by Kim Troup | Feb 16, 2012 | German, Newsletters
Oktober 2011 wenn man die aktuellen Ereignisse im Mittleren Osten näher betrachtet, zeigt sich, dass das palästinensische Auftreten vor der UN wahrscheinlich das geringste unserer Probleme ist. Der so genannte arabische Frühling, der im vergangenen Winter seinen...
by Kim Troup | Feb 2, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
August 2011 I remember that day as if it were yesterday, and almost feel again those pains in my stomach and in my heart… the day we left America to move to Israel. At that point we had been living for a few weeks at my mother’s house, because the cargo lift with all...
by Kim Troup | Feb 1, 2012 | Dutch, Newsletters
Oktober 2011 Een vlugge blik op de meest recente gebeurtenissen in het Midden-Oosten laat zien dat de Palestijnse acties in de VN waarschijnlijk de minste problemen voor ons zijn. De zogenaamde Arabische lente, uitgebroken in de afgelopen winter, sleepte...
by Kim Troup | Jan 30, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
I was driving into my community of Karnei Shomron last week and literally had to pull over at the glorious sight of bright red tulip blossoms cheerfully clustered around our main traffic circle. I knew that these were tulips donated by our Christian friends in...
by Kim Troup | Jan 30, 2012 | Reflections from Israel
May 2009 On my way to work today, I heard the song that Israel sang in this year’s Eurovision contest, which took place this past week. It’s called “There Must Be Another Way” and it is sung by a popular Israeli singer and an Arab singer. Part of it is performed in...