As I began to recover from the stroke that kept me in hospital from December '23 till March this year, I managed to write - or rather, type - a significant amount of poetry and other things, all of which helped me to focus on thoughts which were not just about the depressing and disorientating … Continue reading FROM THE STROKE WARD 1
THERE’S PEACE AND THEN THERE’S PEACE
This is a Facebook conversation I had several years ago, but never got round to posting.Circumstances being what they are, I think maybe this is an appropriate time to post it.The question was, how to reconcile the Jews' and Israel's position with that of the Palestinians. Note that it was asked sometime before the Hamas … Continue reading THERE’S PEACE AND THEN THERE’S PEACE
ME, MY MOTHER, AND ISRAEL
I wrote a shorter version of this essay in March 2023. The events which followed eight months later have given it an air of prescience it doesn't deserve, as the Hamas attack of October 7th was, for all its un-needful cruelty, just a logical outcome of the situation which Israel had spent seventy-five years creating: … Continue reading ME, MY MOTHER, AND ISRAEL
ALL MY LIFE ISRAEL HAS TOLD ME
(I found this rant that charged out of my head onto the page a few months back. It is an old message in many ways, but, given trhe way things are now, it bears repetition) All my life Israel has told me who do not live in IsraelThat I am not safe in the country … Continue reading ALL MY LIFE ISRAEL HAS TOLD ME
AN ENGLISHMAN’S VIEW OF DONALD TRUMP
Donald Trump has no class.His whole career is just a farceIn fact, he is just one big a***. He likes to think that he is It,A Man of Steel, a Man of Grit;The truth is, he's just made of sh**. I wish I knew what makes him tick;Why does he think that he's so slick?He's … Continue reading AN ENGLISHMAN’S VIEW OF DONALD TRUMP
THIS I AM TOLD
(This is a spontaneous, highly emotional, not very well structured rant from some time ago which takes as long to read as it took to write. I'm leaving it as it is however, because it says what I wanted it to say then and what I want to say now. It shows the anger I … Continue reading THIS I AM TOLD
A ZIONIST SPEAKS OUT. HEAR AND UNDERSTAND HIM….
This dialogue followed on from my posting on Facebook and X of an article published by the Jewish Voice for Labour (JVL) regarding BBC bias in the reporting of Israel's actions in Palestine, and my comment on it which stated that the report confirmed what many of us were already thinking. My Zionist interlocutor speaks … Continue reading A ZIONIST SPEAKS OUT. HEAR AND UNDERSTAND HIM….
MY RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM KIER STARMER’S OFFICE REGARDING HIS FAILURE TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
In answer to the letter I received from Starmer's office, I thought I'd pass on to it a letter I wrote in January 2022 but for some reason never sent. This is the letter, which I prefaced in my email with the comment that since their letter failed to address any of the questions which … Continue reading MY RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM KIER STARMER’S OFFICE REGARDING HIS FAILURE TO CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
TO BIBI
(Netanyahu: 'God Has Given') How do you do it?How do you persuade yourselfThat it's rightTo give the orderWhich will see the crushing,The tearing apart,The shattering,Of so many living human beings? How do you feel, thinking aboutHow they must feel,The horror of what they seeHappening around themTo their children,Their mothers and fathers,Their friends and neighbours;The confusion … Continue reading TO BIBI
WHERE IS ISRAEL’S NESHAMA?
I have taken this from my Facebook page, posted in January 2022. I am sharing it now because current circumstances encourage me to do so.It is a useful example of how too many Israeli Jews all too often think and of what they have been taught. They have been subjected to Hasbarah all their lives, … Continue reading WHERE IS ISRAEL’S NESHAMA?
The Ethical Watchman 