Category Israel

An advocate for two states

photo - Eli Kowaz is communications director at the Israel Policy Forum

Eli Kowaz is communications director at the Israel Policy Forum. (photo from Eli Kowaz) This article is one in an occasional series about people with British Columbian roots having positive impacts in Israel and elsewhere. For Vancouver-born Israeli Eli Kowaz,…

May there one day be peace

photo - Operation Protective Edge, on Aug. 3, 2014

Operation Protective Edge, on Aug. 3, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 3 of a three-part series, in which the author shares his diaries from the homefront, providing a glimpse of daily life under missile threat during Operation Protective Edge in…

Ride to help Israeli veterans

photo - Beit Halochem Canada’s Courage in Motion saw many riders return to do the five-day annual cycle in Israel again

Beit Halochem Canada’s Courage in Motion saw many riders return to do the five-day annual cycle in Israel again. (photo from Beit Halochem Canada) The 12th annual Courage in Motion, an initiative of Beit Halochem Canada, Aid to Disabled Veterans…

The missiles continue

photo - Weapons seized from terrorists who infiltrated Israel through an underground tunnel to carry out a massacre in an Israeli community. This photo was taken on July 19, 2014

Weapons seized from terrorists who infiltrated Israel through an underground tunnel to carry out a massacre in an Israeli community. This photo was taken on July 19, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 2 of a three-part series, in which the…

Operation Black Belt diaries

photo - A missile from Israel’s Iron Dome is fired to intercept a missile coming from the Gaza Strip, in November 2012

A missile from Israel’s Iron Dome is fired to intercept a missile coming from the Gaza Strip, in November 2012. (photo by Nehemiya Gershuni-Aylho/IDF) Interesting. Sad. Frustrating. Predictable. Some five years after Operation Protective Edge, there are the same tensions…

Protective Edge retrospective

photo - Drivers take refuge from rockets in Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014

Drivers take refuge from rockets in Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014. (photo from flickr.com/photos/idfonline) Part 1 of a three-part series, in which the author shares his diaries from the homefront, providing a glimpse of daily life under missile threat during…

Iron Dome inspection

photo - Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, right, visiting an Iron Dome missile intercept control centre Nov. 14, accompanied by Israel Defence Forces Brig.-Gen. Ran Kochav

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, right, visiting an Iron Dome missile intercept control centre Nov. 14, accompanied by Israel Defence Forces Brig.-Gen. Ran Kochav. (photo from IGPO via Ashernet) Iron Dome has a success rate of around 90%. Each Israeli missile…

Harpers at Lake Hula opening

photo - Laureen and Stephen Harper, centre left, and Daniel Atar, KKL-JNF world chair, centre, were among those who cut the ribbon at the Nov. 6 official opening of the Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and Education Centre

Laureen and Stephen Harper, centre left, and Daniel Atar, KKL-JNF world chair, centre, were among those who cut the ribbon at the Nov. 6 official opening of the Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and Education Centre. (photo…

On return to Canada, life changes

Victor Neuman (photo from Victor Neuman) In this eight-part series, the author recounts his life in Israel around the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The events and people described are real but, for reasons of privacy, the names…

The fire-like impacts of war

Life for many kibbutz members changed after they served in the war. (photo by Victor Neuman) In this eight-part series, the author recounts his life in Israel around the time of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. The events and people…