By Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel — It never ceases to amaze me how Israel almost manages to be a proverbial island of tranquility in a sea of complete turmoil. The preoccupation in Israel at the moment is the perceived extravagance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu and his wife. Apparently they had a special bed built on [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–We cannot let the death of Margaret Thatcher pass , without a few thoughts on this truly great woman. Most people of my generation regard her as the most inspiring leader since Winston Churchill, and view her death with enormous sadness. In many ways she defined our whole world view. There was [...]
By Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel — What a tonic to escape for a few weeks from the darkness of Britain to the light that is Israel. Britain is dark, not merely because it is winter and the weather this winter has been dreadful, but dark in its growing anti-Semitism. Almost weekly in [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON –Gaza- again ! As the latest Gaza campaign unfolds, it is worth underlining some points that are not going to be mentioned in the anti Israel press in UK. If Gaza is so “isolated” as some would have us believe , how is it that they can get thousands [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–On this Yom Kippur, we are unfortunately reminded of the year 1973. Many of us of course having a vivid recollection of the events in that year, when Israel was ambushed at “ prayer” and only escaped by the skin of its teeth . Yet in many ways it is more reminiscent [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–Britain appears to be sinking like a stone, in moral and economic terms. The whole structure of the State and public life has been shown to be corrupt and amoral. Our political and business leaders have betrayed their trust, and we fear for the future of our children in these frightening [...]
By Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel — There is a serious mismatch between the enormous strength of Israel, and the situation painted by the Israeli establishment and the media. The establishment and media are always fretting and anxious about real or imagined threats to the people of Israel. For many years it has been the threat [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON –I find myself in a euphoric state of mind, and am proud to be British perhaps for the first time since Margaret Thatcher’s premiership. So that’s 21 years to wait, but at long last we have a Prime Minister willing to stand up for Britain’s best interests. David Cameron, the British [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON– Europe is being convulsed by the most remarkable and unwelcome events. The elected legitimate Prime Ministers of both Greece and Italy have been forced to resign. They have been forced out effectively by diktat from the Germans, with France hanging on to the German coat tails in an attempt to retain some [...]
By Lloyd Levy LONDON –Much heat has been generated in some circles in the Jewish Diaspora in recent weeks, by the Israeli Knesset passing laws to fight back against attempts to undermine the State. For example, Israeli citizens who allegedly incite boycotts of their own country’s products , or who work hand in glove with [...]