Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Overheard at the polling station…
“There were a couple of Kadima activists here earlier, but it rained, so they left…” The best election day comment so far, said by a Green Movement-Meimad activist at my polling station this morning. There were no other party activists anywhere in the [Read More]
It would never occur to me not to vote
I was asked to share my thoughts on today’s Israeli elections. You can see who I voted for by scrolling down to the “Cool Stuff” section in the right-hand column of the blog and clicking the Hebrew-language banner (there’s only one), which takes you [Read More]
In Gaza, there are little boys just like him…
What follows below is the text for my final daily diary entry for the BBC World Service radio show “The World Today“. The audio link for this show can be found here, and includes a response from one of my counterparts in Gaza, Mr. Omar Sha’ban, an [Read More]
Birthdays and bombings…
What follows is the text from Sunday’s audio diary entry for the BBC World Service radio show “The World Today”. This essay was written specifically for the BBC World Service. ************* This is Liza Rosenberg, keeping an audio diary for the World [Read More]
My Son the Political Commentator
“Who’s that,” asked the Little One, as we sat in front of the television watching a story about the Kadima party on the evening news. “The Prime Minister,” I responded. “I want him to die,” said the Little One, rather innocently. [Read More]
Nothing says Global Unity like Hanging Israel Out to Dry
Crude (Adjective) Not carefully or expertly made; “managed to make a crude splint”; “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”; “rough carpentry” Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; “coarse language”; “a crude [Read More]
80s Music Video Sunday #50
Despite the dearth of political postings lately, anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while probably has at least an inkling as to my political leanings. I was in favor of the Disengagement (though I believe that the way the government has treated the evacuees [Read More]
