Israeli Realities

Reporting (almost) daily from Israel.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

REturning.....

My Hebrew Blog, at www.notes.co.il/iris is going off=air, as a result of NOTES shutting down the host. I have been blogging there, at least weekly, for 5 years. While the host is arranging a transfer to Wordpress, I am taking this opportunity to implement a wavering decision to quit blogging in Hebrew, and instead, use my energy to address foreign readership.

My blog is generally labled/tagged "Israel haters", or "self hating Jew", or any of those categories, recently reserved to critical writers or activists. While in the past this position was hard but possible, it becomes impossible now. Too much heat, no reward.

So, making a rational decision, based on my government's assessment that "all the world is against us", why not address all this world out there, potential kindred spirits and interested readers. Banging one's head in the wall (of Israeli public) is not commendable or useful.

So, i am going to try and gradually acquire my previous volume of traffic, for foreign readership and ENglish reading ISraelis.

As before, the Blog will provide commentary on weekly events, politics, the business of war, and the aspiration for peace. Specifically, i have been focused on militarization and the (non)status of women; arms industry; trafficking and the sex industry (including pedophilia and sex rings). I will also deal with the ongoing coverage of the "torture business" , the APA and the rest of the american treatment of Bush era torture machine. Etc. Etc. cheerful issues !

Breathers are food, recipes, art (a lot of that), visual arts, photography, and some well hidden, black humor.

Hope to see you here .