Now that the 2016 Summer Olympic games have wrapped up, I wanted to share with you the mission statement of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that organizes the Summer and Winter Olympic games, this is important because it shares what the values of the Olympics are supposed to be:
PALESTINIANS NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY
Former Israeli politician and diplomat Abba Eban once said of the Palestinians that they “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity” when discussing peace at the Geneva peace talks.
IDENTITY THEFT: HOW THE UN IS ROBBING ISRAEL OF ITS IDENTITY
Have you ever opened your credit card statement and as you start to look at some of your transactions from the previous month, you notice purchases you don’t remember making? It’s happened to me.
STEALING JACOB'S CHAIR: PART THREE
It’s funny how styles come and go. The horn-rimmed glasses my grandparents’ generation wore, and that my parents’ generation laughed at, are now in vogue with my generation.
STEALING JACOB'S CHAIR: PART TWO
During one of my trips to Israel, as I was looking around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, I noticed a peculiar mural on one of the walls. Though dimly lit, I could just make out the ancient image of Jesus stretched out on the cross, the man who crucified him sitting by His head.
STEALING JACOB'S CHAIR: PART ONE
He sat across from me, his steel blue eyes examining my own. Those eyes had seen many things during their 80+ years—the forced expulsion from home, death marches, ghettos.