by Elyshia Johnson | Sep 30, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
On Tuesday, the 17th of September, Israel went to the polls. And today, 10 days later, we still do not know who the prime minister will be and what our next government will look like. Normally, I would have written something just after the elections but I was...
by Elyshia Johnson | Jan 9, 2019 | News from the Land, Newsletters
By: Sondra BarasJust two months ago, I wrote about elections that took place in the US and in Israel — national elections in the US and municipal elections in Israel. And now Israel has entered its own national elections season. But in Israel, there is always drama...
by Kim Troup | Jun 7, 2016 | News from the Land, Uncategorized
Tuesday, June 7, 2016 This has been a very political few weeks in Israel and I know many of our friends outside of Israel find it difficult to keep it all straight. So I thought I would try and clarify things a bit. A year ago, there were national elections in...
by Kim Troup | Mar 7, 2012 | News from the Land
Prime Minister Netanyahu just completed a very important visit to the US. He addressed AIPAC, the important pro-Israel lobby organization, and met with President Obama. Commentators have seen Obama’s speech at AIPAC as very pro-Israel, although some have questioned...
by Kim Troup | Feb 27, 2012 | News from the Land
Today the four women who make up CFOIC Heartland’s Israel office went on an outing, to recharge our batteries and learn something new about our wonderful land of Israel. We chose the Palmach Museum in Tel Aviv which tells the story of the pre-State underground group...
