This blog includes a lengthy consideration of the Israeli history of its military occupation of Palestine. Background Context for this Blog This blog was written during our ten-day visit to Israel. My wife Susan’s sister Aliza has lived in Israel for decades. In our thirty-five years of marriage Susan and I have visited Israel at[…]
Israel
As I’ve stated before, one should not equate a country’s government with its people. Often there is a big gap between the political aims of the government versus the character and traditions of its people.
This blog is about a small area of peace within a conflict zone. I’m referring to the cold war (sometimes erupting into hot-war violence) between Israel and the Palestinians. Dr. Jean Watson, world famous author and nurse theorist, has long observed that nurses of any nationality share similar values. They are all healers at heart. […]
This blog describes a visit to ancient Petra and a conference of Middle East Nurses United in Human Caring
Traveling on the segment from New York’s JFK airport to Israel, I was coincidentally seated next to a guy from Reno. He was an engineer named Paul, traveling to Israel for his company. From previous familiarity, I correctly guessed the company, Ormat Technologies. From the very first time I had visited Reno, I had noticed[…]