Archive for July 18th, 2008

Everybody Loves Gillerman

Regular readers will know the high esteem in which I hold Israel’s outgoing UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman.
According to this Ha’aretz report, Gillerman has some other, rather unexpected, admirers.
Ambassadors from Arab countries and the Gulf states were among the guests at a reception yesterday for outgoing United Nations Ambassador Dan Gillerman, who is completing a six-year [...]

UNIFIL’s True Colors: Yellow and Green

From tomb raider to coffin saluter:

U.N. soldiers salute as a tractor-trailer loaded with coffins of nearly 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters and bearing the picture of slain Hezbollah top leader Imad Mughniyeh, right, arrives in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Eight tractor-trailers loaded with coffins are driving from south Lebanon [...]

Interview With My Father: Part Two

A number of years ago, my father was interviewed for the Jewish Migrant Oral History Project. Thankfully, I have a copy of the interview, and I will be publishing excerpts from it in his memory.
Previous instalments: 1
Interviewer: I did want you to tell us what you know of your father’s military background. His experiences during [...]