http://israelseen.com Israel Seen is a portal to the other side of Israel. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Israel Seen is a labor of love that is a portal to the other side of Israel. We provide content from a wonderful array of innovative, interesting, and dynamic Israelis. Our content is rich in vision, compassion, education and understanding of the human condition. We probe the depths of our psyche, soul and physical presence seeking out the questions and answers necessary to make the world a better place to live. Israel Seen is a portal to the other side of Israel. Israel Seen http://israelseen.com/Israel-Seen-logo-144.jpghttp://israelseen.com israel, blogs, podcasts, news, politics, jewish, judaism no Steve Ornstein steve@israelseen.com http://israelseen.com/2012/02/06/yoram-interviews-david-bedein-on-un-bid-by-palestinians-for-recognition-instead-of-negotiation/ http://israelseen.com/2012/02/06/yoram-interviews-david-bedein-on-un-bid-by-palestinians-for-recognition-instead-of-negotiation/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:59:44 +0000 steve http://israelseen.com/?p=8483 http://israelseen.com/2012/02/06/yoram-interviews-david-bedein-on-un-bid-by-palestinians-for-recognition-instead-of-negotiation/feed/ 0 I have known David Bedein for many years and have witnessed first hand his fight for honest reporting about Israel and the true intent of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in undermining the Jewish State of Israel. This interview took place before the September attempt by Abbas to gain  unilateral recognition from the UN. This is still a very timely interview.   Bedein’s Bio: David Bedein, celebrating 40 years in Israel, acts as a living witness to breaking events, working as the Bureau Chief of the Israel Resource News Agency, located in Jerusalem since 1987, and as the director of the Center for Near East Policy Research since 2005. Both agencies are located at the Beit Agron Press Center in Jerusalem. His weekly podcast, Behind the Scene airs live every Sunday from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Israel time on Israel National Radio. From Wikipedia, David Bedein (born August 31, 1950) is an MSW, a community organizer by profession, a writer, and an investigative journalist.[1] In 1987 he established the Israel Resource News Agency,[2] with offices at the Beit Agron Int’l Press Center in Jerusalem. He serves as Director of the Center for Near East Policy Research. Mr. Bedein has also reported for news outlets such as CNN Radio, Makor Rishon, Philadelphia Inquirer, Jerusalem Post,[3] and the Jewish World Review.,.[4] For four years, Bedein was the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin, writing 1,062 articles until the newspaper ceased operation in 2010.[5] Focus Bedein has covered controversial Middle East negotiations in Oslo, Ottawa, Shepherdstown, The Wye Plantation, Annapolis, Geneva, Nicosia, Washington, D.C., London, Bonn, and Vienna. Mr. Bedein is the author of Where Has All the Flour Gone? The Whims and Waste of UN Palestinian Refugee Policy.[6] The book documents Bedein’s years of investigative journalism focusing on the activities of UN agencies in Israel and the Middle East.[7] In particular, Bedein’s research has substantiated that UNRWA produces and manages educational programs and textbooks that reinforce the aims of radical Isalmic groups (such as HAMAS) long seeking to destroy the State of Israel. UNRWA denies these assertions. Activism Bedein was active in the Israeli peace movement for 17 years.[8] In the 1980s, Bedein went to Ethiopia as part of a Canadian Jewish Congress delegation to investigate the impact of the famine on the Falasha Jewish community.[9] Research & Media Presence Mr. Bedein has overseen investigative studies of the Palestinian Authority, the Expulsion Process from Gush Katif and Samaria, The Peres Center for Peace, Peace Now, The International Center for Economic Cooperation of Yossi Beilin, the ISM, Adalah, the New Israel Fund, and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).[10] In November, 2010, Bedein began hosting a weekly radio program, Behind the Scene with David Bedein[11] providing listeners with unique insight into the daily news in Israel. Behind the Scene airs live every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Israel time on Israel National Radio.   Israel Resource News Agency has one purpose:to report Israel’s reality to the media by retaining the services of the best Israeli and Arab journalists to cover, research and investigate the events of the day. Since its inception in 1987, Israel Resource News Agency has covered every aspect of peace negotiations, providing hands-on coverage for the press from Jerusalem, Ramallah, Gaza, Gush Etzion, Hebron, Oslo, Bonn, Brussels, the Wye Plantation, Shepherdstown, Washington, Ottawa, Toronto and Vienna. Israel Resource News Agency conducts its news investigations with commissions from bona fide news organizations and foundation grants. All fees and funds are transmitted to Israel Resource News Agency through an IRS tax deductible organization, known as The Middle East Research Center., Ltd, Suite 700,1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20004, and [...] I have known David Bedein for many years and have witnessed first hand his fight for honest reporting about Israel and the true intent of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas in undermining the Jewish State of Israel. This interview took place [...] http://israelseen.com/2012/01/29/murray-greenfield-american-born-israeli-writer-and-publisher/ http://israelseen.com/2012/01/29/murray-greenfield-american-born-israeli-writer-and-publisher/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:32:20 +0000 steve http://israelseen.com/?p=8281 http://israelseen.com/2012/01/29/murray-greenfield-american-born-israeli-writer-and-publisher/feed/ 0 Murray S. Greenfield is an American-born Israeli writer and publisher. He spent more than a decade researching his best-known book, The Jews’ Secret Fleet, about the participation of North American sailors in Aliyah Bet. We met in Tel Aviv at the AACI office and he spoke about the early days of the founding of the State.   He was himself just such a volunteer participant. The so called illegal vessels brought over 50% of the Holocaust survivors from the displaced persons camp to Palestine. The British gave up the British Mandate of Palestine and the United Nations voted for a Jewish State. In Israel, Greenfield began working in Haifa, seeking foreign investors to place capital in the Palestinian Economic Corporation. In the early days of Israel’s existence, most philanthropists’ only thought of donating charity to poverty-stricken immigrants. Greenfield later settled in Tel Aviv with his newfound bride Hana Lustig. He was one of the founding members of the Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel (AACI), where he later became executive director. Under his directorship, the AACI flourished; Greenfield pioneered and established loan funds, a mortgage company and a variety of housing projects in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Kibbutzim. He was always involved in public service, but the cause that he dedicated the most time to was rescuing Ethiopian Jewry; he was the volunteer director for seven years of the American Association for Ethiopian Jewry [AAEJ]. In the midst of his endeavors, Greenfield published a book with his wife titled, How to be an Oleh or Things the Jewish Agency Never Told You. He founded and contributed editorially to the first ever English language magazine titled FrontPage, and later a monthly magazine titled Rossvet, for Russian immigrants. Hana, a Holocaust survivor, has written the book Fragments of Memory, which is published in six languages. Together they founded the Czech Torah Network. In 1981, Greenfield established Gefen Publishing House, later taken over by his two sons Dror and Ilan. After Dror’s passing in 2003, Ilan continued to run the company. Today, Gefen publishes up to 35 titles a year and is the English language publisher in Israel. In 2008 a new documentary film directed by Alan Rosenthal was released entitled “Waves of Freedom”, which features Murray Greenfield. Alan Rosenthal was inspired to creating the documentary after reading the book by Murray Greenfield called “The Jews’ Secret Fleet”. The book has an introduction by Sir Martin Gilbert. Hana and Murray Greenfield have three children, Meira, Dror and Ilan and ten grandchildren, all of whom reside in Israel. Murray S. Greenfield is an American-born Israeli writer and publisher. He spent more than a decade researching his best-known book, The Jews’ Secret Fleet, about the participation of North American sailors in Aliyah Bet. We met in Tel Aviv at the [...] http://israelseen.com/2012/01/01/palestinian-refugees-an-alternative/ http://israelseen.com/2012/01/01/palestinian-refugees-an-alternative/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:45:35 +0000 steve http://israelseen.com/?p=7947 http://israelseen.com/2012/01/01/palestinian-refugees-an-alternative/feed/ 1 Yoram Getzler attended a Press conference on the surprising alternative to the Palestinian refugee problem… Who would have thought? Yoram’s interviewed Noam Bedein of the Sederot Media Center and  Researcher Arlene Kushner. Also included in the article is an exclusive to israelseen the video Palestinian Refugee Policy: From Despair to Hope. Produced by Nachum Bedein Center for Near East Policy Research. For further information about how you can get this video and support future projects contact David Bedein at IsraelBehindTheNews   Links to the Chilean story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-06-palestine-chile_N.htm Refugees in Iceland. Many Palestinians living in Iraq were forced to flee to refugee camps after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. They still live in desperate conditions on the Iraq-Syrian border, unable to return to Baghdad or flee to neighbouring countries. Some, however, have found asylum elsewhere in countries far from home indeed, as far as Iceland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsfHPWBwOMA An Exclusive to IsraelSeen this full featured Video: Palestinian Refugee Policy: From Despair to Hope Part I and II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLg6B-UEmg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuiH25qOPz8     Yoram Getzler attended a Press conference on the surprising alternative to the Palestinian refugee problem… Who would have thought? Yoram’s interviewed Noam Bedein of the Sederot Media Center and  Researcher Arlene Kushner. Also included in [...] http://israelseen.com/2011/11/27/the-ten-commandments-part-v-shall-not-covet/ http://israelseen.com/2011/11/27/the-ten-commandments-part-v-shall-not-covet/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:48:23 +0000 steve http://israelseen.com/?p=7394 http://israelseen.com/2011/11/27/the-ten-commandments-part-v-shall-not-covet/feed/ 0 David Hazony presents his insights on the Ten Utterances-Things-Commandments that have impacted the moral and ethical charge of Jews and non-Jews alike. David Hazony brings to life a fresh new look at the Ten Things-Utterances-Commandments spoken to Moses on Sinai. This is the last of the 5 sessions on the Ten Commandments. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his man-servant or his maid servant, his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s. For the first session podcast go to: Part One For the 2nd session podcast go to: Part Two For the 3rd session podcast go to: Part Three For the 4th session podcast go to: Part Four   ” The tenth commandment is not simply a trivial statement about coveting. But is really, fundamentally about the kind of spirit you really need in order to be able to achieve the entire vision of the ten commandments.”                 David Hazony presents his insights on the Ten Utterances-Things-Commandments that have impacted the moral and ethical charge of Jews and non-Jews alike. David Hazony brings to life a fresh new look at the Ten Things-Utterances-Commandments spoken [...] http://israelseen.com/2011/11/20/the-ten-commandments-part-iv-when-god-says-no-does-he-really-mean-yes/ http://israelseen.com/2011/11/20/the-ten-commandments-part-iv-when-god-says-no-does-he-really-mean-yes/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:14:49 +0000 steve http://israelseen.com/?p=7088 http://israelseen.com/2011/11/20/the-ten-commandments-part-iv-when-god-says-no-does-he-really-mean-yes/feed/ 0 David Hazony presents his insights on the Ten Utterances-Things-Commandments that have impacted  the moral and ethical charge of Jews and non-Jews alike. David Hazony brings to life a  fresh new look at the Ten Things-Utterances-Commandments spoken to Moses on Sinai. In this 4th of 5 sessions he covers  commandments 6 through 9. The four shall Nots.   6 You Shall Not Murder 7 You Shall Not Commit Adultry 8 You Shall Not Steal 9 You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbor   For the first session podcast go to: Part One For the 2nd session podcast go to: Part Two For the 3rd session podcast go to: Part Three Thanks to David Hazony and Alma College  in Tel Aviv for their cooperation and support. David Hazony is author of The Ten Commandments: How Our Most Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life, recently published by Scribner. David Hazony presents his insights on the Ten Utterances-Things-Commandments that have impacted  the moral and ethical charge of Jews and non-Jews alike. David Hazony brings to life a  fresh new look at the Ten Things-Utterances-Commandments [...]