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Judy Halper

Judy Halper

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100 days came and went

17.01.2024 20

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Judy Halper

Hostage release is not a leftist plot

26.11.2023 20

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Judy Halper

Can we say the P-word?

“Peace,” went the tagline of the now-extinct pirate radio station The Voice of Peace, “is the word.” Peace, in those days, was something to...

07.11.2023 20

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Judy Halper

We are not ants

Last week I conducted my own private war. The fire ants that we had, as a kibbutz, exterminated, were back. The hot autumn weather – in the mid-30s...

29.10.2023 10

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Judy Halper

The three-body problem in our war

Embed from Getty Images Here’s a thought experiment: Take a strip of land 365 km (141 mi) squared, one that’s populated with over 2 million...

24.10.2023 10

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Judy Halper

Time for some clear thinking

The kibbutzim on the Gaza border had crops in fields going right up to the border fence, and they have dairies, as well. Who stayed behind to feed the...

19.10.2023 20

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Judy Halper

Whose lives are forfeit?

We leave the TV on, sound muted, just to check for the flipping orange rectangles, each with the name of a region where sirens are blaring. Rockets...

15.10.2023 10

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Judy Halper

Don’t give me slogans

Everywhere I look, I see “stickers” saying “Together we will win (Israeli flag emoji)!” Having worked in PR, I do understand the need for...

11.10.2023 30

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War flashback

Embed from Getty Images I’ve tried to imagine it more than once: My kibbutz overrun with armed enemies, no soldiers in sight, leaving a trail of...

07.10.2023 50

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Judy Halper

First, drop the racism

Embed from Getty Images Police chief Kobi Shabtai was quoted as saying, in a leaked statement, that Arabs are, by nature, violent. “It’s in their...

04.10.2023 20

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Judy Halper

Bibi’s newest hat trick

Watch, my friends, as I pull a new Middle East out of my back pocket. Whoosh! With a wave of my hand, you can see I’ve turned the pale states of...

26.09.2023 20

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Judy Halper

Women behaving badly

Several days ago, it was reported that Lauren Boebert, a Republican representative, was escorted out of a performance in her native Denver. Sbe was...

18.09.2023 20

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Judy Halper

G-d save us from anarchy

Fourteen rabbis lined up last week to declare a preliminary winner in the heavyweight parliamentary coalition vs Supreme Court showdown, declaring the...

10.09.2023 10

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Judy Halper

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