27th January 2009. World Holocaust Remembrance Day It is 63 years since the day the world began understand the full meaning of evil as Allied soldiers entered the sheer and unadulterated hell of Auschwitz. Those solders saw what no man should see as the emaciated bodies dressed in striped pyjamas came toward them in disbelief…

22nd January 2009. Shabbat Shalom I want to begin this letter by extending our love and condolences to a very special family who though far away in Melbourne, Australia are very close to our hearts. Saul and Lucy, Lucy and Saul they were always together like the song “Love and marriage”. They complemented each other…

Gaza Update 13 – Reflections and assessments At the Lord Mayors Mansion on November 10th 1942, Sir Winston Churchill, describing the Allied victory at the famous battle of Egypt “Rommel’s army has been defeated. It has been routed. It has been very largely destroyed as a fighting force.” He did not say we were victorious…

18th January 2009. Update Gaza 12 – Unilateral cease fire from Israel. Today 20 rockets and missiles fell on Israeli towns. The rockets fell despite Israel’s clear announcement of a unilateral cease fire. This unilateral cease fire allows, however, for response to sniper fire, anti-tank fire and of course missile launching from Gaza. Troops remain…

17th January 2009. Shevua Tov Drama and tragedy unfolded as we watched the early news yesterday. Shlomi Eldar, the Channel 10 Arab Affairs correspondent was in the middle of his section of the broadcast, giving information on the situation in Gaza when his phone began to ring on air. Under normal circumstances his phone would…

15th January 2009. Day 20 of Operation Cast Lead Shabbat shalom OK Let’s start at the beginning. Condi and Ehud made up after their rather public and inappropriate tiff! In a telephone conversation the two decided that the current situation was infinitely more important than winning points over each other. They have a job to…

13th January 2009. Gaza Update 18th day of fighting Hypocrisy! Sheer hypocrisy and cant in the general antipathy to Israel and the cries of anger at the plight of the people of Gaza. Hypocrisy, cant and humbug. Where were the voices of the likes of Human Rights Watch and Medicins son Frontieres, to say nothing…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_OGhj43GAE This video will take just 10 minutes of your life to watch and will enlighten you as no other. You cannot miss it you must see it. It changes everything you thought. A Gazan Arab, probably Christian, with exclusive video of the actions of Hamas. Bravo Palestinian Media Watch for this video. Sheila

January 9th 2009 Shevua Tov When faced with United Nations Resolution 1860 which calls for an immediate ceasefire the Prime Minister responded by saying that Israel will continue to everything necessary to defend her citizens. When one considers that Israel, not Hamas, is deemed accountable to the UN resolution I believe his statement is highly…

> 9th January 2009. > > Gaza Update 7 > > > > This morning we heard the news that the United Nations Security Council, during an overnight debate, voted overwhelmingly for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza; the vote was 14-0 and United States abstained. Of course Resolution 1860 infers an Israeli pull-out in the…