Not just trees

For sixty-six educators from Australia and one lone New Zealander currently touring Israel on a ten-day KKL-JNF educational seminar, it has been full of eye-opening encounters. Read more

On the other hand

2018 may have ended but that does not mean Israel’s cutting-edge technological achievements have ceased…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Off to a flying start

With the starter’s gun still reverberating and 2019 just dawning the election steeplechase has already attracted a crowded field ranging from old grey mares to young untrained fillies and would be stallions…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

On the other hand

Between now and April there will be an avalanche of election induced material designed to influence and persuade us as to which party is best suited to receive our vote of confidence. Read more

Election fever & other ailments

Israel is currently experiencing an outbreak of measles as a result of irresponsible parents not vaccinating their children against this childhood disease…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

On the other hand

Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with the pace of Israeli discoveries, inventions and innovations especially when the media focuses exclusively on negative news…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Fair dinkum mate?

You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time…writes Michael Kuttner.

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On the other hand

It is mid-December already and we are still waiting for the really nasty winter weather to arrive. Despite a recent downpour much more rain is needed to replenish the Kinneret and underground aquifers…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Morally bankrupt…writes Michael Kuttner

A definition of this malady states: “moral bankruptcy is the stage a country or organization reaches when it trades away or violates too many of its core values and commitments.” Read more

On the other hand

We are in the midst of commemorating Chanukah when we remember the miracles which occurred during the liberation of Judea and the rededication of the Temple in our Capital of Jerusalem. Read more

Mixed messages…writes Michael Kuttner

It is not always easy to decide whether expressions of appreciation are genuine messages of solidarity or merely politically expedient and opportunist attempts to curry support. Read more

On the other hand

At the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Forum which I attended recently in Jerusalem presentations were made by various experts on the latest innovations and developments taking place in Israel…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

International amnesia

There are two very important events commemorated in Israel at the end of November which the rest of the world have either deliberately wiped from their collective memory or conveniently decided to distort…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

The Leifer saga shleps on

After eleven months the courtroom soap opera-like drama concerning the extradition of Malka Leifer to Australia continues. Read more

On the other hand

Air BNB and the UK Quakers have joined the ranks of those who boycott us. Read more

Another week – more insanity

If there is one thing that can be guaranteed, apart from death and taxes, it is that life in Israel is never boring or dull…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference

Diplomats from a wide variety of countries as well as media journalists and representatives of a myriad of advocacy groups have attended the 7^th Diplomatic Conference hosted by the Jerusalem Post took place on Wednesday 21 November at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem. Read more

On the other hand

Having endured several days of bombardment by rockets from Gaza the long-suffering residents of southern communities now face an uncertain temporary ceasefire…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Postponing the inevitable again

If ever you needed an example of how misguided appeasement inevitably makes a situation worse, the current terror from Gaza is the perfect proof…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

On the other hand…writes Michael Kuttner

How many times do you read, hear or see positive news in the general media about the contributions that Israel is making to humanity? Read more

On the other hand…Michael Kuttner

It seems almost unbelievable that in a week when Jewish worshippers were gunned down in the USA there should be any good news to report…but what about a 95-yr-old enjoying his first sky dive and a revolutionary way to store food? Read more

A never ending battle…writes Michael Kuttner

The massacre of Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh Synagogue has shattered any illusion that “it can’t happen here.” Read more

On the other hand

Jordan wants to cancel part of its “peace” treaty with Israel. Abbas follows suit and threatens to abrogate signed agreements. Hamas and Hezbollah feverishly prepare to amass stockpiles of rockets targeting Israeli civilians…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Squalls on the horizon

We are slowly transitioning from summer to autumn and if past performance is anything to go by winter will arrive with a bang…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

On the other hand…Michael Kuttner

Hamas exports rockets by firing them at Israeli civilian targets. Read more

Chelm is alive and well…writes Michael Kuttner

Chelm was a mythical Yiddish-speaking town which had a disproportionate share of shlemiels and shlemazels whose mind-boggling stupidity provided an endless source of merriment and mirth. Read more

On the other hand

In Israel, temperatures are cooling as we head into autumn, (or fall if you are American), and with the Chagim over, a working week has returned to a more normal six days…writes Michael Kuttner.  Read more

On the frontline

The Jewish People have been on the frontline throughout their long three thousand years history…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

On the other hand

A common phrase in Israel whenever one wants to get something done is “acharei ha’chagim” which means “after the holidays…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Annual UN carnival

Coinciding with the High Holyday period in our calendar is the annual carnival of farce and hypocrisy known as the UN General Assembly…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

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