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March 21, 2011
African countries honor apartheid-fighting Jews with stamps
Three African countries issued a set of commemorative postal sheets remembering famous Jews who fought apartheid in South Africa. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Gambia issued the three black-and-white postal stamp sheets at the beginning of March.
Obama: Gadhafi "needs to go" [VIDEO]
United States President Barack Obama said on Monday that the U.S. policy on Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi is that he \”needs to go.\” Speaking at a news conference with Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, Obama said the military objective in Libya is to guard civilians from attacks by Gadhafi, not oust him from power.
Jerusalem timelapse of iconic landmarks
For 10 days, my USC graduate journalism class reported from Israel on a whirlwind schedule. The fast-paced experience within this historical land inspired me to make this video using timelapse photography and sound collected in Jerusalem\’s old city.
Israel, U.S. woo Latin America after neglect leads to tilt away
It’s time for the West to woo Latin America — some will say it\’s about time. The United States and Israel appear to be heading toward increasing their focus on the area following years of neglect that has resulted in closer ties between Latin America and Iran — and gains for the Palestinians. The shift comes amid Iran’s deepening influence in the region, as well as the successes of a Palestinian diplomatic offensive that has seen eight Latin American nations agree to recognize a Palestinian “state” in recent months.
U.N.’s Falk says Israel committing ‘ethnic cleansing’
Richard Falk, the special rapporteur of the United Nations on the Palestinians, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in eastern Jerusalem. Falk\’s statements Monday to the Human Rights Council came as the council prepared a resolution condemning settlement building in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem.
Report: U.S. intel considering Hezbollah as political
U.S. intelligence is reportedly considering Hezbollah as a political as well as a terrorist entity. David Ignatius, a Washington Post foreign affairs columnist with close ties to the Obama administration, reported March 18 that the distinction will appear in a National Intelligence Estimate that is now in its draft stages.
A rainbow over the Galilee
A dense foggy morning. The end-of-winter storm the forecasters promised us had stolen over the Mediterranean coast and was gradually taking over the Israeli skies. Already March – almost Purim – and we thought that winter was already behind us. We\’d already come to terms with the depressing thought that the scanty amount of precipitation we\’d been treated to during the winter of Taf Shin Ayin Aleph was all there would be, and that it will have to sustain us through another parched summer. More gardens and lawns will be left to dry out. And the price of water will surely keep rising. The Sea of Galilee will continue to recede from its shores. Coming home from school, our children will recite that we need to save water because Israel is drying up.
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