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Daniel Rosehill
Daniel Rosehill offers his views on various topics ranging from living in Israel through to technology and international affairs. Email: podcast@danielrosehill.com. Website: danielrosehill.com.
In this podcast episode I read an opinion letter published by Adv. Shlomit Ravitsky Tur Paz (The Israel Democracy Institute) repudiating claims made by South Africa in their Application Letter alleging that the Biblical prescription to 'wipe out the memory of Amalek' was providing ideological inspiration for commanders of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to pursue a "genocide" against Palestinians in Gaza.
Source document:
https://en.idi.org.il/media/22672/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%921_240110_165601.pdf
Read by:
Daniel Rosehill
According to a report in the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), much of East Jerusalem was shuttered on January 3rd in a show of mass solidarity with killed former Hamas co-chief Saleh al-Arouri.
Can we draw from this the worrying conclusion that Hamas enjoys widespread support in Israel's capital city?
Article quoted:
https://www.jns.org/arab-shop-owners-in-eastern-jerusalem-strike-over-al-arouri-killing/
Poll cited:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/poll-shows-palestinians-back-oct-7-attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14/
Reading and episode: Daniel Rosehill.
Thanks to the magic of YouTube I've finally discovered how to cross post my podcast episodes to YouTube without having to manually generate video audio files!
In this episode of The Daniel Rosehill Podcast I share a contrarian opinions about why I think the pro-Israel community should refrain from selectively highlighting friendly Arab voices.
If we object to anti-Israel voices who spotlight fringe anti-Zionist Jews in a disproportionate manner - thereby denying the Zionist of the mainstream - is it fair that we do the exact same thing to Muslims and Arabs?
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
'Good Arabs' and 'Good Jews - 10:00
Moving to Israel - making aliyah - is often celebrated with much fanfare. But plenty of immigrants - including me - sometimes thing about leaving ... and many take the ultimate step of relocating to other geographies. In this podcast/video, I set out a few of my thoughts about the subject of post-aliyah, life as an oleh (Jewish immigrant in Israel), and staying committed to this choice.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
My move to Israel (aliyah) - 01:00
The Law of Return - 01:10
Why I moved here - 01:30
Most Jews don't live in Israel - 02:00
Different perceptions about Israel - 02:20
Challenges to living in Israel - 03:20
Immigrant exploitation - 03:40
Planning how my YouTube channel and podcast will evolve during 2024.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQlDtEQGQA0&ab_channel=DanielRosehill
Look at any map of Jerusalem and you may notice the existence of several unusual dotted lines throughout the city and - most peculiarly - one circumscribing the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University.
These lines reflect the so-called green line / 1949 Armistice Agreement boundaries and served as the basis for the Kav Ironi (Municipal Line) that ran through Jerusalem as a physically demarcated border between Israel (west) and Jordan (east) for a 19 year period.
Today, and following the 1967 Six Day War, the borders are entirely invisible on the ground, although they mark the symbolic divide (the so-called 'seam') that divides Jerusalem along political and demographic lines.
The Museum on the Seam (MOTS) is located on the seam where the Mandelbaum Gate once provided exceptional passage between West Jerusalem and the Mount Scopus Enclave.
Why two lines? These reflect the former No Man's Land that was created in the gaps between the ceasefire lines demarcated by Moshe Dayan (for Israel) and Abudallah a-Tell (for Jordan).
The gaps created a large enclave in the area that is now populated by Armon HaNatsiv and around the Old City of Jerusalem. During the time when the border was physically in place, this area was extensively covered in barbed wire and other fortifications.
Australia recently made international headlines - but especially here in Israel - when it decided to recognize (West) Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. Before, not so long thereafter, changing its mind.
Why is the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital such a thorny issue for world governments and their foreign policy? Where IS West Jerusalem? And what factors might have prompted Australia to backtrack?
Script and presentation: Daniel Rosehill.
Graphics: Canva and public domain resources.
Why does Jerusalem - a city of only about one million residents - have two separate bus networks?
Jerusalem has historically had two bus systems - one operated by Egged serving mostly destinations in 'West' Jerusalem. And another operated by two Palestinian companies - one serving destinations in the south of East Jerusalem (as well as the checkpoint leading into Bethlehem) and the other reaching destinations to the north of Damascus Gate in East Jerusalem (such as Beit Hanina. There are also bus services to Ramallah and back).
The situation is a hangover from the days when Jerusalem was split in half between Israel and Jordan (between 1948 and 1967). In the 90s, Israel brought the situation under control and the bus companies are now fully licensed and operated under the aegis of Israel's Ministry of Transport.
Israeli diplomats are said to regard Ireland as the most anti-Israel country in Europe. But is the reputation well-deserved?
Were ties between Dublin and Jerusalem (or should we say: Tel Aviv) always this sour? And how have Israel and Ireland managed to maintain a relatively fruitful commercial relationship in light of the fact that they don’t see eye to eye on politics?
This video contains opinions and interpretation of facts that may stimulate disagreement and differences of opinion. Please feel free to leave civil comments that are in compliance with the YouTube comment policy.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Simon Coveney frustrated by Ireland - Israel ties - 00:41
When world governments recognized Israel - 02:50
Did Vatican ties affect Ireland's recognition of Israel? - 03:50
"Why The Irish Support Palestine" by Rory Mill - 04:50
== Articles mentioned: ==
https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20457456.html
https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/06/23/why-the-irish-support-palestine-2/
== Videos mentioned:==
Why Did Australia Recognize Jerusalem As Israel's Capital - And Then Change Its Mind? (Explainer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJiazOqLtQA&ab_channel=DanielRosehill
King George Street in downtown Jerusalem (officially: King George V St) is a street in downtown Jerusalem adjacent to Ben Yehuda street.
It was commemorated in 1924 and is named for the British monarch King George V (reign: 1910-1936) — and specifically to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the British conquest of Jerusalem (prior to the advent of the British Mandate the street, city, and country were formally part of the Ottoman Empire).
Today it is a busy pedestrian and vehicular street that is also home to the building that housed the first Knesset as well as the office buildings of the KKL.
Read more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_Street_(Jerusalem)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V
jerusalem #jerusalemstreetnames
Patterson Street is an inconspiuous alleyway running between Emek Refaim Street and Derekh Beit Lekhem (Bethlehem Road) abutting the modern luxury Orient Hotel.
It is named after John Henry Patterson, an Irish-born non-Jewish Zionist who had a storied career serving in the British Army where his escapades included fighting off man-eating lions in Kenya.
Patterson's Jewish connection came when he served as the Commander of the Jewish Legion - a group called 'the first Jewish fighting force in 2,000 years.'
Patterson was friendly with Prime Minister Netanyahu's late father, historian Benzion Netanyahu, as well as Jabotinsky and other notable Zionists.
He sacrificed his upward promotion in the British Army for threatening to resign over the mistreatment of his Jewish troops.
Patterson died in California at the age of 79. Following a lengthy process, his remains were re-interred in Israel, at the Avihayil Cemetery, thereby fulfilling his lifelong wish to be buried alongside the troops he once commanded.
His story, and that of many other non-Jewish Zionists, is told in more detail at the Friends of Zion Museum in central Jerusalem.
Three Hollywood movies have been made about his escapades in Africa:
Much more about John Henry Patterson:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Patterson_(author)
Noga Levzion Nadan is the Managing Partner of Value 2 - The Responsible Investment Fund and the Founder and CEO of Greeneye, a responsible investment consultancy based in Israel.
In this interview, Noga offers some insights on the state of play of ESG and impact investing in Israel and offers some updates as to where legislation intended to allow pension companies to begin offering Israeli savers the first sustainable savings vehicles currently stand.
Mentions:
Value2 (value2.co.il)
Greeneye (greeneye.co.il)The Israeli Forum for Impact Economy (ifie.org.il)
Fossil Free Israel (fossilfree.org.il)
Connect with Noga on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nogalevtzionnadan/
Jerusalem has eight international consulates and consulate generals within its boundaries ... however (the weird part) .... they're not actually there to provide diplomatic representation to the State of Israel.
More detail: "Jerusalem Has Plenty Of Embassies - Just Not To Israel":
http://www.thetower.org/article/jerusalem-already-has-plenty-of-embassies-just-not-to-israel/
Israel has one of the most advanced and developed healthcare systems in the world, but for new immigrants (olim hadashim) accessing it can be another item on the list of things about life in Israel to figure out.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Health maintenance organizations (HMO)s / kupot cholim - 03:35
Which kupa to choose? - 05:00
Switching between kupot - 05:50
Health fund (kupa) pharmacies - 09:00
Private medicine in Israel - 09:30
Sharap - 09:54
Sal HaBriut / healthcare basket - 11:30
Prescription medication cost and copays - 11:40
Health fund / kupa subscription price list - 12:20
Mental healthcare in Israel - 13:30
Psychotherapy / talk therapy - 14:00
Psychiatry - 15:00
Private prescriptions - 16:00
Urgent care / Terem - 17:00
How did Israel end up with a Star of David set on two horizontal stripes as its national flag and what is the symbolism behind the state symbol?
In this video, I explore the history of Israel's flag as well as that of its state emblem - a menorah surrounded by olive branches - which were both agreed upon shortly after the declaration of the state.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Flag symbols - 00:55
Flag colors - 01:00
Israeli flag law - 01:38
Flag protocol - 02:00
Flag dimensions - 02:48
Tekhelet / talit = 03:12
WZO template 04:09
First proposals - 04:40
State symbol adoption timeline - 05:50
Rejected state emblems - 06:34
Emblem selection process - 07:45
The Shamir Brothers - 08:00
Other official flags of Israel - 08:59
Israeli presidential standard - 09:18
Marine presidential standard - 09:29
Israeli Prime Minister's standard - 09:35
Marine standard of Israeli prime minister - 09:44
With a population of more than 9 million residents crammed into a country barely bigger than New Jersey, Israel has a population density that places it in the mid-30s globally ... and which is actually slightly higher than India's.
Where does everybody live?
Beyond Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, there are 14 more cities in Israel with a population of 100,000 residents are more - a remarkably high level of urbanisation in such a small country.
Israel's dense population makes it a massive headache for car owners - and with the population set to rise to 20 million by 2065, the country is set to only get more crowded!
Timestamps
Intro - 00:00
How densely populated is Israel? - 00:20
Jerusalem vs. Tel Aviv populations - 00:36
The demographics of Jerusalem - 00:54
Gush Dan / metropolitan area population - 01:40
Israel's population at end 2022 - 02:02
Population density per square kilometre - 02:37
Traffic congestion in Israel - 02:56
Israel's national population density - 03:43
Israel 2065 population projections - 04:13
Haifa - 04:40
Smaller cities in Israel - 05:15
Comparison Israel to Ireland - 05:49
Speedify CEO Alex Gizis chats with Speedify user Daniel Rosehill about using Speedify for connection bonding to make poor internet connections so much better.
Israel was famously described in the Bible as 'a land flowing with milk and honey.' Today - that description might be 'a land of skyscrapers and newfound tech wealth.'
While Israel's vaunted technology sector has created vast fortunes, Israel also has one of the highest rates of poverty in the developed world - while 22% of its population sees its bank account lingering in a near constant state of overdraft.
How can these two conflicting dynamics be reconciled?
Are socioeconomic gaps in Israel widening or narrowing? And what can be done to ensure that the fruits of Israel's rapid economic growth are distributed more evenly among its citizens?
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Israel's economic transformation - 00:20
Israeli companies on the NASDAQ - 00:37
2021 foreign investment in Israel 00:44
Poverty in Israel - 01:35
Latet Alternative Poverty Report - 01:49
Overdraft statistics - 02:10
Millionaires in Tel Aviv - 02:20
Per capita rate of millionaires - 03:05
Gini coefficient - 03:30
Israel's Gini coefficient - 03:58
Israel vs OECD - 04:10
Israel vs USA income inequality - 04:45
Income inequality trend in Israel - 05:00
2 ways to reduce income inequality - 05:45
Common suggestions in Israel - 06:05
Increase high tech participation - 06:15
Cost of living - 06:35
Video and narration: Daniel Rosehill
Jerusalem is at the center of international news currently amidst claims that Israel is acting "heavy handedly" and imposing tough "restrictions" on Orthodox Christian worship at Jerusalem.
The media coverage is referring to a crowd control limit which Israel has decided to impose on worshippers at the famous Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Orthodox Christians hold a Holy Fire Ceremony on Easter Saturday every year.
Has this issue been covered fairly in the media? Why are church groups so opposed to the measures? And how many Christians live in Jerusalem anyway?
News coverage (Times of Israel via AP):
https://www.timesofisrael.com/church-israel-infringing-on-freedoms-by-limiting-attendance-at-holy-fire-event/
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
My basis - 01:00
Church groups in Jerusalem - 01:30
Vatican in Jerusalem - 01:41
Credits - 02:13
Church of the Holy Sepulchre - 02:12
Easter in Jerusalem 2023 - 02:30
Palm Sunday - 02:50
Churches in Jerusalem - 03:00
Jerusalem's Christian population - 03:12
Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center - 03:45
The Russian Compound - 03:58
Non Jewish populations in Israel - 04:20
Ireland vs. Israel demographics - 04:33
Challenges to Christians in Israel - 04:50
Church of Gethsemane assault - 05:00
Pilgrim tourism to Israel - 05:40
Holy Fire ceremony - 06:20
Orthodox Easter Dispute 2023 - 07:05
Jerusalem Police response - 07:37
Meron Disaster / crowd crush - 07:52
Greek Orthodox Church - 08:23
Joint church statement - 08:50
Festivals in Jerusalem - 09:06
Temple Mount ban - 09:15
Statistically, Jerusalem is a complicated mess.
The city is shared by Jews, Arabs (Muslims and Christians), Armenians, and many smaller groups.
It's also been ranked, repeatedly, as the worst city in Israel to live in - by none other than Israel's national statistics body, the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
However its residents seem to be happy at a remarkable rate of 90%.
What gives?
To learn more about Jerusalem's population - and populations - watch this video!
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Jerusalem under different time periods - 00:38
Status of Jerusalem internationally - 00:56
Jerusalem's population at 2022 - 01:03
Jerusalem vs Tel Aviv population - 01:19
Jerusalem's demographic split - 01:38
Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research - 02:02
Muslims vs. Jews in Jerusalem - 02:15
Jewish population split - 02:46
Jewish religiosity in Jerusalem - 03:10
Jerusalem quality of life rankings - 03:41
Environmental rankings - 04:06
Employment rate in Jerusalem - 04:20
Happiness in Jerusalem - 04:48
Israel has one of the most overheated real estate markets on the planet, forcing many - both immigrants and native-born Israelis - to turn to renting indefinitely.
While it doesn't make for very encouraging viewing, the "Dirot Be'Yisrael She'Medakot Oti" Facebook and Instagram page compiles some of the most shockingly bad listings from the various property listing websites.
== Dirot She'Medakot Oti (Apartments That Depress Me) ==
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/dirot.medakot/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dirot.medakot/?hl=en
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Global housing crisis - 00:20
Cost of property in Israel - 00:42
2022 YoY price rise - 01:11
Ricky Ben David / ToI - 01:34
My rental horror story - 02:44
"Apartments that depress me" - 03:16
Worst rentals in Israel - 03:54
Mold covered apartment - 04:40
Door hanging in the air - 05:40
Ahead of Israel's 75th birthday (Yom Atzmaut falls next week), Professor Dan Ben-David, President of the Shoresh Institution and a prominent Israeli economist, discusses some of the socioeconomic challenges facing the country.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Core socioeconomic issues in Israel - 01:24
Educational achievement - 03:34
Israel's pivot point in the 1970s - 06:25
Israel vs. the OECD and defence spending - 15:05
Comparing Israel to other developed countries - 15:30
Defence spending in Israel - 16:00
Income inequality in Israel - 17:15
Poverty in Israel - 18:00
Can 'high tech' provide the answer? - 25:15
The Israel-Afghanistan comparison - 31:27
The high cost of living in Israel - 38:35
Shoresh's 3 policy recommendations - 44:10
Dan's Times of Israel contributions:
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/author/dan-ben-david/
Jerusalem has consistently ranked as the poorest city in Israel.
Why does Israel's capital city have such a problem with poverty and what do experts suggest can be done about it?
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Jerusalem demographics - 00:28
Poverty rate in Jerusalem - 00:57
Israel's national poverty problem - 01:17
Arab and Jewish poverty in Jerusalem - 01:35
Haredi / ultra-Orthodox poverty - 01:57
Contributors to poverty in Jerusalem - 02:13
Relieving poverty in Jerusalem - 02:54
Job creation in Jerusalem - 03:20
In honor of Israel's 75th birthday / Yom Ha'Atzmaut here are 10 things I love about living in Israel!
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Israeli wine - 01:16
It's small and easy to get around - 03:24
It's easy to live a fulfilling Jewish live here - 05:01
Amazing and diverse food scene - 07:03
The beaches of Tel Aviv - 09:21
Tubi 60 - 11:17
Sunny weather - 12:26
Amazing healthcare - 13:15
Great travel base - 14:47
Great place for tech careers - 16:39
Jerusalem has an interesting variety of street names varying from great rabbis to famous figures in Jewish history.
But if you've spent any time transversing the south-western neighborhoods of Kiryat HaYovel and Ir Ganim you will have noticed plenty of streets named after various Latin American countries.
What's it about? Watch the video to find out!
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Street names in Jerusalem - 00:20
Kaf Tet Be November Street - 01:38
UN Partition Plan (Resolution 181) - 01:57
Latin American voting bloc - 02:19
Partition vote abstentions - 02:45
Jerusalem Municipality lookup tool - 03:14
Jerusalem: A Neighbourhood Street Guide - 03:28
4 tips for those entering the job market in Israel and trying to figure out how to figure out salaries and master the "what are your salary expectations?" conversation with recruiters and companies.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Salary research - 00:20
Tip 1: ask friends - 00:30
Factors influencing salaries in Israel - 00:44
Cost of living effect - 00:54
Tip 2: Ask headhunters and recruiters - 01:03
Search keywords - 01:07
Recruitment agencies in Israel - 01:19
Salary expectations - 01:38
Headhunter recruitment advantages - 01:44
Negotiating salaries with companies - 01:56
Tip 3: check out Glassdoor - 02:14
Viduay Sachar page - 02:45
Tip 4: Check salary surveys - - 02:58
Video and script: Daniel Rosehill
Animations and stock: Canva, Pexels
Music: Aakhash Ghandi
What if ... the entire world Jewish diaspora were to move to Israel.
Would the country be large enough to accommodate them?
What would Israel's population be?
What would the population density be?
Find out in the video!
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Israel population density - 00:30
Israel's founding ideology - 00:35
Israel Jewish population vs. diaspora - 00:58
Jewish diaspora 2023 - 01:20
If all Jews lived in Israel - 01:44
Hypothetical population - 02:20
Hypothetical population density - 02:35
World's most densely populated countries - 03:20
While many Israelis bristle at the mention of it, the 1949 Armistice Agreement Line - more commonly known as the 'green line ' - remains highly relevant to how the international community views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Many have posited that the green line should be a final border between Israel and its neighbors. However there are a few flaws with the idea.
About 2% of Israel's population of 10 million - about 200,000 people - are English-speaking immigrants from around the world. English speakers in Israel are commonly referred to as "Anglos" - and an entire ecosystem has sprung up to support their needs. What is Israel's English-speaking expat bubble? How do immigrants relate to it as they navigate the journey towards becoming Israeli? And why are they called "Anglos"?
Why does a city need its own commemorative day?
And what is the annual celebration really about?
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Celebrating Jerusalem history - 00:42
The old Jerusalem border - 00:54
Jerusalem at various times in history - 01:09
Jerusalem during Mandatory Palestine - 01:20
The importance of the Old City of Jerusalem - 01:40
Jerusalem Day as a religious holiday - 02:28
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The United Nations (UN) maintains and funds a variety of peacekeeping missions with on-the-ground presences in Israel. As anyone who has visited Israel knows, seeing the distinctive looking UN labelled jeeps is a familiar sight. Why is the UN here and what do the various similar-sounding missions all do? Here's an explainer.
Intro - 00:00
UNTSO - 00:20
UNDOF - 01:15
Quneitra crossing - 01:36
UNDOF zone - 01:55
Golan Heights - 02:30
UNDOF size - 02:35
UNIFIL - 02:43
Blue line marking - 03:13
UNIFIL size - 03:30
Hizbullah tunnels - 03:51
Operation Northern Shield - 04:05
UNRWA - 04:25
TIPH - 04:50
Hebron H1 and H2 - 05:10
Israel closedown of TIPH - 05:27
UNSCO - 05:30
UNSCO mandate - 05:58
OHCHR - 06:14
Israel recently announced a new plan involving various government stakeholders, among them the Jerusalem Municipality, to increase immigration (aliyah) to Jerusalem. Will the series of measures the government has announced stem the exiting tide of young people leaving the city?
Data: Startup Nation Central (startupnationcentral.org).
The Open Skies Agreement concluded between Israel and the European Union (EU) has changed the game when it comes to travelling to and from Israel, allowing an influx of ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) to compete on routes traditionally dominated by legacy airlines.
Thanks to the introduction of the reform, the popularity of European travel destinations has surged among Israeli consumers and low cost operators such as Ryanair, Easyjet, and Wizz Air now all do steady business on flights to and from Israel.
The agreement was approved by Israel in 2013 and ratified by the European Parliament in 2020.
European Mediterranean aviation agreement summary (EUR-Lex):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/EN/legal-content/summary/euro-mediterranean-aviation-agreement-between-the-eu-and-israel.html
aviation #travel #competition
Israel has two main international airports - at Ben Gurion near Tel Aviv and Eilat Ramon near the southern city of Eilat which was opened in 2019 to replace operations at the former Eilat Airport (located in the city).
This video provides an overview of aviation in Israel including the country's main airports, military fields, and general aviation (GA) airfields.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Airfields in Israel - 00:25
Haifa Airport - 00:40
Kiryat Shemoneh Airport - 01:00
Sde Dov Airport - 01:20
Military bases and GA - 01:25
Israeli Air Force - 01:30
Eilat Ramon - 02:02
Former Eilat Airport - 02:10
Ben Gurion passenger numbers - 02:19
Eilat's role in diversions - 02:40
Ben Gurion Airport's old name - 03:07
History of Ben Gurion Airport - 03:17
Widebody aircraft at Ben Gurion - 03:40
IAA ban on A340 - 04:00
Domestic flights in Israel - 04:20
Terminal 3 Ben Gurion - 04:40
Destinations from Ben Gurion - 04:49
Airlines at Ben Gurion - 04:50
Top destinations from Ben Gurion - 05:10
aviation #airports #flying
Fiona and Finn - residents of a large city in Israel - set up a blog called 'Fionist Dream' (a play on the word 'Zionist') in order to keep themselves accountable and share information with other English-speaking Israelis interested in the FIRE movement (Financial Independence Retire Early). In this interview, they share about why they chose to work towards this ambitious objective, what the FIRE community is like in Israel, and how they manage finances in Israel.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
What is FIRE? - 00:50
How they found out about FIRE - 03:20
Dealing with inflation in Israel - 06:39
Savings vehicles in Israel - 07:31
Additional investments - 08:48
The FIRE community in Israel - 09:26
Is FIRE miserable? 10:30
Travelling while doing FIRE - 11:47
Alternative travel destinations - 13:10
Financial tips for living in Israel - 15:45
Store rotation - 16:28
Dairy in Israel - 16:40
Retirement plans - 18:00
Retirement planning calculation - 19:00
Becoming parents - 20:41
Avoiding takeout - 23:00
Avoiding credit card fees - 25:00
Budgeting tools - 26:50
Advice for people getting started - 27:15
Fionist Dream blog - 29:54
Follow Fiona and Finn and their financial journey:
Website:
https://fionistdream.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/fionistdream/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/fionistdream
budgeting #fire #financialindependenceretireearly #personalfinances
Despite being a small country of only about 10 million citizens, Israel has 3 airlines and 1 cargo operator. Here's a little bit about the history and fleet of each!
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Israel's 3 airlines - 00:15
History of El Al - 00:38
El Al's first aircraft - 01:00
El Al modern fleet - 01:10
El Al destinations - 01:30
El Al Airbus - 01:45
Sun D'Or - 02:06
Arkia - 02:15
Arkia former fleet - 02:55
Israir - 03:18
Israir fleet - 03:45
CAL cargo - 03:58
CAL 747 - 04:13
CAL passenger flights - 04:30
aviation #airlines #flying
Did you know that Israel is one of relatively few countries in the world in which a Sunday to Thursday working week is the norm? In this video, I delve a little bit into the topic of the standard working week and working hours in Israel - exploring why Israelis work their distinctive work week and what kind of hours you can expect to work if you are hired for a salaried office position at a company in Israel.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
The workweek in Israel - 00:20
Countries on a Sunday to Thursday workweek - 00:45
Jewish sabbath (Shabbat) - 01:10
Vacation allowances in Israel - 01:55
Minimum vacation days per country - 02:03
Minimum vacation in Israel - 02:20
Jewish holidays - 02:48
Friday Saturday weekend - 03:05
Proposals for Sunday off - 03:30
workinginisrael #israel #workinghours
Although it seems hard to believe today, Jerusalem in fact once had its very own international airport.
Located at Atarot on the seam of Jerusalem and Kafr Aqab (a neighborhood that adjoins Ramallah), Jerusalem International Airport began during Mandatory Palestine and came under both Jordanian and Israeli control before ceasing operations in 2000 at the outbreak of the Second Intifada.
During operations the airport had a 6,500 feet runway (approximately) and was served by airlines as varied as El Al, Arkia, and MEA.
Former ICAO identifier LLJR.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Origin - 00:30
Satellite view - 01:00
Aerodrome chart - 01:20
Who could fly there day - 01:30
Former operators - 02:10
Israeli control in 1967 - 02:20
End of civilian operations - 02:40
Location over the green line - 03:00
Housing development plans - 03:40
US administration opposition - 03:45
Al Quds airport proposal - 04:00
Did you know that Israel uses a plug type used nowhere else on the planet? Israel's plug type - type H - has sometimes been cited as an example of outdated protectionist policymaking in Israel and the role that unnecessary standards have to play in keeping prices inflated for Israeli consumers. This video charts the evolution of the Israel plug and explains why some are dissatisfied with it.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Israel's type H plug - 00:40
Evolution of the type H plug - 00:50
Type M connectors - 02:00
Does the Israeli plug increase prices? - 02:30
Type F / Schuko plug - 03:00
Type G plug - 03:07
Protectionism - 03:20
Standards Institution of Israel - 04:00
electricity #plugs #standards
Ghat/kat is a leaf which - when chewed - released amphetamine-like compounds producing a stimulatory effect in users. In 1980, the WHO listed ghat as a drug of abuse and it has been banned or controlled in most Western countries.
Unusually, however, khat remains legal in Israel - due largely to its traditional use among Yemeni Jews who migrated to the Jewish State in large number during and after the foundation of the State.
drugs #stimulants #khat
Today, Lebanese citizens waving the flag of the Hizbullah paramilitary organization broke through a UNIFIL fence designed to prevent residents of Southern Lebanon from approaching the village of Ghajar - an Alawite village located partially over the Blue Line that today serves as the de facto border between Israel and Lebanon.
How did this tiny village of only 2,500 residents become such a volatile point of friction in the shadow war taking place between Israel and Hizbullah?
This video takes a look at the complicated history of the village and how it end up in its current situation of being perhaps the only village in the world which straddles the border between two countries at a state of ongoing warfare.
hizullah #geopolitics #israellebanon
(Audio extracted from YouTube video originally published August 4th 2023).
With almost four million cars on its roads and one of the worst rates of traffic congestion in the OECD, Israel is working quickly to upgrade its public transport infrastructure to find a sustainable solution against gridlock. This video looks at the different modes and methods of public transport in Israel and recent developments.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Traffic in Israel - 00:50
Population projections - 01:00
Kiryat Shmoneh train idea - 01:30
Bus transport in Israel - 03:30
Egged - 03:35
Egged Europe - 04:07
Buses in Jerusalem - 04:20
Jerusalem's two bus networks - 04:40
Rav Kav transport card - 04:50
Transport on Shabbat - 05:00
Sheruts - shared taxis - 05:28
Bus operators in Israel - 05:50
Trains in Israel - 06:30
Jerusalem Tel Aviv high speed train - 06:30
Jerusalem Light Rail - 08:00
Tel Aviv Metro - 08:40
Haifa Carmelit - 09:20
Domestic aviation in Israel - 09:45
Criticisms of public transport in Israel - 11:00
publictransport #publictransportation #trains
Although it seems like a lifetime away in Israel terms, there are less than 100 days to go until Jerusalem goes to vote in municipal elections.
The municipal elections elect councilmen and councilwomen in City Hall, but have been long boycotted by Arab residents of East Jerusalem who would seem voting in them as tantamount to recognizing Israel's claim to sovereignty over all of the contested city.
Mayor Moshe Leon - who won more than 30% of the vote in 2018 - is running for election. Running in opposition is the Hitorerut party chaired by 29 year old Adir Shwartz as well as veteran of the Jerusalem political scene Yossi Havilio.
localpolitics #Jerusalem #municipalelections
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Jerusalem municipal elections 2023 - 00:18
Moshe Lion (incumbent mayor) - 00:29
Hitorerut Jerusalem - 00:43
Hitorerut minibus - 00:48
Adir Schwarz (Hitorerut leader) - 01:01
Laura Wharton - 01:26
Yossi Havilio (Saving Jerusalem) - 01:27
Frustrations among Jerusalem residents - 01:49
Jerusalem - Tel Aviv pay gap - 02:00
2018 Jerusalem municipal elections - 02:52
Arab boycott of local elections - 03:00
Startling new data released by the Organisation For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) last week has shown that the price level index in Israel is 38% higher than the OECD average and the highest in the entire Organisation which consists of 38 mostly developed member states.
The metric aims to allow comparison between different consumer price index (CPI) baskets worldwide by comparing them as a ratio against market exchange rates.
An Israeli economist at the Hebrew University criticised the findings claiming that the basket of goods used to compute cost of living baskets isn't internationally applicable while Ran Tomer of the Israeli Association of Manufacturers said that the finding merely proved that there remain fundamental problems about the organisation of Israel's economy including excessive rates of VAT on consumer goods and bureaucratic restrictions on imports.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
The cost of living issue in Israel - 00:15
Tel Aviv expense - 00:35
Purchasing power in Israel - 00:54
About the OECD - 01:11
Israel OECD comparisons - 01:18
Israel price index - 01:38
Price level index calculation - 01:48
Comparing costs of living - 02:26
costofliving #oecd #purchasingpower
This week Papua New Guinea became the fifth country to open an embassy to Israel in Jerusalem with its Prime Minister officiating upon the opening of an embassy in the Malha Technology Garden in the south of the city.
However given that Israel enjoys diplomatic relations with over 160 countries and almost 100 of them have representative missions to Israel, why was the island nation only number five?
This video looks at the diplomatically thorny subject of opening embassies in Jerusalem and explores why only a handful of countries have so far chosen to endorse Israel's sovereignty over the contested city by making that decision.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Papua New Guinea opens Jerusalem embassy - 00:04
Malha Technology Park - 00:10
Israel's diplomatic relations - 00:30
Forms of diplomatic representation - 00:55
Israel's worldwide embassy network - 01:10
Tel Aviv embassies - 01:20
Embassy of Ireland in Israel - 01:30
Ambassador residences - 01:40
Corpus separatum - 02:05
Facts on the ground - 02:30
Why countries open embassies in Jerusalem - 03:00
US embassy Jerusalem opening - 03:13
First embassies in Jerusalem - 03:20
Costa Rica moves back to Tel Aviv - 03:31
Guatemala Embassy in Jerusalem - 03:47
Example embassy building - 04:10
Embassy of Kosovo in Jerusalem - 04:20
Embassy of Honduras in Jerusalem - 04:30
Consulates in Jerusalem - 05:00
diplomacy #jerusalem #internationalpolitics
As an adopted home to Jewish immigrants from all over the world, Israel is a linguistic kaleidoscope of sorts. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis speak languages other than Hebrew as their mother tongue. But how many speak English as that level compared to other languages such as Russian, French, Spanish, and Amharic?
Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) includes mother tongue language in an annual sociological survey (sample size: 9,200). The findings show that substantially more Israelis speak Russian than English and that only 2.6% of Israel's Jewish population has English as a native language (whole population: 2.1%).
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
The evolution of Hebrew - 00:40
Linguistic communities in Israel - 01:00
Mother tongue question - 01:44
Sample size and survey limitations - 01:58
Speaker ranking by mother tongue - 02:33
Russian as a first language - 02:44
French, Spanish, Yiddish - 02:56
Russian vs English - 04:00
languages #languagelearning #israel
I recently stumbled upon a bizarre web page from the Light of Messiah Ministries claiming that prostitution is legal in Israel. This is not the case! In 2018, Israel moved to criminalize the buying of sex (adding to a preexisting ban on organizing the selling of sex). This made Israel the tenth country to adopt the so-called Nordic model for regulating sex work which aims to both help sex workers find different avenues of employment while also targeting the consumption of sex for sale.
sexwork #prostitution #israel
I recently received some interesting data from the Ministry for Aliyah and Absorption and the Jerusalem Municipality.
The data shows the number of olim hadashim who have moved to Jerusalem since 1990.
The data shows that immigrants from the former USSR constitute the single largest bloc of olim to Jerusalem (30% of total, 25,977 immigrants) followed in second place by the US and in third by France.
For the estimates, skip to 01:46.
aliyah #jerusalem #migration
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Freedom of Information in Israel - 00:15
Freedom of Information Act 1998 - 00:35
Language groups in Israel - 00:49
FOI reply Jerusalem Municipality - 01:14
Aliyah estimates - 01:46
Total aliyah to Jerusalem - 01:48
Top 3 countries - 02:17
USSR number - 02:30
Top 15 countries - 02:50
Irish olim to Israel - 03:13
Danish aliyah - 03:26
Jerusalem is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
However in recent years its skyline has begun to take on a decidedly modern twist with high rise developments expanding the city skyward.
Many Jerusalemites are justifiably concerned about whether this building boom will really benefit the city and its residents - or only serve to further enrich non-resident landlords.
==Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Human civilisation in Jerusalem - 00:10
Transport infrastructure - 00:43
High rise buildings in Jerusalem - 01:25
Jerusalem city center - 01:30
Skyscrapers in Jerusalem - 02:00
Luxury housing in Jerusalem - 02:10
Ghost buildings in Jerusalem - 02:30
Wealth gap in Jerusalem - 02:46
Non resident arnona rates - 03:20
Arnona revenue ratio - 03:47
Non resident property in Jerusalem - 04:20
Investment property in Jerusalem - 04:48
Government initiatives - 05:30
Jerusalem unaffordable - 05:45
Jerusalem's luxury housing bubble - 06:20
jerusalem #property #propertybubble
Israel is currently under attack and like many people living here (and supporters of the Jewish state abroad), I've been feeling an instinctive need to dive into online Israel advocacy. However, like some, I have very mixed feelings about the effectiveness of the activity - as well as some grievances about how hasbara fails to capture the full picture of what it's really like to live in Israel.
hasbara #israeladvocacy #israelpalestine
How life has been in Jerusalem since the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Hamas on October 7th 2023.
jerusalem #israelhamaswar #gaza
At a time when much of the international community has chosen to place aid pledges to the Palestinians under review, Ireland this week announced an additional €13M of funding for the Palestinians via to UN institutions, UNRWA and OHCA.
However given the very spotty history of UNRWA in abetting and assisting with Hamas's war of terror against Israel and the ongoing hostilities ... could Ireland and the Irish taxpayer be financing terror against Israel?
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Ireland's reaction to Israel-Hamas War - 00:20
Situation on the ground right now - 00:27
Northern front with Lebanon - 00:30
Ireland tries to water down EU resolution - 01:04
Ireland stalls EU aid review - 01:46
Ireland's new aid package - 02:20
UNRWA's history of abetting terrorism - 03:08
IrelandIsrael #UNRWA #internationalaid
איך זה היה לגדול כמו יהודי באירלנד ... מדינה אם פחות מ-3000 יהודה סך הכל? זאת שאלה שאני מקבלת כל הזמן מישראלים. בסרטון הזה אני משתתף קצת מהנסיון שלי. כתובית: עברית.
Since the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Ireland has entrenched itself once more in its traditional opposition to the Jewish State. For Ireland's diminutive Jewish community with less than 3,000 members, being both Irish and Jewish can feel increasingly like incompatible identities. In this video, I share a little bit about my own experience growing up as a Jew in Ireland - and my journey that ultimately led me to move to Jerusalem.
IrelandIsrael #Jewish #Zionism
A guide to the various news television channels broadcasting in English.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Kan 11 - 00:32
IPBC - 00:50
IBA to IPBC - 01:00
State broadcaster - 01:20
EBU association - 01:58
4K channel - 02:07
Kan Arabic and Educational - 02:17
Kan Digital - 02:25
Channel 12 - 02:30
Channel 13 - 03:09
Channel 14 - 03:38
i24 News - 04:00
While the Ireland-Israel relationship has never been known as a particularly friendly one, recent weeks have seen an unprecedented level of criticism against Israel emanating from Irish politicians. Amid the backdrop of criticism and the strength of the BDS movements, Israelis are beginning to question whether it's time to return the 'favor' and boycott Irish products.
Intro - 00:00
Ireland hostility towards Israel - 00:05
Varadkar Wix support - 00:23
'From the river to the sea' - 00:35
Irish UNRWA aid - 00:45
Ireland UN vote - 00:55
BDS movement in Ireland - 01:10
Irish support for Israel - 01:18
Dana Erlich abuse - 01:30
Israeli reaction in Hebrew - 01:45
Irish products sold in Israel - 02:00
Alcoholic beverages - 02:30
Baby formula - 02:50
Ireland as a travel destination - 03:05
Ryanair - 03:22
Base for European subsidiaries - 03:40
ReverseBDS #IrelandIsrael
When asked to explain their longstanding opposition to the State of Israel, many Irish critics of Israel are quick to draw upon what they see as a fitting analogy between their experience of English colonialism and what they perceive the State of Israel to be doing to Palestinian Arabs. Unfortunately like many other mendacious lies propagated about Israel - such as the accusations that Israel is an 'Apartheid' regime committing ethnic cleansing - this one is entirely bereft of factual merit. In fact, making this argument requires negating essentially the entire course of Jewish history - and coming up with a few creative "facts."
IrelandIsrael #History #Zionism
Today, in Dublin, People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett engaged in (yet another) protracted rant against Israel. During the course of today's address - flanked by Irish police - he referred to Israel only as the "Israeli regime." He also endorsed another comparison between Israel's treatment of the Palestinians and Nazi Germany - a manifestation of anti-Semitism according to the IHRA working definition. This is the level of explicitly anti-Semitic hate speech that is tolerated in Irish society.
==Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
"From the river to the sea" - 01:40
Expelling the Israeli Embassy in Dublin - 03:10
Comments policy for this video - 03:55
Support of Israel in Ireland - 04:00
Irish4Israel - 04:30
rish government policy towards Ireland - 05:10
Myth of Ireland's "neutrality" towards Israel - 06:37
Colonialism comparison - 07:10
Ireland is not "neutral" towards Israel - 07:55
The "Israeli regime" - 11:15
Hamas / Iran rhetorical parallels - 12:00
Self-defence denial - 13:00
Rohingya people - 14:47
The "Jewish friend" line - 15:00
RBB antisemitism - 15:30
Holocaust comparison - 17:17
A dubbed version (English) of the Hamas interrogation tape that was released by Israel Police following the capture and interrogation of Hamas operatives that were involved in the October 7th massacre.
Notes: - Nukhba = Hamas special forces -
Al Qassam = Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade (Hamas paramilitary wing)
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9z7TXgYiH0qjUsYjaYJn9P-wprzNJwR
In the second dubbed Hamas interrogation tape, a captured Hamas fighter from the engineering corps describes some of the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists in Israel on October 7th. Warning: although this interrogation footage does not contain visual depictions of violence, the interrogated terrorist does describe candidly atrocities including rape, murder, and the mutilation of corpses.
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9z7TXgYiH0qjUsYjaYJn9P-wprzNJwR
In this interrogation tape Omar Sami Marzua Abu Rusha - a Hamas terrorist captured on October 7th - describes some of the atrocities committed by him and other Hamas members after their infiltration into Israeli territory.
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9z7TXgYiH0qjUsYjaYJn9P-wprzNJwR
Reading: Daniel Rosehill.
Part 4 - dubbed Hamas interrogation videos featuring Israeli policy and intelligence interrogations of Hamas militants who were captured during or shortly after the October 7th atrocities. Original video: Israel Police. Disclaimer: Although this video does not contain any violent imagery, the acts depicted by the speaker are heinous crimes.
Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg9z7TXgYiH0qjUsYjaYJn9P-wprzNJwR
Part 5 of the dubbed Hamas interrogation videos. In this video, Hamas operatives explain how they exploit ambulances, health clinics, UNRWA facilities, and other forms of infrastructure that they believe Israel will not target during bombing campaigns.
== Timestamps ==
00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Glossary
02:20 - First aid course
02:33 - Red Crescent involvement?
03:30 - Forcing ambulance drivers to engage in military activity
04:00 - Ambulances used to abduct IDF soldiers
04:30 - Hamas has its own decoy ambulances
05:00 - Hamas ambulances disguised as civilian ambulances
05:30 - Ambulances used to transport weapons and militants
05:40 - Ambulances used to transport Hamas commanders
06:10 - Exploiting medical clinics and hospitals
06:40 - Storage facility under a school
06:50 - Holding hostages under sensitive facilities
07:33 - Exploiting UNRWA facilities
07:50 - Exploiting Shifa Hospital
08:20 - Hamas senior operatives in Shifa
09:04 - Hamas booby-trapping techniques
An overview of key findings from the 2023 Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research (JIPR) yearbook.
jerusalem #jerusalem2023
A guide to navigating the property rental market in Israel.
Intro - 00:00
Cost of real estate - 01:42
Deposits required in Israel - 02:14
Yad2 - 03:14
Facebook groups - 03:38
Google Translate - 04:00
Arnona - 05:00
Asking about arnona - 06:30
Vaad bayit (building committee)- 07:13
Typical lease duration - 08:20
Paying by cheques - 08:45
Cancelling cheques - 08:55
Fair rental tenant law - 09:15
Tenants paying realtor fees - 10:00
Typical realtor fee - 10:30
Paying lawyers to review rental contracts - 11:00
Transferring utilities - 12:00
Opinion/vlog: Nefesh b'Nefesh is keen on holding photos opps at Ben Gurion Airport showing new batches of immigrants (olim hadashim) arriving in Israel. However, assuming the Israeli identity isn't something that happens overnight. It's okay to accept that the journey of becoming Israeli can take a lifetime. #Aliyah #Israel
Although Hamas's paramilitary wing, the Izz ad-Din Al Qassam Brigade, was the main perpetrator of the October 7th massacres, there are several other paramilitary factions and splinter groups located in the Gaza Strip - and Israel's mission is to obliterate all of them.
Intro - 00:00
Al Quds Brigade - 00:50
Palestinian Islamic Jihad - 01:00
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades - 01:25
National Resistance Brigades - 02:08
Izz ad-Din Al Qassam Brigade - 02:43
Release 6, Hamas interrogation tapes: Hamas captives interrogated by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) reveal how the group made use of ambulances in order to bring Israeli captives into the Gaza Strip on October 7th. #Hamas #October7
Ireland frequently claims to be officially "neutral" when it comes to Israel even though its foreign policy towards the world's only Jewish State makes this claim basically laughable. A recent example of how this claim does not translate into any semblance of reality came when Dublin City Council rescinded an invitation to hold a meeting between its members and Israeli Ambassador to Ireland Dana Erlich. Although the Israeli Embassy had hoped to use the meeting to discuss rising antisemitism in Ireland the invitation was refused. On the same day, however, the Council hosted the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland - a Hamas apologist who has refused to condemn Hamas and the October 7th Massacres. #IrelandIsrael
The Irish government has made its first reaction to inflammatory rhetoric from parliamentarian Richard Boyd Barrett calling for his supporters to rise up in "intifada" (violent struggle) against Israel. Pressed by Gript Media's Ben Scallan on whether the rhetoric would constitute legally proscribed hate speech under the revision to Ireland's hate speech code that the government is contemplating, Deputy Prime Minister Micheal Martin deflected accusing the journalist of being "obsessed" with hate speech legislation. In response to the question Martin said that there were many strands of opinion within Israeli society but stated that calls for the destruction of the country were unacceptable. Michael Martin: "To incite people to violence is wrong - in terms of wishing people to participate in an intifada. Or to describe a country as a psychopath is wrong. The State of Israel has the right to exist. It seems as if Richard Boyd Barrett is denying that right to exist. As far as I'm concerned the more substantial issue is the content and substance of what he said. And it needs to be challenged." #hatespeech #extremism
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Intifada call - 00:20
X - 01:00
Gript.ie - 02:00
Hate speech in Ireland - 02:10
Micheal Martin response - 02:38
Richard Boyd Barrett comments - 02:47
Micheal Martin response 2 - 03:15
If the connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel is a fundamental component of Judaism, then how can it be that there are Jews who self-identify as "anti-Zionist" and oppose Jewish sovereignty in today's Israel? This is a good question that I was asked recently in the comments section and speaks to the fundamental differences between two major conceptions of Judaism: religious and nationalistic/political. In this video I attempt to provide a little bit of clarity about how these two different strands of thought arrive at the same destination despite departing from very different premises.
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Anti-Zionist Jews - 04:15
Eim HaBanim Semeichah - 04:40
The Three Oaths - 05:05
Ireland is frequently accused of being the most anti-Israel country in Europe. However, Ireland is also home to those who support and defend the Jewish state - and who aren't shy about being vocal in doing so. Today I spoke to one of those supporters, Ciarán O'Raghallaigh from Cavan in Ireland. I had a broad ranging conversation with Ciarán touching upon Irish support for Israel, the perceived media bias in Ireland, and whether Israel has any defenders in Ireland's parliament. #IrelandIsrael #contraryopinions
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
Support for Israel in Ireland - 01:00
Polling of Israel support in Ireland - 01:30
BDS support in Ireland - 03:00
Ciarán's take on the conflict - 04:00
Jewish refugees form the Arab world - 06:00
Parallels to British colonialism - 07:15
How Ciarán got informed about Israel - 09:00
Irish media bias - 12:20
How Ciarán handles abuse on Twitter / X - 14:18
Red lines in Israel hostility - 18:00
Are Israelis happy about dead Gazans? - 18:45
Refuting the genocide allegation - 19:30
Richard Boyd Barrett intifada remarks - 20:00
Support for Israel in Ireland's parliament - 20:50
Oireachtas Friends of Israel - 21:40
Who are the Irish friends of Israel? - 23:00
The turning point in Irish sentiment about Israel - 24:00
UNIFIL - 26:00
UNTSO - 27:00
Antisemitism in Ireland - 27:50
Ciarán's X account - 32:00
Follow Ciarán on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/WascUrito
reland Israel Alliance: https://www.irelandisrael.ie/
Today the world's oldest active journalist Walter Bingham published an opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post asserting that the Jewish diaspora has no future - a claim with which I agree. Here's a readout of his important piece.
Reading: Daniel Rosehill.
I made aliyah to Israel in 2015 (immigrated under the Law of Return). However, I didn't serve in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). I was asked by a subscriber why that's the case so I thought I would answer in this video.
Video: Daniel Rosehill.
IsraelFAQs is a new website designed to help advocates of Israel rebut common lies levelled against Israel.
According to the website: "This website is a voluntary effort led by Eli Klaiman (Adv.), Dr. Ron Adany and Yogev Lifchin, who are dedicated to providing accurate information, promoting balanced perspectives, and combatting disinformation related to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The site is enriched by contributions from several individuals, including Raz Aronowich (Smolsky), Ziv Tuval, Shahar Zohar, and Smadar."
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
IsraelFAQs.com - 00:30
Natasha Hausdorff - 01:00
Genocide - 02:15
For many Jews around the world, the wake of October 7th - and the increase in antisemitism and extreme anti-Israel rhetoric - has created an uncomfortable and often depressing environment. #Antisemitism #IsraelHate
Video and podcast by: Daniel Rosehill.
Successive reports from NGO Monitor have revealed that Ireland is pursuing a very selective anti-Israel policy in terms of how it uses Irish taxpayer money to fund NGOs agitating against Israel on the global stage.
Some of these NGOs are even official affiliates of proscribed terrorist organisations including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
About NGO Monitor - 02:24
NGO Monitor summary - 04:00
Direct funding - 04:55
Addameer - 05:26
Al Haq - 06:30
PHCR - 07:40
Funding to "Israeli" NGOs - 10:00
Indirect funding - 11:30
Trócaire - 11:30
Part 7 of the Hamas interrogation tapes series: Ahmad Mohammed Hassan al-Kahlout sheds some more light on how Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants made military use out of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
Dubbing: Daniel Rosehill
Part 8 of the dubbed Hamas interrogation tapes series includes more revelations about Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's exploiting of healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip including making use of Red Crescent facilities and positioning operatives disguised as doctors, nurses and other medical staff in the center of major Gazan hospitals - including their intensive care units (ICUs).
Dubbing: Daniel Rosehill.
Former Hamas Communications Minister Yousef al-Mansi describes disparaging attitudes towards Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip - both from residents and members of the Hamas movement.
Part 9 in my series of dubbed Hamas interrogation tapes.
Dubbing and recording by: Daniel Rosehill.
Rabbi Eli Mansour has been a huge influence on my life so I thought it would be fitting to say 'thank you'. This Brooklyn-based rabbi from the Syrian Jewish community has been a pioneer of using the internet as a vehicle for Jewish education - reaching Jews in both traditional Jewish communities, Israel, and anywhere else that internet is available.
What do people in the pro-Israel community think about the mounting death toll in the Gaza Strip.
IsraelFAQs is a recently released platform to help advocates of Israel debunk lies told about Israel.
Since the outbreak of the October 7th war against Hamas in Gaza, Israelis are drinking more, smoking more, working out less, and using prescription sleeping aids in record numbers. But what are levels of smoking and tobacco use like in Israel generally - and how does Israel compare in this respect against other OECD member states?
In this video podcast I discuss what I see as three key challenges facing the future of the city of Jerusalem. These observations are informed by my almost ten years of living as a Jewish immigrant in the city and by findings from the Jerusalem Institute For Policy Research (JIPR) among other sources. I discuss the challenges of poverty, affordable housing, and security - and provide some ideas for how the city could tackle these challenges.
Opinion: Judaism is a religion rooted in the Land of Israel. Zionism is a national and political movement whose goal is to re-forge that ancient connection. One cannot oppose the right of the Jewish people to self-determination, and to practice their religion fully and freely, without opposing their religion itself.
Recently, Ireland has emerged as one of the most strident critics of Israel's response to the October 7th massacre. However, Ireland's antipathy to Israel seems to long predate this current conflict. In this episode, I discuss some potential explanations for why Ireland seems so mired in opposition to Israel. I touch also on antisemitism as well as the pro-Israel community in Ireland.
Why is Jerusalem Day such a controversial holiday ... and what does it signify for Israeli Jews? Is it just about celebrating Israel's capital city of Jerusalem or does it have some greater significance? By: Daniel Rosehill.
Professor Dan Ben-David, an expert in socioeconomics and President of the Shoresh Institution, has used a piece in The Times of Israel to argue that unless Israel course-corrects with its judicial reform proposals, that the country could become analogous to a "Jewish Afghanistan".Ben-David:“Without a complete overhaul of Israel’s education system (along the lines outlined in the previous article in this series), the country’s future will be a Jewish version of Afghanistan, an inhospitable place that our children and grandchildren will not want to live in, a racist country that is a pariah in the international community.”Prof. Ben-David's blog in full:"For a glimpse of Israel’s future, look not at Poland or Hungary, but at Afghanistan"https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-a...The blog series:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/autho...The Shoresh Institution graphs:https://shoresh.institute/graphs.html
(Audio extracted from video):
Places along Israel's borders with Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt which may be of interest to visitors and those interested in international borders and geopolitics.
Mentioned:
The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World (James Crawford)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3G6X67P/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The Syrian Bride (movie, 2008)
Free audiobook:
'On Impact' by: Sir Ronald Cohen.
Narrated by: Daniel Rosehill.
For more details about 'On Impact': https://www.onimpactnow.org/about
For followers of politics, life in Israel is seldom without its fair share of intrigue and drama.
The latest couple of weeks, however, have been marked by an especially intense uptick in all manner of events.
Domestically, attention has been centred around far-reaching judicial reform proposals which threaten to greatly undermine the independence and power of the judiciary and which critics are likening to the end of Israeli democracy.
Simultaneously, the security situation in Israel remains brittle - with 6 fatal terror attacks carried out by Palestinians on Israeli civilians in the last 5 days alone.
To add to this: Israel decided, yesterday, to retrospectively legalise 9 hitherto illegal settlements in the West Bank, drawing swift condemnation from the US, the EU, and the broader international community.
What's to come next in the rollercoaster?
Discussing another batch of intriguing, weird, and random questions and comments from random people in random places around the world who watch my random YouTube channel.
Today's batch:
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What's actually cheap in Israel?
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Why is my TP-Link ER605 load balancing router not handling failover properly?
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If scientists know so much about functional dyspepsia why don't we have better treatments for it yet?
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Istanbul Airport looks nice. How can you fly between Israel and Ireland?
Have questions, comments, angry rants, or general grievances?
mailbag at danielrosehill dot com (or leave a comment).
== Timestamps ==
Intro - 00:00
The cost of living in Israel - 01:12
TP-Link ER-605 / multi-WAN router - 06:10
Functional dyspepsia and why aren't new treatments coming to market? - 08:08
Flying between Israel and Ireland / the niceness of Istanbul Airport - 11:13
John Damianos MD is an internal medicine resident at Yale and a frequent Tweeter on all matters related to gastrointestinal health, the gut-brain axis, and the microbiome.
I invited him to come on this YouTube channel in order to share some of his knowledge about these mysterious conditions and the advances that medical science has recently taken in furthering our understanding of them.
== Covered in this conversation: == (Timestamps next section)
- The role of the microbiome in regulating the gut brain axis and the two way feedback process between our central and enteric nervous systems.
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- Why doctors commonly favor older tricyclic antidepressants ("neuromodulators") over more modern drugs such as SSRIs and SNRIs
- What the drug pipeline and treatment horizon looks like for these conditions
- The Rome Foundation's decision to move away from the terminology 'functional' when describing these disorders
- "PTSD of the gut" - how physical and mental stressors can create lasting dysfunction and GI syndromes.
== Terminology used:==
DGBI: Disorders of the gut-brain interaction.
Hopefully some good information here for patients and even pracitioners involved in treating these common conditions.
== More about Dr. Damianos and his research interests =
https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/john_damianos/
https://twitter.com/john_damianosMD
== Timestamps and chapters ==
Intro - 00:00
What is the gut brain axis? - 01:24
Can residual pain syndromes be distinguished from current 'insults' by symptoms? - 05:54]
The role of specialised testing for rare cases - 07:00
Is GERD overdiagnosed and are more obscure gut brain conditions too often missed? - 08:32
The microbiome can affect the gut brain axis. Does it work the other way too? - 10:14
Supporting evidence for cognitive causes for physical disorders and microbiome changes - 14:30
What's the connection between functional dyspepsia and alterations to the bile acid pool? - 16:20
Why are older antidepressants preferred over SSRIs and SNRIs for treating functional dyspepsia and other diseases of the gut brain axis? - 18:40
Different neuromodulators' different receptor profiles and the disorders of the gut brain axis that they are typically used to treat - 20:32
John's thoughts on future treatments for FD and other disorders - 27:10
Where to follow Dr Damianos for more of his thinking and knowledge-sharing - 30:30
Jerusalemites are commonly asked "why do you live in Jerusalem and not Tel Aviv?"
Even internationals sometimes assume that everyone living in Israel must live in Tel Aviv.
There are reasons why Jerusalem - Israel's capital - has its own charm and continues to attract many new residents to Israel.
With ongoing light rail development and construction, the city is also preparing to become better connected.
In this episode of the Daniel Rosehill Podcast, I share a little bit about what has attracted me to stay in this historic city and what I see as its strong points.
To watch the YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXHzvChIHOc
(Originally published to YouTube).
This morning, I wrote a blog post summarizing my experience, this year, working with a variety of organizations in remote and hybrid configurations.
I believe that organizations that do remote working well have (among others) three standout features: they know how to manage appropriately in a remote environment; they document everything from the get-go; and they leverage asynchronous communication to coordinate projects more effectively.
My Medium blog post is online here: https://danielrosehill.medium.com/3-keys-to-creating-a-more-effective-remote-working-environment-4cf9d001b0bc
My personal homepage is here: https://www.danielrosehill.com.
My YouTube channel: https://www.danielrosehill.com/youtube
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is an often debilitating gastroenterological condition that afflicts millions of people around the world. It is divided into two subtypes — one dominated by epigastric pain and another by postprandial symptoms — and has long posed a challenge for clinicians and patients alike.
Australian neurogastroenterologist and researcher Professor Nicholas J. Talley has been at the forefront of studying this previously poorly understood condition and has conducted extensive research into the gut-brain axis.
I used the opportunity to ask Professor Talley various questions about the current state of play in FD treatment - and what us patients could look forward to down the line.
Professor Talley served as a member of the Rome Foundation for 17 years, was appointed to the consultant staff of the Mayo Clinic in 1993, and has published over 100 research papers into various aspects of gastroenterology including in the world's leading medical journals.
Watch video interview online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XQLqfymFJo&ab_channel=DanielRosehill
In the first ever text to speech (TTS) narrated edition of this podcast, I (or the bots I used!) narrate a recent blog post that I shared on Medium.com explaining why, for now, I've decided that defining myself as a freelance writer is no longer the professional image that bests suits my needs and career objectives.
To read this podcast as a blog post:
https://danielrosehill.medium.com/why-ive-stopped-identifying-as-a-freelance-writer-or-a-writer-at-all-1cb41acce9fb
To watch this podcast as as YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzp02YbDDBw
My experience with cyberbullying and harassment just keeps getting weirder and weirder. This morning I received a temporary suspension from the network for reporting the bullying I was receiving - which was called 'report abuse'. I'm recording all this in order to draw attention to the fact that cyberbullying and anti-Semitism are running rampant and unchecked on the social network.
My friend and I are thinking about interviewing somebody on a podcast we host but we'd have to anonymize his voice. I recorded this to demonstrate the limits of basic pitch modulation for anonymizing a voice. My Irish accent comes through but it goes some part of the way towards disguising my identity (I think).
Today, I continued to receive online harassment and cyberbullying on Reddit - with a "moderator" even lending explicit support. I'm sure that the hatred will eventually simmer down and I'm looking forward to no longer participating on Reddit. But equally it's got me wondering: what positives can I draw from this experience? I wanted to suggest - for myself and anybody else watching this - sharing more openly and authentically as a solution. Cyberbullying and cyberabuse is facilitated by online anonymity. Perhaps being more open about who we are and what we stand for is the counterbalance that can create less of it in the world. By: Daniel Rosehill.
Want some tips about living in Israel / making aliyah that you won't find elsewhere on the internet? From 7 years' in the country, here are some of the things I think can make a big difference to your average oleh's experience of life in the country.
I've been living in Jerusalem, Israel, for the past seven years. What's living here like? What are the pros and cons? Some thoughts on both.
What's it like being Irish and Jewish at the same time? I'm an Irish Jew, born in Dublin, and I wanted to share a few thoughts about the sometimes conflicted identity of being an Irish Jew.
Today, I decided that I'm quitting Reddit. After two years on the network, I've just grown sick of the toxicity, cyberbullying (usually unchecked by moderators), and harassment. I wanted to use the opportunity to talk a little bit about the effects of anonymity and how it often leads to cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and online harassment. I don't believe that Reddit and the moderators that police its communities are doing enough to take this issue seriously. If you've experienced cyberbullying, then don't hesitate to reach out for help!
In a re-recording of my previous podcast on the topic (I got cold feet!) I talk about whether you can work as a full time writer while having ADHD. This episode might be of interest to any writers that have ADHD and one of its subtypes.
Flight mode is one of the best productivity-enhancing discoveries that I've ever made. In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how I chanced upon flight mode and how I used it in order to get into better flow states when writing.
This podcast is a bit jumbled but I discuss my recent dispatch from Israel to RTÉ Prime Time and my interest in journalism. I segue into my thoughts about my Irish Jewish identity and what it was like growing up Jewish in Ireland.
In episode 18 of the Daniel Rosehill Podcast I discuss my recent Medium post discussing the case of Alex Fasulo, who claims to have made $378K in yearly revenue just from working on Fiverr. I explain what I think about freelance writing course providers in general and why I think that, in most cases, they're selling useless information or information that could be obtained for free. I also run through the graphic I created which explains, I believe, how the monetization strategy behind these courses typically works.
Inbound marketing is one of the most powerful means of scaling a freelance business (of any kind). It allows one to develop an ongoing 'drip' of inbound leads. Unlike outbound marketing, it tends to accrue in value over time. It's perfect for tiny business units like solo freelancers who don't have the resources to talk to lots of potential leads only to convert a minority into customers. I've started getting results from inbound in the last year - and wish I had started 5 years previously!
In this episode of the podcast, I discuss my longstanding belief that petty corporate espionage is a pervasive phenomenon facing freelancers and small businesses. I discuss some of my own experiences dealing with overly inquisitive sales "leads," talk briefly about some of my own (regrettable) attempts to collect competitor intelligence, and explain why I think that transparency and authenticity can remove the need for such deceptive practices.
I recorded this podcast to share some thoughts about freelance writing. Specifically how to get started, how to find clients, and some of the opportunities and challenges I see in the industry. I completely forgot that I was planning on adding some Israel-specific information as well as guidance for how to freelance internationally. But those details will have to wait for another episode.
To accompany my recent Medium post — and some recent goings-on in my life — I recorded this episode to discuss the interesting dynamic of fake online identities which is growing in significance as deep fakes and other manifestations of AI trickery take over the internet. This provided a nice segue to discuss a recent pseudonymous publishing experiment and why pseudonyms — and fake IDs — are not supposed to be one and the same. As I also try to point out, I think that fake identities have very important white-hat use-cases, although obviously they are a double edged sword.
My Medium: https://danielrosehill.medium.com/
How To Create A Fake Online ID (via Medium)
There's very little information online about functional dyspepsia (FD). To make my small contribution towards changing that, I decided to record a podcast episode - in lieu of a failed video attempt - describing what FD is, what its two subtypes are, and the problems it can throw up for sufferers.
I spent a chunk of this week giving commentary from 'on the ground' (in Israel) to Irish media organizations. Why are the Irish so interested in Israel's management of the pandemic? And why is Israel doing such a great job at rolling out a vaccine push? I share my thoughts on episode eleven of the Daniel Rosehill Podcast.
In episode ten of the podcast I discuss a blog post I wrote several months ago about (what I see as) the value of being less responsive.
I discuss the various methodologies I have used to ensure that I remain in a flow state of focus without becoming bogged down in notifications and getting sidelined by synchronous forms of communication.
As I state, this is very much a work in progress for me. And while I'm still nowhere near as focused as I would like to be, the steps I have instituted so far have made a tremendous difference in terms of how much I get achieved each day and I how satisfied I feel with my work.
Interested in getting in touch? Email podcast@danielrosehill.com. To visit my website: danielrosehill.com.
The internet can be a hostile and angry place. Good debates can quickly turn into ugly mud-slinging contests and reasoned back-and-forths can quickly lose all semblance of respectability.
Drawing upon a couple of recent experiences, here are some customer service stock phrases that can be used to help calm down debates and extricate oneself from the fire.
Interested in getting in touch? Email podcast@danielrosehill.com. To visit my website: danielrosehill.com.
What's it like living in Israel? And how does the Israeli culture compare to that of Ireland? I recorded this podcast to accompany my Ireland vs. Ireland As Places To Live blog post.
Interested in getting in touch? Email podcast@danielrosehill.com. To visit my website: danielrosehill.com.
Think backups are boring? I did too until I lost data! This podcast is an accompaniment to a forthcoming post about the importance of backups and following the 3-2-1 backup principle for all mission-critical data that you want to protect.
YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddkxdleb6u0&t=406s
Interested in getting in touch? Email podcast@danielrosehill.com. To visit my website: danielrosehill.com.
Somebody recently asked on Quora: "what is your advice to an aspiring freelancer?" I offered my opinion as to why I think gut instincts are a bit like our own built-in ML models: they get better with time as they accrue more underlying data from our experience. I also go through some of the common orange and red flags I have encountered during five years of freelance writing. And explain why, over time, I have come to understand that strong gut instinct should be trusted unless you are on the fence or there is a compelling reason to seek a second opinion.
Medium post: https://medium.com/@danielrosehill/why-to-trust-your-gut-instinct-a69576d1c78a
To get in touch, email: podcast@danielrosehill.com. To check out my site, visit: danielrosehill.com.
I had what I think was an interesting revelation last week: virtually anybody that publishes frequently online, or podcasts, or produces YouTube videos, is going to come up against both legitimate online criticism and online abuse sooner or later. In this episode of my podcast, I give a little bit of background about how I got into writing — including my epoch founding Cork Student News, UCC's first student news website (later StudentNews.ie) — and discuss why I think getting comfortable with criticism is an essential part of the creative journey no matter what it is that you do.
To get in touch, please visit danielrosehill.com. Or drop me an email at podcast@danielrosehill.com.
What's a smart thing to do in the middle of a pandemic? How about running a nightly street festival? That's what the Jerusalem Municipality seems to have decided and here's what I have to say about it!
To get in touch, please visit danielrosehill.com. Or drop me an email at podcast@danielrosehill.com.
A teaching about authenticity that I heard at a wedding a few months ago which made an impression and which has stayed with me.
To get in touch, please visit danielrosehill.com. Or drop me an email at podcast@danielrosehill.com.
I recorded this podcast episode to accompany my recent Times of Israel post:
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/10-things-id-like-to-change-about-life-in-israel/
The podcast was really a summary of a few previous things I have written about living in Israel.
I talk about ten things I would like see change in Israel if that were somehow possible, including:
- A lower cost of living
- Breaking the property bubble
- Less shitat mazliach (exploitation and taking advantage)
- Better customer service
- Politicians that serve the people rather than defend their own interests
- A rethinking of hasbara
- Better tenant protection law
- Better consumer protection
- Better post aliyah support
- Better banking
To get in touch, please visit danielrosehill.com. Or drop me an email at podcast@danielrosehill.com.
In this short episode I introduce the podcast. By: Daniel Rosehill. To get in touch, please visit danielrosehill.com. Or drop me an email at podcast@danielrosehill.com.