Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Middle East. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Israeli astronaut’s diary

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‘Launch. No, I couldn’t believe it. Until the moment the engine(s) were ignited, I still doubted it. In the last few days of our isolation i...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Like being an upended turtle

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 ‘Guards go out with heavy sniper rifles. Sleep is cold - pile wet sleeping bags on top but sleeping in a flak jacket is like being an upend...
Sunday, February 6, 2022

My trip to Seychelles

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‘When I awoke at about 7am on Thursday, I never dreamt that next day I would be on board one of H.M. ships bound for an unknown destination....
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Israel’s Joan of Arc

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‘This morning we visited Daddy’s grave. How sad that we had to become acquainted with the cemetery so early in life.’ This is from the diary...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Happy birthday Suez Canal

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‘The scene before us was full of life and animation. Down at our feet a very Babel was at work - men loading the animals from the deep pits ...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

How I saved the Balfour papers!

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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. This was, in effect, a statement of support by the UK government for the estab...
Monday, March 6, 2017

Death in my heart

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‘There is nothing but death in my heart. It is as though I have been pumped with lead. There is nothing to look forward to at all, at all . ...
Sunday, October 16, 2016

We must not budge

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‘On Jerusalem we must not budge. We have to quickly establish a large Jewish settlement there. The same with Hebron. The West Bank must not ...