...Neither Is It Far From You

IN honour of the coming week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, there is this quote. Shmuel Yoseph Agnon, in his acceptance speech on receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, said ” through an historical catastrophe – the destruction of Jerusalem by the Emperor of Rome – I was [...]

I read that the Wingograd Committee has concluded that the army played too big a part in the decision-making at the political level during what is called the Second Lebanese War last Summer. The Committee says this problem was compounded by the Government’s lack of military experience. It so happens that I am near the [...]

This cat was sitting sunning itself in a small flower trough on top of a wall facing onto a residential street. It is a fine example of how relaxed many of the cats here are. As to why they are relaxed might best be left for a political analyst, a psychologist or a social anthropologist.