A delicious breakfast at Prima Royale, and our tour guide was right on time. We spent three days with this Israeli Expert Tour Guide - we are now huge fans and very can highly recommend him!
Doron Matiash - www.doronway.co.il - email: matiash@zahav.net.il - cell: 972-(0)52-2892526
This is the way to tour Israel, a small bit at at time with a small group. We loved it.
Our first day we went first to Mount Herzl, and left only a couple of hours before IDF officer Hila Betzaleli, was killed when a lighting rig collapsed on the central Parade Ground. They were preparing for ceremonies the following week. She was only 20 years old. Several others were also injured.
Unaware of the tragedy, we continued on to the Western Wall. Doron's knowledge of the history, people and archaeological dig actively happening was amazing.
We were escorted underground along the 360m tunnel, coming up in the Muslim Quarter of the old city of Jerusalem. Armed guards escorted our tour group back to the start. Were they necessary? Of course. The level of security is something you very quickly get used to, in part because the Security Staff are so very polite and professional.
Many of the soldiers we saw were in their 20's, laughing and enjoying the beautiful weather, taking pictures in groups and learning 1st hand about the history of their nation. Just like we were. Only they're all heavily armed and prepared for war at a moments notice. Did we feel safe? Absolutely.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Our trip to Israel - Part 1
"We're going to Israel."
That statement elicits many responses.
If we're talking to our Jewish friends, it's, "Wow, that's Fantastic!'
Our secular/Catholic friends,
"Uh, really? (pause) Why would you want to go to Israel?"
"Are you Jewish? Aren't you afraid? Is it safe?"
That's a huge difference in reaction to one simple sentence.
We chose late April for several reasons.
Holocaust Remembrance Day, Memorial Day and Israel Independence Day, they all happen within an 18 day period. It's also Spring! Israel is green, the weather is perfect, Passover is .... over, so it's not crowded. Perfect!
We left on a Sunday, flew from YYC to London Heathrow. 10 hour layover. We were excited and had enough electronic entertainment devices to keep us occupied. And we saw the Queen! Well, a cardboard cutout of the Queen. We had coffee with her anyway.
Then a 6 hour flight to Ben Gurion, arrived at 0600 on Tuesday. - Whew! Off to our hotel in Jerusalem, traffic here is very different, our tour bus driver is reckless enough that I actually told him to slow down.
Prima Royale Hotel in Jerusalem, stayed there 4 nights, highly recommend it. Fantastic staff, wonderful food, very clean and close to everything. Do Not Stay at the Prima Kings Hotel 4 blocks north. Everything we raved about at Prima Royale is just the opposite at Prima Kings.
After a nap, we're up and wandering Jerusalem. Ben Yehuda Street, cafes for delicious coffee and hummus, some light shopping and gawking - our tour starts tomorrow!
That statement elicits many responses.
If we're talking to our Jewish friends, it's, "Wow, that's Fantastic!'
Our secular/Catholic friends,
"Uh, really? (pause) Why would you want to go to Israel?"
"Are you Jewish? Aren't you afraid? Is it safe?"
That's a huge difference in reaction to one simple sentence.
We chose late April for several reasons.
Holocaust Remembrance Day, Memorial Day and Israel Independence Day, they all happen within an 18 day period. It's also Spring! Israel is green, the weather is perfect, Passover is .... over, so it's not crowded. Perfect!
We left on a Sunday, flew from YYC to London Heathrow. 10 hour layover. We were excited and had enough electronic entertainment devices to keep us occupied. And we saw the Queen! Well, a cardboard cutout of the Queen. We had coffee with her anyway.
Then a 6 hour flight to Ben Gurion, arrived at 0600 on Tuesday. - Whew! Off to our hotel in Jerusalem, traffic here is very different, our tour bus driver is reckless enough that I actually told him to slow down.
Prima Royale Hotel in Jerusalem, stayed there 4 nights, highly recommend it. Fantastic staff, wonderful food, very clean and close to everything. Do Not Stay at the Prima Kings Hotel 4 blocks north. Everything we raved about at Prima Royale is just the opposite at Prima Kings.
After a nap, we're up and wandering Jerusalem. Ben Yehuda Street, cafes for delicious coffee and hummus, some light shopping and gawking - our tour starts tomorrow!
Monday, June 4, 2012
Same as 'Military Intelligence'.
Two words I never thought I'd hear in the same sentence:
'Buddist Vigilantes' - If only Sam Peckinpaw were still alive to make the movie. They're reported to have killed 9 muslims in revenge for them killing a Buddist woman last week.
From the same story, another reference that makes absolutely no sense: 'Muslim Human Rights Activist' - Maybe they mean a 'Caliphate Occupy Protester'.
'Buddist Vigilantes' - If only Sam Peckinpaw were still alive to make the movie. They're reported to have killed 9 muslims in revenge for them killing a Buddist woman last week.
From the same story, another reference that makes absolutely no sense: 'Muslim Human Rights Activist' - Maybe they mean a 'Caliphate Occupy Protester'.
Where are all the honest reporters?
I'm more and more concerned about the poor quality of main stream media reporting than anything else these days.
Oh sure, we still have islamic maniacs plotting jihad enroute to the next caliphate, you only have to crack open the morning paper (if you still do that, most of us don't - and heralding the death of print media this month is the demise of the Sunday edition) to see the latest on jihadi terrorists and so-called 'honor killings'. You have read these pretty quickly though, as they tend to drop below the electronic fold around 10 am, and are not readily visible on the first page anymore after that.
The secrecy around the Eaton's Centre shooting is only the latest example. Q: Who is the shooter? He's a gang-banger, right? Well, probably - as the shootee was an "... up and coming rapper who was just turning his life around." Really, the only reason to read the news stories in the local paper anymore is so you can understand the context of the comments - they are the real news these days.
If you don't subscribe to at least 4 high quality Blogs for an electronic copy of the TRUTH you're spending every single day laboring under the false illusions that you are paying the MSM to provide for you. It's like paying your Lawyer to lie to you, or paying your Doctor to tell you everything is OK, when he knows full well that you're going to die unless you have surgery.
Pam Geller's article on the three Jewish kids attacked in France last week exposes another textbook case of the cowards in the MSM obfuscating the truth in order to . ... what, exactly? It's obvious to everyone that the attackers were muslim. MUSLIM. Not 'asian' or 'of north african descent' or 'immigrant youth'; those are described at the above 'Atlas Shrugs' story as euphemisms every bit as relevant as the color of their underwear. I want to shout at the enemedia (enemy media) hacks, "It's Islam, stupid!"
Caroline Glick, who writes for the Jerusalem Post, is every bit as blunt. In her April 19, 2012 article 'The Elephant of Jew Hatred' she candidly states why the current U.S. administration (or any other like-minded group) will never have an effective role in a middle east peace process with this boldly accurate column. "Because the Americans and the Europeans refuse to acknowledge the elephant of Jew-hatred in the middle of the room, they cannot be trusted to make reasoned or rational policy decisions (regarding Israel)."
It's obvious to anyone who's actually paying attention that it's because the culture of islam has an unreasonable, bottomless hatred for Jews that they're impossible to reason with on any subject at all, whether it be tourism or nuclear weapons. If only these islamists were victims of one, or even all of the seven deadly sins, we could understand and deal with their insanity. Their unreasonable, unfounded, outright Jew Hatred is so far beyond our rational comprehension here is the West that it must be exposed repeatedly, confronted by men and women of Moral Courage, then talked and written about until everyone understands that it exists, even though they can never really understand why.
As for the cowards in the MSM, I ask only that go quietly to their deaths on the scrap heap of history. Eventually the Neville Chamberlain's of the MSM who preached appeasement and continually printed the lie that 'islam is a religion of peace' will have the shame of their own words heaped upon them until they can no longer breathe or write a single word.
Oh sure, we still have islamic maniacs plotting jihad enroute to the next caliphate, you only have to crack open the morning paper (if you still do that, most of us don't - and heralding the death of print media this month is the demise of the Sunday edition) to see the latest on jihadi terrorists and so-called 'honor killings'. You have read these pretty quickly though, as they tend to drop below the electronic fold around 10 am, and are not readily visible on the first page anymore after that.
The secrecy around the Eaton's Centre shooting is only the latest example. Q: Who is the shooter? He's a gang-banger, right? Well, probably - as the shootee was an "... up and coming rapper who was just turning his life around." Really, the only reason to read the news stories in the local paper anymore is so you can understand the context of the comments - they are the real news these days.
If you don't subscribe to at least 4 high quality Blogs for an electronic copy of the TRUTH you're spending every single day laboring under the false illusions that you are paying the MSM to provide for you. It's like paying your Lawyer to lie to you, or paying your Doctor to tell you everything is OK, when he knows full well that you're going to die unless you have surgery.
Pam Geller's article on the three Jewish kids attacked in France last week exposes another textbook case of the cowards in the MSM obfuscating the truth in order to . ... what, exactly? It's obvious to everyone that the attackers were muslim. MUSLIM. Not 'asian' or 'of north african descent' or 'immigrant youth'; those are described at the above 'Atlas Shrugs' story as euphemisms every bit as relevant as the color of their underwear. I want to shout at the enemedia (enemy media) hacks, "It's Islam, stupid!"
Caroline Glick, who writes for the Jerusalem Post, is every bit as blunt. In her April 19, 2012 article 'The Elephant of Jew Hatred' she candidly states why the current U.S. administration (or any other like-minded group) will never have an effective role in a middle east peace process with this boldly accurate column. "Because the Americans and the Europeans refuse to acknowledge the elephant of Jew-hatred in the middle of the room, they cannot be trusted to make reasoned or rational policy decisions (regarding Israel)."
It's obvious to anyone who's actually paying attention that it's because the culture of islam has an unreasonable, bottomless hatred for Jews that they're impossible to reason with on any subject at all, whether it be tourism or nuclear weapons. If only these islamists were victims of one, or even all of the seven deadly sins, we could understand and deal with their insanity. Their unreasonable, unfounded, outright Jew Hatred is so far beyond our rational comprehension here is the West that it must be exposed repeatedly, confronted by men and women of Moral Courage, then talked and written about until everyone understands that it exists, even though they can never really understand why.
As for the cowards in the MSM, I ask only that go quietly to their deaths on the scrap heap of history. Eventually the Neville Chamberlain's of the MSM who preached appeasement and continually printed the lie that 'islam is a religion of peace' will have the shame of their own words heaped upon them until they can no longer breathe or write a single word.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
'Human Achievement Hour' Tonight!
We'll be celebrating 'Human Achievement Hour' by living, working and enjoying the fruits of our intelligence and innovation! Not sitting around in the dark . . ...
God Bless the human spirit, progress and the drive to succeed. Those who move society forward with advancements in Engineering and Healthcare are to be congratulated today!
Thank Heavens for those with strong will, the might of the human mind and born with the intense curiosity to be inventors and entrepreneurs!
Say 'Yahoo!' for the Greatest City in Canada, the 'Heart of the New West', the 'Stampede City', where we'll celebrate 100 years of history and Human Achievement in modern facilities and on big screen televisions around the world!
Turn on the bright lights, turn up the volume and scream into the microphone,
"LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING STARTED! WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT WE DO NEXT!"
God Bless the human spirit, progress and the drive to succeed. Those who move society forward with advancements in Engineering and Healthcare are to be congratulated today!
Thank Heavens for those with strong will, the might of the human mind and born with the intense curiosity to be inventors and entrepreneurs!
Say 'Yahoo!' for the Greatest City in Canada, the 'Heart of the New West', the 'Stampede City', where we'll celebrate 100 years of history and Human Achievement in modern facilities and on big screen televisions around the world!
Turn on the bright lights, turn up the volume and scream into the microphone,
"LOOK WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND WE'RE ONLY GETTING STARTED! WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT WE DO NEXT!"
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Israeli Apartheid Week event in Calgary
READING CIRCLE
Yves Engler’s “Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid”
Facilitated by Brian Seaman, Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center.
The book will be read and discussed in three parts.
The reading circle takes place at Higher Ground in Kensington:
Monday, March 12th, 7pm-8:30pm
Wed, March 14th, 7pm-8:30pm
Monday, March 19th, 7pm-8:30pm
Think I'll drop by tomorrow ...
Yves Engler’s “Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid”
Facilitated by Brian Seaman, Alberta Civil Liberties Research Center.
The book will be read and discussed in three parts.
The reading circle takes place at Higher Ground in Kensington:
Monday, March 12th, 7pm-8:30pm
Wed, March 14th, 7pm-8:30pm
Monday, March 19th, 7pm-8:30pm
Think I'll drop by tomorrow ...
Rockets Fired From Gaza By Hamas/Islamic Jihad
These rockets result in retaliatory fire from Israeli Defence Forces . ...
But the MSM leads with 'New Gaza air strikes hike death toll to 18'
Is it because the Calgary Herald is lazy, or stupid, or . ... god forbid, biased?
The story comes from SAKHER ABU EL OUN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
THE ARTICLE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE HERALD W/O ANY EDITORIAL CHANGES. COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.
Thanks Main stream media.
But the MSM leads with 'New Gaza air strikes hike death toll to 18'
Is it because the Calgary Herald is lazy, or stupid, or . ... god forbid, biased?
The story comes from SAKHER ABU EL OUN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
THE ARTICLE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE HERALD W/O ANY EDITORIAL CHANGES. COMMENTS ARE CLOSED.
Thanks Main stream media.
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