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a powerful silence

If there was one day in the year I truly wish I could go back to Israel for, it would be today – Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day). It is the day I feel furthest from home; most taken out of context. A day that is such an important part of Israeli reality; a tremendously sad [...]

Holocaust Memorial Day

We must never forget

Israeli IDF Soldiers Testimonials Taken Out of Context

Several weeks after the Israeli operation in Gaza, Danny Zamir, director of the Yitzhak Rabin military preparatory academy at Oranim College, organized a meeting of his graduates. There they chatted behind closed doors and shared their experience from the operation. A transcript of their conversation was initially published in the College paper, but was picked [...]

on Obama, Ayers and the inappropriate use of the term “terrorist”

I am deeply disturbed by how easily people use of the word terrorist in the US ever since this “war on terror” began. Listening to the Palin/McCain rhetoric over the past few weeks, I am terrified and angry. Terrified because I see many similarities with the devastating right-wing propaganda generated when I was a teenager [...]

Israelis for Obama

I’ve been waiting to finally see this video, and now that its out, all I have to say is – lame…lame…lame…!
While it highlights famous actors, politicians, artists and journalists from Israel, the video seems too scripted, “hollywoody” and just plainly cheesy. I’d hoped that there would be more of a documentary feel, highlighting pieces of [...]

Tzipi Livni’s web video interview on tapuz.co.il

Two days ago Tzipi Livni made a web appearance, interviewing on the popular Israeli portal Tapuz. She answered questions submitted by people on the forum online. I was impressed by her frankness and intelligence. She did not aspire to put on an unfiltered, rehearsed and polished performance. On the contrary, what you can see is [...]

w00t:: My GVO post linked on NYTimes

First of all, I’m stoked that the New York Times indexes and semantically parses Global Voices posts within their Topics pages!! Recognizing the importance of local perspectives in this age of journalism. My most recent piece, found in a popular Israeli online forum, describes a puzzling incident which could have dire consequences for Tzipi Livni’s [...]

Now Your Online Business can Observe the Sabbath Online!

Saturday Guard automatically shuts down your website during Sabbath (and ONLY during Sabbath) according to the browser’s geographic location. Another genius innovation from our beloved religious sect (did I already mention that I can’t wait for someone to invent sarcastic type already!)

With the development of technology the Internet takes a major roll in our day [...]

(De)Constructing the Wall

In October 2000, two Israeli soldiers entered Ramallah and were arrested by the Palestinian Authority police. An agitated Palestinian mob stormed the police station, beat the soldiers to death, and threw their mutilated bodies from a window. The mob then abused the bodies and dragged them through the street. The killings were captured on video [...]

Ma’ariv Site Redesign

Ma’ariv, one of Israel’s most popular newspapers (both print + web), has gone through a comprehensive site re-design. Its about time they changed their horrid color palette (reds and yellows), to a much cleaner set (grays) with a well structured UI, which actually feels somewhat like nytimes.com.

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