (including the Rafah crossing) to civilians seeking refuge.
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It bears repeating: Hamas murdered 1,200 Israeli civilians in cold blood, often in gruesome ways; scores were raped; hundreds kidnapped; 200,000 displaced, millions forced to spend their days and nights in bomb shelters. A whole month has now passed...

Mar 22, 2023, 4:27 PM

Unpacking the Israeli judicial reform

Fair disclosure In a recent article, I expressed appreciation for Benjamin Netanyahu’s past achievements as Prime Minister of the State of Israel – even if not support for his present policies. I also stated: “As for the ‘Religious Zionism’ extremists, I...

Nov 6, 2022, 11:55 PM

Israel elections 2022: What the Diaspora should know

Israel’s latest elections appear to have broken the prolonged stalemate between the two ‘blocs’. I don’t mean ‘left’ and ‘right’ – terms that make very little sense in the current Israeli political context; I don’t even mean ‘doves’ and...

Aug 12, 2022, 7:01 PM

Harping about Hebron

One of the most outrageous, blood-boiling aspects of ‘modern’ political culture is the shocking levels of intellectual dishonesty found among people who claim moral high ground as ‘campaigners for human rights’. I’ve written before about the Israeli group that calls...

May 21, 2022, 12:28 AM

And the Wooden Spoon goes to…

$Shame! {photo: frankieleon; https://live.staticflickr.com/5136/5451746855_8f7d8fec16_h.jpg; CC BY 2.0}$

As usually while driving, I was listening to LBC (yes, I know: I’m a sad, sad person!) In truth, I had rather switched off from the annoying chatter and was focusing on driving – when I suddenly heard the...

May 19, 2022, 7:33 AM

Russia & Ukraine: The smartened-up story – Chapter V

My Russia-Ukraine series of articles is approaching its conclusion. So let’s summarise: In the first article, I delved into the history of this conflict, debunking a few myths and underscoring its ethnic character. The second chapter moves the limelight to more...

About Me

Noru served in the IDF as a regular soldier and reservist. Currently a management consultant, in his spare time he engages in pro-Israel advocacy, especially in interfaith environments. He presented in front of Church of England and Quaker audiences and provides support to Methodist Friends of Israel. Noru is the Editor-in-Chief of 'Politically-incorrect Politics' (www.Pol-inc-Pol.com). Translated into Polish, his articles are also published by the Polish portal 'Listy z naszego sadu.'

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