Tuesday March 31, 2020
I've Been Thinking:
Animals are taking back the cities they were banished from when cities were built! I have seen videos and still pictures of ibex walking down the streets of Eilat, Israel’s southerner most city, nestled between the Red Sea and the Arava Desert on the north and beautiful mountains to the east and west. Malabar, an endangered animal that was thought extinct until seen again for the first time in 1990, is photographed walking down a street in India. A cobra jumps out of a moped’s steering wheel looking dangerously venomous. Dolphins are swimming in places they have not been seen in centuries. 3,000 pound bison are pictured wandering around cities, many in the middle of the street just looking for food. With humans and cars no longer creating a natural fence, wildlife is retaking their land. Read my latest book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com
Reports from around the world identify a natural yet startling and bizarre phenomenon directly resulting from COVID-19.
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Monday March 30, 2020
I've Been Thinking:
COVID-19 is just another excuse and another example of the Palestinian conspiracy theory that Israel is murdering Palestinians. On Sunday Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shatayeh was the latest to add his voice to the conspiracy. Shatayeh, who has a history of perpetuating this canard, said that Israeli soldiers are spreading the virus by putting it on car door handles of Palestinian cars. He said: "We were exposed to testimonies that some of the (Israeli) soldiers are trying to spread the virus on car handles." He also said that Israel will be held accountable for their racist actions: "This is racism and hatred of people who long for the death of the other. We will record this in the list of crimes.” Shatayeh demanded that Israel pay 90,000 Palestinian workers for their missed work. In the past Shatayeh has accused Israel of "waging war on the Palestinian narrative" and attempting to "Judaize the history of the Holy Land." Thus far coronavirus numbers among the Palestinians, in Gaza and the West Bank combined, are at 100 cases and 2 deaths. Relatively speaking, those are low numbers for this deadly virus. Had Palestinians been exposed the way their prime minister claims, the numbers would have skyrocketed. They will never admit it, but the best thing that happened for Palestinians was that Israel shuttered the crossings between Israel and Palestinian areas preventing Palestinians from being infected. Read my latest book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com
For decades Palestinian leadership has blamed Israel for their dismal conditions. They have consistently accused Israel of Blood Libel – deliberately poisoning and murdering innocent Palestinians.
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Wednesday March 25, 2020
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This parrot has become a celebrity in Israel. Like all other Israelis, her owner, Zahava Shabbat, has been sheltered in her apartment since the arrival of COVID-19 in Israel. Zahava took advantage of the time and taught Luca to say “It’s Corona! Stay Inside.” Little children have found this to be particularly fun and helpful. Reuters News Service picked up the story. In searching I found the video published on news websites as far away as Malaysia. Luca is one example of so many ways in which people, around the world, hunkered down at home, find positive ways to occupy their time. It’s a nice alternative to playing video games, binge watching and noshing on snacks. Read my latest book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. To reprint my essays contact sales (at) www.featurewell.com
Luca is a 22 month old parrot who lives in Kiryat Shmona in the very northernmost part of Israel, bordering Lebanon.
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