
Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin (Yonathan Dror Bar-On), is a Dutch-Jewish historian, who has specialized in modern Jewish history and in the history of the Middle East, and who in 1995 emigrated from the Netherlands to Israel. He wrote one book (2008), and edited another (2011), both in Dutch. For feedback please post a comment, or send this blog's author an email: (hisdutchname)atyahoodotcom
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Yom HaZikaron LaShoah

Fijne Koninginnedag
( Cartoon gevonden op foksuk.nl )
Als pseudo-republikein ( als het aan mij lag zou het koninklijke huis alleen ceremoniele functies mogen vervullen, elke mogelijke politieke inbreng van HM & Co. zou moeten worden voorkomen, maar ik heb verder niets tegen - of met - hen, en heb geen zin of puf om actief republikein te worden, het is ook teveel een ver-van-mijn-bed-show ) wens ik iedereen in Nederland een fijne koninginnedag toe. In Nederland hield ik me altijd verre van het feestgewoel, in Israel hoef ik niets van dat alles te ontvluchten. Hier is het heerlijk weer overigens, en bij jullie?
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Eyn, eyn, eyn hagiga...
Monday, April 28, 2008
Zoek de vaut
Today's Zionism at its best
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Telegraaf Over Nederland
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Een kwestie van tijd...
Saturday, April 19, 2008
( picture by Israel Talby, found here )
Since one of the names for Passover is the Festival of Freedom - because we celebrate the liberation from Egyptian slavery - and most Jews all over the world celebrate this holiday with their families and loved ones, at tonight's Seder all of us should remember Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser, and Eldad Regev, three Israeli soldiers who were kidnapped by Hamas and Hizbollah, and whose families and loved ones have been waiting for almost two years for their safe return home. This is the second Seder which their families will celebrate without them.
Lege schappen
Friday, April 18, 2008
Het kan verkeren
With such friends...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Verelendung, according to Hamas
Marching on
PS: I just found out more about the concert, and contacted someone who might be able to get us tickets. Here are the details in English.
Het citaat van de dag
Van der G. & co.
Recommended reading
JC & JC
Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Joep Bertram's view on the (re)election of Silvio Berlusconi. He is considered to be a staunch supporter of Israel, but I believe it is sad and worrying that Israel partly depends on such supporters these days. The fact that Israel can - generally speaking - count on less support among socialist and social-democratic parties in Europe than among more rightwing political parties on the continent says as much about Israel's policies and its position today as about the post 9/11 changes in what once was my natural political home base. I still consider the European and Israeli social-democracy as my political home base, but it is not a natural and obvious choice for me anymore. In Israeli politics many of my views have become more leftwing than they used to be ( I would seriously consider voting Meretz, although I cannot stand the political infighting that characterizes that party, not unlike other parties ), while when I follow politics and elections in Europe I find myself often agreeing less and less with the positions of the social-democratic parties. If I were Italian I do not know which of the two candidates I would have voted for. Berlusconi is a crook in more than one way, and let's not forget that much of the European rightwing 'support' for Israel comes from people who simply hate ( and fear ) Muslims more than Jews, but at the same time many of the forces that oppose Berlusconi are the same ones who love to demonize Israel and to rub shoulders with Israel's worst enemies.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
The whole Fitnass-farce is a rewarding subject for cartoonists. Did Tom Janssen maybe see this German videoclip? Thanks to Yoav Sapir for drawing my attention to that funny YouTube video. 








