Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas from Shalom.Kiwi A very Happy Hanukkah from Shalom.Kiwi. The first day of the Jewish festival of lights falls on exactly the same day as Christmas this year so a Merry Christmas to you all as well. The word Hanukkah (or Chanukah) means…
Peres’ funeral: Stirring moments from an historic event The funeral for Shimon Peres was held in Jerusalem on Fri, Sept 29. Over 25 heads of state gathered at the Mount Herzl national cemetery to farewell the longest serving and most distinguished politician in Israeli history. Well before the…
New Zealand’s dangerously deluded Foreign Minister New Zealand Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, is a man on a mission. Undeterred by the failure of Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, John Kerry, Condoleezza Rice and Joe Biden to bring the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians to a peaceful…