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Jul 21, 2015, 12:03 AM

The Incident In Tennessee

"There's this misconception that Islam is a violent religion. Muslims are actually peaceful," a quote from the Chattanooga Times Free Press in 2010 by Yasmeen Abdulazeez the sister of Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez. Here are the names of the five US military personnel who were...

Jun 23, 2015, 5:11 AM

A Heritage Lost To Blind Hatred

In light of the recent racially linked murder, at the “Mother Emanuel” Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, a lot has been said in the news and on the pages of the social media concerning the linkage of...

Jun 8, 2015, 9:01 PM

FIFA, the Zohan and a sleeping giant

It is time to rise up against hatred; Part One Talkback Lies "The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth." Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) As I read a recent Opinion piece, by Sever Plocker of...

Jun 6, 2015, 5:03 PM

BDS and the Fly

A twist to an old story.....but it is a better way of explaining the BDS Israel/Palestinian situation: Taken from WHEN A FLY FALLS INTO A CUP OF COFFEE At the local coffee shop.....a fly falls into the coffee cup: The Italian –...

May 16, 2015, 9:45 AM

Nackba or The Catastrophe of Losers

"One of the characteristics of the Palestinian national movement has been the Palestinians' view of themselves as perpetual victims of others: Ottoman Turks, British officials, Zionists, Americans - and never to appreciate that they are, at least in large...

Mar 15, 2015, 1:14 AM

Israeli Elections

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say ‎it." From "The Friends of Voltaire", 1906, by S. G. Tallentyre (Evelyn Beatrice Hall) ‎ On March 17th,2015 we Israelis...

Dec 31, 2014, 8:49 PM

Bamboozled – The Truth about Judea and Shomron

For some time now there has been an increased use of specific terminology by the Falestinian propagandists, and their trolls residing in foreign countries, accusing Israel of "Genocide" and equating Israel to the atrocities of Nazi Germany?" What ever...

Dec 30, 2014, 5:12 AM

Lies and Falestine

The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine, and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name, though they couldn't even pronounce it correctly and turned it into Falastin a fictional entity." — Golda...

Sep 2, 2014, 12:36 AM

The Negation of Israel Plan

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), quoted...

Aug 25, 2014, 5:51 PM

The “Massacre in Ma’alot”

The murder of the Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich on September 5, 1972 and the ‘Massacre of Ma’alot on May 15, 1974, the 26th anniversary of Israeli independence’ were two of the major hostage incidents in the world where a forced rescue ended...

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About Me

Yakov Marks arrived in Israel in 1974 from B'ham Al. USA as a volunteer on Kibbutz Ashdot Yakov. Yakov was a member of a Garin for Kibbutz Ketura in 1975 but moved to be a single soldier in Ma'alot in 1976, where he resides until today. He served in the IDF as a combat medic in regular service and as a reservist from 1976 through 2000. Yakov is married to Rena B. (formerly of Far Rockaway NY) and he is the father of six children and he is the proud grandfather of Ori Meir and Tehilah. Yakov was a teacher of English and History in local High Schools for many years. He has been active in Israeli politics as a member of the Labor Party since 1975 and is a member of Yitzhak Rabin's z"l forum in the party.