A glorious morning for a massive election
On your marks.. Get set.. Vote! As a little recap, election day in Israel is here with current polls suggesting a tight race between the hawkish former premier Benjamin Netanyahu and centrist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, with the far-right expected to make major gains. Following “Operation Cast Lead” in the Gaza strip and continued threats [...]
It’ll all end in tear(gas)
Friday? That makes it tear-gas o’clock.. Today, I joined up with Abbas once more and headed to the village of Billin to cover the latest round of weekly clashes with the Israeli Defence Force soldiers. Different to last week, the routine at Billin is to approach the wall along a dirt track until you reach [...]
Are you serious, Joe? Not even at the Ramada?
After a morning of inter-photographer violence in the Yehuda market place in Jerusalem as Benjamin Netanyahu visited, a quick tally of damage showed no physical damage to me but a rather deformed pair of sunglasses. With a quick edit out of the way, a decision was made to head into the West Bank to Bethlehem [...]
Trying not to bungle Tzipi
With a slim idea of what daily life will entail for me now beginning to form, I took the chance to head back to the Old City this morning for further exploration. Aside from pre-determined jobs that are called through to me, I know that the rest of the time I’m just “on duty”. While [...]
Likud into shape
With my grasp of Israeli politics now so strong, it’s comparable to the vice-like grip of a sleeping toddler, I headed off on my first real assignment today as Benjamin Netanyahu formally launched the Likud Party’s election campaign. I say first real assignment but this doesn’t include yesterday’s mission to cover the funeral of a [...]
