April 21, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Banias.

Photos by AKUS and Israelinurse “… the place is called Panium, where is a top of a mount...

April 17, 2012

Eleven years of rockets from Gaza.

On April 16th 2001 the first Hamas-orchestrated rocket attack from Gaza took place. In the eleven ye...

April 13, 2012

‘Airflotilla 2’ & “normal, average Europeans”

Earlier in the week the organisers of the ‘Airflotilla 2’ (‘Welcome to Palestine&#...

April 13, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Avdat

We’re off back down to the desert this week for a virtual visit to the UNESCO World Heritage S...

April 7, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Tsippori

Perched on top of one of the limestone Galilee hills, with wonderful views as far as Haifa to the We...

March 30, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Korazim

We’re in the Galilee region again this week with a visit to the ancient town of Korazim. Found...

March 23, 2012

Postcard from Israel – Tiberias waterfront.

With a history spanning almost 2,000 years, the town of Tiberias – built by Herod Antipas betw...

March 16, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Caesarea

“What did the Romans ever do for us?” goes the old Monty Python line. Well, they certain...

March 13, 2012

Harriet Sherwood reports hearsay from Gaza: Lazy journalism, ideologically-driven or both?

On March 12th Harriet Sherwood filed a report from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip which deal...

March 10, 2012

Postcard from Israel: Hula Valley Nature Reserve

This week our virtual trip takes us north to Israel’s oldest nature reserve in the Hula Valley...