Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


June, 2006

Lost fragments

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

A press release from the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center suggests that Palestinian doctors treating a victim of the Gaza beach explosion, Rania Niham, made excessive cuts in their patient before turning her over for treatment to the Israeli hospital:
She arrived at the hospital in Tel Aviv in very serious condition, unconscious, suffering from severe […]

What Jewish Ties to Jerusalem?

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

by Daniel Pipes
Historically, the religious standing of Jerusalem for Muslims waxed and waned with political circumstances. In a consistent and predictable cycle repeated six times through 14 centuries, Muslims focused on the city when it served their needs and ignored it when it did not.
This contrast was especially obvious during the past century. British rule […]

Presbyterians edging away from divestment policy

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

The full vote is not until tomorrow but the Presbyterian Church USA’s committee responsible for considering the divestment issue has passed a resolution recommending a change in its current policy. Further, it acknowledges the “hurt and misunderstanding” caused by the previous assembly’s vote:
We acknowledge that the actions of the 216th General Assembly caused hurt […]

Ghana’s Israeli flag waver provokes fury

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Many soccer fans following the World Cup will have seen Ghanaian player John Pentsil celebrate his teams goals against the Czech Republic on Saturday by waving the Israeli flag (see report and picture in Haaretz). Pentsil plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv and is one of three Ghana squad members who play for Israeli soccer […]

Books: Now they call me infidel

Monday, June 19th, 2006

We take a slight detour today to recommend that you go from Anglicans for Israel to Arabs for Israel. Nonie Darwish is a brave Arab Muslim woman who has stood up for Israel, and her new book is now available for pre-order.
Now They Call Me Infidel : Why I Rejected Jihad for America, Israel, […]

Sleepless in Sderot

Sunday, June 18th, 2006

by Judy Lash Balint
In the early 1990s I spent quite a bit of time in Sderot, one of Israel’s southern development towns that sits just at the northeastern tip of the Gaza Strip. At that time, I was coordinator of the Operation Exodus campaign of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and Sderot was our […]