You are both a treasure, the nuance of the conversation and the patience with which you sometimes disagree is admirable. I do think in this episode Jonathan was falsely framing some extreme positions as if they were mainstream. The vast global majority see this precise attack on a terror group for what it is.
Re Rivka Ravitz What Haredim won't admit is that a boy who comes back from his IDF service without a kippah probably always had plans to do so and saw army service as a safe space - and distant enough from family - to do so. What Haredim close their eyes to is the success of the Hesder programme for the more Modern Orthodox / National Religious community. That would be a model that Haredim could and should embrace.
Ilana Dayan interview is great, she is saying the things clearly, super zionist, super interesting and I believe it something that should be learnt at schools.
At least these strikes can be described in one sense as "surgical". "Some of the patients we had to remove both eyes. It kills me. In my past 25 years in practice, I've never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday." - Professor Elias Warrak, ophthalmologist at Mount Lebanon University Hospital.
A phrase I've added to my lexicon recently whenever I see something in the news is "man, this week's episode of Unholy is going to be interesting" and this week scored high both on the news count and on the episode quality.
Applying identical logic, who among us does not recall with equally breathless admiration that "stunning display of intelligence and technical ingenuity" shown during the IRA's audacious letter-bombing campaign in London in the 1970s. The precise targeting and sophisticated tradecraft of this strategy involved literally addressing the explosive ordnance to the intended target and co-opting the Royal Mail as a trojan horse to deliver the device through the target's front door. Yes, regrettably noncombatants were also drawn into the fray as unavoidable collateral damage. But hey. You know what they say about the art of omelette-making...
Now we see this appear from the same "journalist" in the Manchester Grauniad: ""The pager bombing of Hezbollah was jaw-dropping" Does he mean jaw-dropping literally? Then he is correct. Or perhaps he meant eye popping? That would be more accurate. "Some of the patients we had to remove both eyes. It kills me. In my past 25 years in practice, I've never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday." - Professor Elias Warrak, ophthalmologist at Mount Lebanon University Hospital.
Jonathan's excuse for working for The Guardian, is abysmal. The false stories coming out of that rag are well documented. Anyone with journalistic integrity would have distanced themselves from it years ago.
And earlier this week we had Yonit yucking it up with Yossi, formerly of the Mossad stable, regarding that organisation's "daring" escapades during a conversation about "the nature of responsibility". Meanwhile Mister Eric Arthur Blair is rotating six feet beneath their feet.
You are both a treasure, the nuance of the conversation and the patience with which you sometimes disagree is admirable. I do think in this episode Jonathan was falsely framing some extreme positions as if they were mainstream. The vast global majority see this precise attack on a terror group for what it is.
Re Rivka Ravitz
What Haredim won't admit is that a boy who comes back from his IDF service without a kippah probably always had plans to do so and saw army service as a safe space - and distant enough from family - to do so.
What Haredim close their eyes to is the success of the Hesder programme for the more Modern Orthodox / National Religious community. That would be a model that Haredim could and should embrace.
Ilana Dayan interview is great, she is saying the things clearly, super zionist, super interesting and I believe it something that should be learnt at schools.
At least these strikes can be described in one sense as "surgical".
"Some of the patients we had to remove both eyes. It kills me. In my past 25 years in practice, I've never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday." - Professor Elias Warrak, ophthalmologist at Mount Lebanon University Hospital.
A phrase I've added to my lexicon recently whenever I see something in the news is "man, this week's episode of Unholy is going to be interesting" and this week scored high both on the news count and on the episode quality.
Applying identical logic, who among us does not recall with equally breathless admiration that "stunning display of intelligence and technical ingenuity" shown during the IRA's audacious letter-bombing campaign in London in the 1970s. The precise targeting and sophisticated tradecraft of this strategy involved literally addressing the explosive ordnance to the intended target and co-opting the Royal Mail as a trojan horse to deliver the device through the target's front door. Yes, regrettably noncombatants were also drawn into the fray as unavoidable collateral damage. But hey. You know what they say about the art of omelette-making...
Now we see this appear from the same "journalist" in the Manchester Grauniad: ""The pager bombing of Hezbollah was jaw-dropping" Does he mean jaw-dropping literally? Then he is correct. Or perhaps he meant eye popping? That would be more accurate.
"Some of the patients we had to remove both eyes. It kills me. In my past 25 years in practice, I've never removed as many eyes as I did yesterday." - Professor Elias Warrak, ophthalmologist at Mount Lebanon University Hospital.
Jonathan's excuse for working for The Guardian, is abysmal. The false stories coming out of that rag are well documented. Anyone with journalistic integrity would have distanced themselves from it years ago.
Steady on. We don't want Jonnie to have to leave two newspapers in one week, do we?
And earlier this week we had Yonit yucking it up with Yossi, formerly of the Mossad stable, regarding that organisation's "daring" escapades during a conversation about "the nature of responsibility". Meanwhile Mister Eric Arthur Blair is rotating six feet beneath their feet.
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