Mermaid Feet

[...] opinion via social media can be pretty dangerous, especially when it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Ambivalence isn’t much of an option. It seems most choose to be, or get [...]

[...] Even more unpopular than taking an extreme view in the Israel-Palestine conflict is taking the middle ground. When I write or express an opinion, everyone seems to want [...]

[...] “If you’re on the fence about the Israel-Palestine conflict, you don’t know enough about it,” says my friend, a part-Lebanese journalist I studied [...]

[...] Is there a peace partner at all in the Israel-Palestine conflict? Since 1991, each and every time an attempt has been made to begin or resume peace [...]

[...] It’s not going to be popular amongst left-wingers, but Naftali Bennett as prime minister (or continuing on as a powerful MK) could be a good thing for Israel. We [...]

[...] article for Jerusalem Post (published December 31, 2014). Headlined, “Why Naftali Bennett could be good for Israel”, it argues that a hardline rightist government led by [...]

[...] The Judea and Samaria settlements are a divisive issue. Naftali Bennett can be heard saying they promote peace, but the anti-Israel crowd would only scoff at such a [...]

[...] In Luang Prabang, I fell ill for the first time since my trip began. In this little paradise at the junction of [...]

[...] I was in the beautiful, slow city of Luang Prabang when I fell really ill for the first time on my trip. Sick, dizzy, feverish and flu-like. A  [...]

[...] ;Far be it from me to tell people how to travel, but I’ve learnt a few things about solo travel in the last three weeks. I completely understand that travelling alone isn’t [...]

[...] One week into my Southeast Asia trip, I wrote this post about what I’ve learned about solo travel which was also published on Thought Catalog. It received a comment which went a little [...]

[...] Angkor what?! The pun has probably been around for as long as backpackers have been coming to Southeast Asia. And though it gets old pretty fast, it never fails to raise a laugh. Little did the Hindus [...]

[...] If you want to learn to dive in Southeast Asia, the chances are you’ll go to Koh Tao to do it. There’s a big diving community [...]

[...] rebranding himself as a centrist, he would have fit in with either a right- or left-wing government. Does the Labor-Hatnuah partnership stand a chance now Yisrael Beytenu are caught [...]

[...] that a hardline rightist government led by Bennett might be better for Israel than a left-wing government because he is the only potential candidate that speaks the truth unashamedly and [...]